Buyer
- Freshwater
- 2 days ago
Management, monitoring, and purchasing of the business’s stock requirements, ensuring goods are in stock and available for purchase. Organising purchase orders with factories, and ensuring shipments arrive in full and on time to critical paths. Supporting the product team with new stock orders, negotiating pricing with suppliers and reaching out for potential tender opportunities with factory’s. Supporting the procurement administrator in ensuring all business purchase requirements are met.
•Inventory management
•Placing purchase orders
•Regular reporting and updates to ensure good communication throughout internal teams
•Organising logistics with global suppliers to the UK, EU and US
•Ensuring good functionality of our global factories through service levels and output
•Adding value through proposing and implementing process improvements
•Data analysis on seasonality and best sellers, providing insight for decision making
•Reporting of OKR Targets and KPI performance
•Regularly negotiating pricing with suppliers
•Supporting the product team with new launches
•Running a weekly stock meeting and updating the directors on any requirements to purchase or issues with supply
•Supervisory role over the Procurement Admin team ensuring the department runs smoothly.
•Over 5 GCSEs grade A*-C/9-4
•Degree in fashion and buying preferred.