Assistant Buyer

5 months ago

Wakefield, United Kingdom Card Factory Full time

Main Responsibilities
- Contribute to the product development ensuring it meets customer requirements (pricing, product design, and product trend) and is linked to strategy and financial targets;
- Support Buyers to make informed decisions, manage risk, drive sales and profitability;
- Analyse and evaluate the overall performance of the product areas responsible for
- Work alongside Buyers to drive sales and profitability through effective negotiations on key deliverables.
- Is able to build working relationships within the immediate Commercial team and with other key stakeholders across Card Factory
- Manage day to day communications effectively with suppliers whose first language may not be English
- Confidently raises concerns to Buyers and Senior Buyers to ensure team success
- Previous experience of working in a similar role is desirable
- Excellent communication both written and verbal
- Organised and structured in approach
- Good time management and ability to deliver to strict timescales
- Is innovative and shares ideas with the team
- Great attention to detail

About The Company
Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

**Benefits**
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme - access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

No agencies, please.

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