Buyers Assistant

4 days ago

Walsall, United Kingdom Poundland Full time

**About the opportunity** We are looking for a Buyers Assistant in the Homewares category to join our GM Buying Team based at our Customer Support Centre in Walsall; the role has a flexible-working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.

Reporting into the Senior Buyer, the Buyers Assistant will be responsible for providing administration support to the Buying team. The Buyers Assistant will liaise regularly with suppliers as well as various stakeholders across organisation. The role willalso be involved in key projects as and when required.

This is a diverse role working in a fast-paced environment. You will be responsible for representing our business both in the brand and the budget culture through the products you select.

**What you'll be doing...** As a Buyers Assistant, you will be responsible for:

- Allocating supplier offers and queries with the Senior Buyer
- Arranging and attending supplier meetings when required
- Liaising with suppliers and stakeholders throughout the business
- Creating and maintaining spreadsheets using Excel
- Managing all correspondence received by the Buying Team
- Maintaining accurate supplier data ensuring accuracy
- Supporting Buyers with the organisation of samples
- Placing orders for new product as per business needs

**What you'll need...**:

- A degree or equivalent would be desirable
- Some knowledge of the market place would be desirable
- A Good understanding of Excel
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to liaise with all levels
- Attention to detail
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and manage own workload
- Resilience and drive to succeed

**What we can offer...** **What we can offer...**
- Competitive salary
- Potential to earn bonus
- Free on-site car park
- Onsite coffee lounge
- Long service awards
- Additional holiday purchase - (once a year window to apply)
- Pension
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

**About us...** Since opening our first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value everyday

Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys.We are now on a journey froma single price to a simple price point retailer.

Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, you will see Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand.Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.

Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of our larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a stand-alone brand, offers customers a full range of women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion and is now bringing new styleto Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that’s hard to find on local high streets.

PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.

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