Assistant Buyer

3 days ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Mobile Fun Full time

**Salary: £18,000 to £22,000 /per year**

**Location: Based in Birmingham, balance of home and office-based working**

**Keywords: Purchasing, eCommerce, products, product ranges, excel, data, stock replenishment, suppliers, supplier management, product opportunities, market trends, mobile technology, purchase orders, analysing data.**

We are an innovative and forward-thinking Tech Company, and** we're proud to be beating the competition to thrive as the UK's leading e-commerce retailer for mobile tech accessories.** We absolutely love all things tech and our products...which is where **YOU** come in.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join Mobile Fun in our **Purchasing team as an Assistant Buyer (Purchasing).** In this opportunity you'll be playing a key role in** ensuring stock on our websites is constantly replenished **in order for it to reach our customers in time. You will be** connected with the suppliers** and market to constantly** spot product opportunities and trends and gaps **in the market to expand our product range.

You'll be an **integral part of the purchasing team, **using your analytical skills to analyse data, taking pricing and other key product decisions into account when using your influencing and negotiation skills. Your** purchasing expertise** will shine through and you will be working with a supplier base to strategically make sure we are delivering the best customer-centric ranges and promotions that meet our financial targets.

**Key responsibilities of the Assistant Buyer (Purchasing) role include**:

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Management and control of the Supplier base **to source innovative and profitable product ranges to meet anticipated demand of the customer base and improve the commercial performance across categories.
Efficiently replenish stock of products to hit required timelines
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Raising POs and liaising with suppliers** to ensure OTD
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Provide information and analysis **to assess levels of slow-moving & dormant stock and work with the team to clear. Maintain stock at agreed levels for planned activity and to reduce overstocks.
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Manage and improve supplier relationships** to improve supply
- Identity, diagnose and resolve delivery issues and invoice issues
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Working alongside merchandising and marketing teams **to meet required deadlines

**About you as our new Assistant Buyer (Purchasing)**:

- Good** negotiation skills** and influencing skills.
- Strong **communication and time management **skills.
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Track record of working independently.**:

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Ability to build relationships **both with suppliers and internal multi-discipline teams.
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Strong numeracy and analytical ability **to find trends and patterns from reports.
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Experience in using forecasting tools** and techniques, and intermediate user of all Microsoft Office tools including Excel.
- Determined, tenacious and resilient
- Optimistic and open-minded to change
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Customer focussed**:

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Positive, resourceful **and an energetic team worker
- Driven to **continuously improve **both yourself and your team's performance

**Benefits**
- Discounts on our products (up to 90%) and free review samples.
- Regular Social Events including: Competitions, 5 A-Side Footy, Bowling nights and many more
- You will get paid for learning and developing your skills in a variety of areas and have access to additional online learning platforms
- The Company will help you get to where you want to be and open up a number of opportunities for your next career step
- Hands-on work experience and training
- Up to 25 days holiday entitlement plus national holidays
- Excellent Company Pension Scheme


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