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Job Title: Assistant Category Buyer
Location: Leicester - with travel
Salary: Competitive plus car, bonus & benefits
As a key member of the procurement team at Next, you will be responsible for buying store services, including facilities management contracts, music, and phase change activity. The category spend is £13m, with 20 key suppliers.
Your Responsibilities:
Supplier Sourcing
You will identify and recommend potential future suppliers, creating an internal and external network to ensure best practice suppliers are sourced and selected.
RFP (Request for Proposal) Preparation
You will prepare an assessment of current supplier/product/service performance, price, and outstanding issues to be reviewed with the Finance Manager.
Supplier Appraisal
You will prepare a financial and commercial appraisal for each selected supplier, including supplier site/factory visits where appropriate.
Contracts/Service Level Agreements
You will prepare formal contracts and SLAs based on the tender document in conjunction with the legal team to ensure legality and correctness.
Supplier Management & Performance
You will formally measure supplier performance against SLAs and KPIs, undertaking monthly operational reviews with the supplier and assessing them against agreed criteria.
Service/Product Development & Spend Analysis
You will demonstrate an understanding of market developments, new services, and processes, ensuring these are offered for consideration by relevant parties, and undertake competitor analysis on all category products/services and feedback to the wider business where appropriate.
Key Skills and Experience:
- Previous experience in a buying or merchandising role, preferably within the retail sector.
- CIPS (desirable)
- Good financial understanding
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and market trends.
- An ability to plan, manage your own time, and be organized
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Proactive and able to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
