Networx

Job Category:
Marketing/Product
Status:
Full Time, Employee

Salary:

Up to £20,000
Job Location:
Dunstable, Hc
Reference Code:
NTXFI130

Junior Buyer / Retail Purchasing / Procurement (Graduate Opportunity)

Dunstable, Bedfordshire, (Commutable from Luton, Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Milton Keynes)

Up to £20,000

 

Our client aims to be the most competitively priced health beauty products and household goods retailer on the high street. With over 230 stores nationwide, they employ around 2,500 people in stores and at their Head Office in Dunstable.

 

Due to their continued growth and success they have a great opportunity for a confident and energetic Junior Buyer to join their Commercial Department in Dunstable. The main purpose of this role is to identify and source new products whilst maintaining competitiveness and driving sales, profitability and overall commercial strategy. Within this role your main responsibilities will be to collaborate with other departments to develop and implement marketing promotion plans and strategies, agree merchandising strategies, and ensure base sales and promotional forecasts are adhered. You will also be expected to manage and review pricing to maintain competitiveness, manage and deliver projects as and when required whilst working within health and safety regulations.

 

Being commercially sound and having good PC and Software skills, the successful candidate will be educated to degree level with some experience of retail, ideally at store level. Having some experience of project management, you will be a strong negotiator, have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to influence at all levels. You will also be capable of planning and prioritising your workload effectively having excellent attention to detail and remaining customer focused at all times.

 

It’s an informal, friendly and fun place to work with the feeling of being part of the action. You can take initiatives, test things out and, as part of the world’s largest health beauty retailer; you’ll enjoy a far reaching and fast moving career.

 

Important Note:

 

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