Junior Project Buyer

**Junior Project Buyer (Staci Create)**

**Reports to**:Senior Project Manager

**Hours**: Monday - Friday 37.5 hours

**Location**: Staci UK, Walker Park, Blackamoor Road, Blackburn, BB12 2LG

**Salary**: £21,500 per annum

**Benefits**: 33 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, contributory pension scheme, annual bonus scheme, holiday buying scheme, treat days, company events, discount portal.

**ABOUT US**

Staci are fulfilment specialists offering expert multichannel logistics solutions: marketing and POS fulfilment, e-commerce and spare parts logistics. We are incredibly proud to have a diverse client portfolio with a host of the world's leading and best loved brands and retailers across Europe & the US. With over 2000 employees worldwide and more than 450 in the UK, we’re big and diverse enough to offer you great development and an exciting career, but small enough to know and care about Team Members as individuals. If you are ambitious and talented and want to work in an environment where that won’t go unnoticed then please read on.

**STACI CREATE**

Staci Create makes branded sourcing simple for some of the world's best loved brands including Coors, Mars, Britvic, BT and Victoria Beckham.

Our team of passionate, experienced branded sourcing experts manage and deliver a range of projects including bespoke premiums, packaging design, and merchandise inventory management.

Staci Create works with brands across a wide range of sectors, including Cosmetics, eCommerce, Hospitality, Drinks, Charity and FMCG, alongside hundreds of local and international suppliers to make almost any branded project possible. We also keep you, your brand and your business protected thanks to legislation management, testing and tight project management expertise.

**JOB PURPOSE**

Sourcing marketing promotion materials from a UK supply base, providing administrative support to the procurement process of receiving a brief to delivery of a purchase order and assisting in the identification and contacting of new business opportunities.

**KEY CHALLENGES**
- Offering support to a busy procurement department whilst ensuring accuracy is adhered to
- Manage and prioritise workload effectively, ensuring deadlines are met and time is used efficiently.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Review, log and accept new jobs on the Proxis System.
- Provide support to the Staci Create Team in processing jobs through the system
- Management of and sourcing product from a UK supply base in line with the Procurement Strategy
- Provide estimates and raise purchase orders for re-orders
- Produce reports on a daily and weekly basis
- Expediting of all purchase orders and updating relevant systems
- Managing non conformance deliveries
- Supporting the invoicing process
- Monitor delivery performance of all suppliers, presenting analysis to the relevant Procurement Service Manager
- Sample management
- QC management on multiple sites
- Responding to queries from suppliers, Staci Create Account Director and Project Managers
- General administration
- Interfacing with Staci finance, operations and customer service departments to ensure effective delivery of client requirements
- Undertake other duties as required in order to support the business in achieving excellence for all customers.

**CRITICAL SKILLS**
- Excellent communication skills
- Process driven to constantly improve ways of working
- Strong organisation, customer service and planning skills
- Windows proficient (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- High energy levels and a results driven approach

**REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**
- Good educational background or strong administration experience
- Procurement department knowledge preferred but not essential

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £21,500.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Paid volunteer time
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Blackburn: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Administrative: 1 year (preferred)
- Procurement: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: WPK-JPB