Senior Buyer required for an importer of Power Tools & Machinery based in Epping.
The succesful candidate will ideally have experience with Far East / Chinese clients.
Senior Buyer Position Overview
Review current stock holdings, sales run rates, manufacturing lead times and supplier MOQ, planned promotional activity
Forecast future demand, including seasonal products and calculate stock requirements for the nominated Product Portfolio
Raise all Purchase Orders for all items with the nominated suppliers
Oversee the despatch and shipping process with the supplier and the nominated Freight Agent
Monitor Freight Reports and chase suppliers to ensure timely delivery of all agreed shipments and update expected delivery dates on the system
Co-ordinate with central warehouse team for Booking-In of Orders and prioritisation of urgent deliveries
Identify and nominate slow selling and over stocked items for Marketing team for promotional opportunities and price action
Inform Stock control when supply is to be limited to specified customers in times of stock constraint
Develop a detailed working knowledge of all CE Certification appropriate to the nominated Products and Product Categories
Source all required CE Certification and Test Reports and assist the Technical Team to ensure ongoing Product Compliance
Maintain Factory Benchmarking for the purchasing of current items to ensure competitive Cost Pricing for the nominated range of Products and Product Categories from current Suppliers
Negotiate Cost savings with the nominated Suppliers leveraging the latest Market information - Competitor Pricing, Raw Material Pricing, Currency Exchange rates
Maintain the most favourable Commercial Terms with the nominated Suppliers
Manage the nominated Suppliers to ensure that all shipments meet quality requirements and are consistent with the pre-shipment sample.
Initiate compensation claims with Suppliers for substandard quality products or failure under Warranty, including managing return to factory if necessary.
Responsible for Continuous Product Improvement across all nominated Suppliers
Monitor product failure rates and feedback all Service Reports to the nominated Suppliers
Manage the process of Product modification and upgrade with the Supplier to reduce failure rates, repair costs and service time
Identify new items for sourcing for the Product portfolio
Manage the process of Factory Benchmarking, Supplier Review, Negotiation and Product selection
Senior Buyer Position Requirements
Previous experience in a similar role
Previous experience in a similar industry
Senior Buyer Position Remuneration
Salary dependent on experience
Full time 8:30am - 6pm (5pm Friday) Holidays: 20 days + 8
Fully on site role
Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries. We are acting as a Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy, and in accordance with GDPR by applying you are granting us consent to process your data, and contact you in relation to this application and the services we offer.
