Assistant Buyer

Overview:
**This is a 12 month contract**

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 82,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you

We're recruiting for a forward-thinking Assistant Buyer who will play a key role in the delivery, costing, and analysis of product components and manufacturing processes across Kingfisher. You will work closely with the product team of your category to define the sourcing needs and build a supplier strategy with the objective of lowering costs and developing operational excellence.

What's the job?:

- To become a product expert within your category, understanding the end to end supply chain and identify opportunities to reduce cost from the entire value chain.
- Engage with key internal stakeholders to ensure delivery focusing on Product Lead, Sourcing offices, QA Teams and supply chain. Build strong relationships.
- Support Category Sourcing Strategies that support the product needs and deliver business objectives
- Analyse product components and manufacturing processes to provide the lowest total acquisition cost
- Define with sourcing offices where the right suppliers are in order to be able to guarantee the right quality and quantities for the Group
- Restructure the vendor base to define the right mix of vendors and right locations to obtain the most competitive commercial offering with the minimum level of risk

What you'll bring:

- Strong end to end product expertise including building range structure, product development/costing, materials & components and manufacturing processes.
- Define with sourcing offices where the right suppliers are in order to be able to guarantee the right quality and quantities for the Group
- Sound negotiation skills and aspire to become an excellent negotiator.
- Strong passion for home improvement, products, customers
- Understanding Product Development and Lifecycle Management, including process development efficiency
- Understanding of costs including Bill of materials / product makeup

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

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