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Trainee Category BuyerTessenderlo Group • Carlisle, England, UK
Trainee Category Buyer

Trainee Category Buyer

Tessenderlo Group • Carlisle, England, UK
24 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description

Are you looking to start or develop your career in Buying Procurement or Category Management

At JDP were looking for an enthusiastic and commercially minded Trainee Category Buyer to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to learn all aspects of category management supplier relationship management and procurement within a successful and growing business.

Working closely with the Category Manager youll gain valuable experience in managing products from initial sourcing through to sales helping to ensure we have the right products available for our customers at the right price and in the right locations.

This role offers excellent career development opportunities and would suit someone with strong analytical skills a commercial mindset and a desire to build a long-term career in buying and supply chain management.

What Youll Be Doing

  • Supporting the Category Manager with the day-to-day management of product categories.
  • Maintaining supplier product and purchasing master data.
  • Assisting with purchasing forecasts and stock planning activities.
  • Supporting supplier communications and relationship management.
  • Monitoring pricing sales and margin performance.
  • Assisting with supplier compliance quality and product documentation.
  • Helping to identify opportunities to improve sales profitability and customer satisfaction.
  • Supporting range reviews and product performance analysis.
  • Working closely with branches sales teams suppliers and stock control teams.
  • Assisting with promotional activity product launches and category development projects.
  • Producing reports and analysing data to support business decisions.
  • Learning negotiation and supplier management skills from experienced colleagues.

Qualifications :

What Were Looking For

We recognise that you may not have direct buying experience so were looking for someone with the right attitude and potential to grow.

Essential

  • Strong organisational and administrative skills.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • A proactive and enthusiastic approach to learning.
  • Good numerical and analytical ability.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to build effective working relationships.
  • Good Microsoft Office skills particularly Excel.
  • Ability to prioritise workload and manage multiple tasks.

Desirable

  • Experience in an administrative customer service sales supply chain or purchasing environment.
  • Knowledge of the civils drainage or construction sector.
  • Experience using SAP Phocas or similar business systems.


Additional Information :

What Youll Gain

  • Structured training and mentoring from experienced Category Manager.
  • Exposure to procurement supplier management forecasting and commercial analysis.
  • Opportunities to develop negotiation and category management skills.
  • Career progression opportunities within JDPs Supply Chain and Commercial teams.
  • Flexible/hybrid working following successful completion of probation.

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary
  • Contributory Pension Scheme
  • Staff Discounts/ Perkbox

Apply today and start your journey towards a career in Category Management with JDP.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Full-time


Department / Functional Area: Procurement
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1
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Trainee Category Buyer • Carlisle, England, UK

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