City, Leeds Rise Resourcing

Buying Assistant

South Yorkshire

Salary 24k - 28k

I am currently recruiting for a Buying Assistant to join a well-established and successful FMCG supplier based in South Yorkshire

You will be responsible for assisting the Buying Team to ensure continued growth within the category. As a Buying Assistant, you will need to be driven and dynamic and thrive working in a fast-paced retail environment. Some of your responsibilities will include.

• Building, managing and retaining strong Supplier relationships
• Understanding product lines and relative timeframes
• Liaising with internal customers, suppliers and other departments
• Agreeing pricing & analysing figures within Excel
• Dealing with site and supplier queries
• Maintaining order data records and files
• Generating reports

Key requirement for the role;

• Experience of Buying Assistant within a retail / FMCG environment desirable
• Highly accurate with a good attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively at all levels
• Good level of education -
• Excellent understanding of all MS Office products specifically Excel

If you think you have the right experience as a Buying Assistant or strong Administrative skills and want to be given the opportunity to develop your career, then get in touch and apply today.