Buying Assistant

2 weeks ago

Bridgwater, United Kingdom Toolstation Full time

**What you'll do**: Hybrid working opportunity within the South West

Maybe you’re a graduate excited to put your knowledge into practice or perhaps you have worked in a similar role and are looking for that next exciting step. Supporting the Category Manager, you’ll be at the heart of a commercial business with a massive opportunity to grow your category and your career.

**What you’ll be doing**

You’ll play a major part in ensuring the business maintains full availability of products across all distribution centres servicing the 500 branch network and direct customer orders. From liaising with suppliers to assisting the Category Manager with their commercial plans to updating and preparing reports, presentations and data, you’ll perform a wide range of essential administration tasks.

**Day-to-day**

**Developing **strong supplier relationships

**Activating **new products and suppliers, updating and maintaining product attributes and status including cost and retail price changes as advised

**Producing** and maintaining category reports and supplier EPOS data and assisting in producing and maintaining range plans

**Researching **the market and competitors pricing

**Administration **support to aid efficient running of the commercial buying team.

**What you'll bring**:
Highly personable and detail focused, you’ll be right at home in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment and pride yourself on your attention to detail. When it comes to building relationships you’re one of the best and are comfortable liaising at all levels of the business.

**Commercial experience **in a similar environment or you’re graduate calibre looking for your opportunity

**Technical competence** in Google Suite, Microsoft Office e.g. Excel (intermediate level) and Powerpoint

**Analytical **and numerical skills

**Excellent Communication - **both written and verbal, you’re confident liaising at all levels

**Initiative.** You’ll be capable of managing your own workload

**Organised **with attention to detail

**Flexibility **and an enthusiastic approach even during the busiest of times

**What you'll get**:
**Toolstation. The story so far.**

We’re one of Britain’s fastest growing multi-channel retailers of tools, accessories and building supplies. Backed by Travis Perkins plc, our freedom to operate as a nimble, entrepreneurial business means we’re now well established and have even bigger plans. The trade, home improvers and self-builders all trust us to deliver a lot more than tools. So, our colleagues in our Head Office and Contact Centre in Bridgwater, at our Distribution Centres in Bridgwater, Middleton, Redditch and Daventry, and in our network of over 560 branches throughout the UK, work together to get the job done. And with plans to open many more branches this year, we always have opportunities for great retail professionals who want to grow with us.

To apply

**Our policy is to employ the best qualified people and provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion, belief or disability

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