Undergraduate Junior Buyer

6 days ago

Manchester, United Kingdom Coop Full time

**Undergraduate Junior Buyer**
£23,400 plus excellent benefits (Work Level 6C)
12-month work placement (starting June 2025)
Manchester city centre (hybrid working)

We’re looking for a driven and ambitious Undergraduate Junior Buyer to join our Buying team in Manchester on a 12-month work placement. If you’re a great team player with a passion for growing your career, we can offer you an amazing opportunity to do just that with a business that always puts people at the heart of its strategy. In this role you’ll work in a hybrid way - splitting your time between home and the office (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy).

As the UK’s largest convenience retailer, we’re committed to providing high quality, ethical products at great prices for our millions of customers and members nationwide. As our Undergraduate Junior Buyer, we’ll look to you to support with the development of product and supplier categories that drive commercial value and meet the needs of our customers and members.

**What you’ll do**
- Support the development and delivery of our category strategies
- Plan and manage projects, collaborating with different teams across Co-op as well as our suppliers
- Facilitate meetings and support negotiations
- Analyse the current market environment and the potential impact of change

**This role would suit people who**
- Are currently in their second year of studying towards a business-related undergraduate degree
- Have good communication and relationship-building skills
- Are passionate about food and developing their career
- Have good problem-solving and project management skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team

**Why Co-op?**

If you’ve got the skills and passion we’re looking for, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services). You’ll also get:

- 28 days holiday plus bank holidays
- A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
- Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
- Coaching and training to support your career development
- Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Grocery Aid - 24/7 access to a range of emotional, financial, and practical support services for you and your family

**Building an inclusive work environment**

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to
participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process.

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing.

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