Junior Buyer Assistant

6 days ago


Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom OnetoOne Personnel Full time

The Role: Trainee Buyer - A Dynamic Opportunity

To support the Buying team by completing administrative activities to facilitate the smooth running of the department whilst learning the essentials to become a successful Buyer (full training will be given).

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting and completing buying information into Microsoft excel sheets for the Buying team
  • Preliminary sell pricing based on market research (competitor pricing + Reg RRPs)
  • Creating listings of products and maintaining our systems e.g., AX uploading, description changes
  • Ownership of accounts less than £50k revenue as a benchmark with development plan to take on ownership of a major FMCG group of accounts after maximum a year
  • Supporting New Business by working through the commercials of deals and supporting to target supplier gaps and opportunities
  • Being the eyes and ears to the market by conducting customer and competitor shopping visits and capturing insights to share with the team

Requirements and Qualifications

  • Very numerate with minimum of Grade 5 at GCSE Level Maths & English - essential
  • Trading mindset - gets satisfaction from doing a deal
  • Tenacious & a problem solver
  • Warm- calling
  • Driven - interested in pursuing a career in Buying

Ideal Candidate

  • Negotiation skills training
  • Sales/Buying experience.
  • Confidence with core Microsoft office applications; excel, outlook

Job Holder Attributes

  • Loves doing varied tasks everyday - no day is ever the same
  • Self-motivated - don't wait to be asked to do something, being pro-active in this role is vital
  • Enjoys a fast paced, dynamic, and unpredictable working week
  • Happy working with detail
  • Enjoys building relationships, getting to know customers and staff on a personal as well as business level
  • Well organised and able to manage multiple priorities
  • Able to work alone and within a team
  • Confident enough in own abilities to crack on and get it done when see a problem that needs fixing
  • Can win the hearts and minds of colleagues and customers quickly
  • Strong communicator
  • Confident in using Microsoft applications, especially Microsoft Excel
  • Style reflecting the Company values: Collaboration, empathy, inspiring trust, resilience and innovation

The Package

  • Salary from £24,000 + a competitive salary DOE
  • Full training will be given
  • Monday 9:00am - 5:30pm 1 hour for lunch
  • Hybrid currently working Monday and Fridays at home
  • Holiday 25 days + bank holidays
  • Pension scheme
  • Onsite parking
  • Company online discount shop
  • Healthcare cashplan


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