Junior Buyer
Junior Buyer
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Location
Hybrid: 12 days in our Support Centre.
Why The Works
10th Best Big Company to Work For 2024 Best Companies
We dont just sell products.
We inspire reading learning creativity and play.
The Works. It literally means everything. And whatever your story or background were all about unlocking imagination and making creativity accessible to everyone. Whether youre engaging with customers on the frontline or supporting our colleagues behind the scenes your impact can be profound and farreaching.
This is more than toys and books and art supplies. This is about inspiring people to read learn create and play. So with the right passion it all starts with you.
Become a Junior Buyer
Were looking for a Junior Buyerto join our Buying team in our stationary and seasonal categoryhere at The Works!
Your Mission
- Working closely in a B&M structure to exceed key KPIs sales profit stock. Building strong working relationships (internal & external customers) and be expert in your category.
- Customer Centric in approach demonstrate competitor and market awareness to understand our customer base; includes regular store visits and working with our internal teams supporting the promotional calendar & launch events. Analytical work on pricing & ranging. Identify product & market trends to grow sales and profit.
- Range Development understand and own the range planning procedure and implementation requirements from briefs to launch.
- Develop close relationships with existing suppliers and identifying potential new suppliers (domestic & FE) working far up the supply chain to manage supplier performance in particular working with Sourcing & QA to ensure product quality is managed.
- Attendance at key trade fairs through the year with NPD at the heart of the role.
Skills/Behaviours That Will Set You Apart
- Able to thrive in a fastpaced trading environment with a passion and knowledge in the stationary and seasonal market.
- Commercial experience of 18 months/2 years essential can demonstrate strong commercial acumen.
- Proven analytical influencing & presentation skills.
- Confident decisive innovative and creative.
- Highly numerate with high level of accuracy.
- Adaptable approach to working and ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Full clean driving license/prepared to travel when required.
- Actively manage selfdevelopment programme to achieve Buyer potential (working objectives).
- Computer literacy to include working knowledge of Microsoft systems (Word Excel and Outlook).
- Ability to multitask and prioritise workload alongside good time management.
- Always represent The Works in a professional manner at relevant trade shows supplier meetings and internal meetings
Our PERKS really are The Works
- 25% Colleague Discount! Plus exclusive Double Discount days!
- MyWorks Access exclusive online discounts across hundreds of retailers holidays utilities deals tech and more!
- Holiday 33 days including bank holidays.
- Holiday Purchase Purchase an additional 5 days
- CanDo Academy Grow your skills and career with instant access to further training and development in areas that interest you.
- Wagestream Claim early access to 50% of your wages as you earn them for when life happens!
- Share Scheme Unleash your inner Monopoly mogul and own a piece of The Works!
- 24/7 support for you and your family Through our partnership with the Retail Trust who provide an Employee Assistance Programme and so much more!
- Healthcare Cash Plan To support your everyday healthcare costs
- And loads more! Long Service Awards pension life assurance Cycle to Work and optional charity giving.
Our Purpose
To inspire reading. learning creativity and play making lives more fulfilled.
Our Values
We are Crafty We are Caring We are Cando
We Listen. We Care
Each year we run an anonymous colleague engagement survey. This is so important for us to hear your feedback and suggestions. We want to know whats going great and what needs a couple of tweaks to help make The Works the best place youve ever worked! Youll have opportunity to help give us that direction.
Promoting Diversity Inclusion and Applying Reasonable Adjustments
At The Works we are proud to have an inclusive culture where everyone truly feels able to be themselves. Our roles are open to all including underrepresented groups such as ethnic minorities people with disabilities carers & members of the LGBTQ community (including those who identify as lesbian gay bi trans nonbinary or use another term).
We are open to discussions around working hours and flexible working. And where possible well try to support this. If you need reasonable adjustments for an interview you might attend with us let us know in your application and well be happy to help!
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Employment Type
Full Time
Company Industry
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Purchasing
- Sourcing
- Data Entry
- Procurement
- Cost Management
- Algebra
- HR Sourcing
- Math
- Produce Experience
- ERP Systems
- MRP
