Assistant Food Buyer
My client, Ireland’s leading food retail, wholesale and food service business is seeking a commercial and passionate Assistant Food Buyer to join their highly reputable business in Dublin. The successful candidate will manage and optimise their assigned product portfolio while building relationships with suppliers and key stakeholders in the business.
Package:
- Salary €50-55k plus generous benefits
Responsibilities for the Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- Managing the portfolio product range, product quality and category plans to ensure that it reflects market and consumer trends.
- Managing the sourcing and introduction of own-label products in conjunction with the product development teams.
- With the support of the Trading Manager, negotiating the total purchase cost of products for the relevant portfolios.
- Setting wholesale selling prices and monitoring portfolio and product margins to ensure that profitability objectives for both the company and customers are being met.
- Developing excellent long-term relationships with key stakeholders, including suppliers and Retail Partners.
- Supporting project development and roll-out within the category.
Experience required for the Assistant Food Buyer job includes:
- Third level qualification and/or at least 2 years’ experience operating in a commercial function, e.g. Trading, Finance or Supply Chain.
- Strong commercial acumen and proven analytical skills combined with excellent written and oral communications capabilities are prerequisites.
- Knowledge of applying category management principles would be an advantage.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to build long-term, stable relationships.
- Project management skills would be an advantage.
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume, only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Assistant Food Buyer
My client, a leading retailer which provides cutting edge food and fashion has an amazing buying opportunity for an Assistant Food Buyer to join their Grocery team. The business is well known for providing quality food products to its loyal customers. This is an amazing opportunity to contribute to the growth of this highly successful business. Dublin city centre based.
Package:
- Salary €35-50k doe
- 26 days annual leave
- Agile working
- Flexible working hours
- Staff discount
- Further company benefits
Responsibilities of this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- Work with the Buying team to develop short- and long-term plans for your buying categories.
- Assist in the planning and delivery of budgeted sales and margin for your buying categories.
- Identify new market trends and implement actions to capitalise on those trends.
- Manage the range assortment to ensure product offering is ahead of the market.
- Manage and develop the private label offer at all levels.
- Develop strong business relationships with our existing supply base and source new suppliers.
- Plan and negotiate strong promotional activity for your categories to attract new customers and build categories.
- Collaborate with other business functions such as Logistics, Space Planning, Operations and Marketing to ensure your category plans are delivered to shelf efficiently.
Requirements for this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- A passion for food.
- 2 years of section buying experience.
- Third level qualification – Food or a Business-related qualification desired.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong Excel skills and excellent numerical ability is essential.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call Aoife McCaul 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Buying Assistant
My client, a specialist Home, Garden and DIY distributor is seeking an energetic Buying Assistant to join their team in North Dublin. This is an amazing opportunity for someone to progress their career in buying with a highly established homeware business.
Package
- Salary €35-40k doe
- Free car parking
- Pension
- Career progression opportunities
- Monday to Friday working hours
Responsibilities of this Buying Assistant job include:
- Support the buying team with a variety of tasks.
- Manage supplier critical paths.
- Liaise with suppliers regarding orders, samples, shipments and any queries.
- Daily/weekly reports and sales analysis.
- Placing and managing purchase orders.
- Listing new products.
- Assisting in managing supplier pricing.
- Work closely with Warehouse, Finance, Sales Team, and QC.
- Manage paperwork documentation and arrange for POs to be paid on time.
- Work closely with freight forwarder for shipment management.
- Showroom management.
- System and website updates.
- Market research for price comparing of comparable product.
Requirements of this Buying Assistant job include:
- Excellent time-management skills, ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritise projects and meet deadlines.
- Ability to learn additional necessary software.
- Excellent written/oral communication skills.
- Team player, with a positive attitude and the ability to work independently.
- Competent IT skills (MS Office programs).
- Energetic, enthusiastic, and approachable.
Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Assistant Food Buyer
My client, a leading retailer which provides cutting edge food and fashion has an amazing buying opportunity for an Assistant Food Buyer to join their Grocery team. The business is well known for providing quality food products to its loyal customers. This is an amazing opportunity to contribute to the growth of this highly successful business. Dublin city centre based.
Package:
- Salary €35-50k doe
- 26 days annual leave
- Agile working
- Flexible working hours
- Staff discount
- Further company benefits
Responsibilities of this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- Work with the Buying team to develop short- and long-term plans for your buying categories.
- Assist in the planning and delivery of budgeted sales and margin for your buying categories.
- Identify new market trends and implement actions to capitalise on those trends.
- Manage the range assortment to ensure product offering is ahead of the market.
- Manage and develop the private label offer at all levels.
- Develop strong business relationships with our existing supply base and source new suppliers.
- Plan and negotiate strong promotional activity for your categories to attract new customers and build categories.
- Collaborate with other business functions such as Logistics, Space Planning, Operations and Marketing to ensure your category plans are delivered to shelf efficiently.
Requirements for this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- A passion for food.
- 2 years of section buying experience.
- Third level qualification – Food or a Business-related qualification desired.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong Excel skills and excellent numerical ability is essential.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call Aoife McCaul 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Assistant Food Buyer
My client, a leading retailer which provides cutting edge food and fashion has an amazing buying opportunity for an Assistant Food Buyer to join their Grocery team. The business is well known for providing quality food products to its loyal customers. This is an amazing opportunity to contribute to the growth of this highly successful business. Dublin city centre based.
Package:
- Salary €35-50k doe
- 26 days annual leave
- Agile working
- Flexible working hours
- Staff discount
- Further company benefits
Responsibilities of this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- Work with the Buying team to develop short- and long-term plans for your buying categories.
- Assist in the planning and delivery of budgeted sales and margin for your buying categories.
- Identify new market trends and implement actions to capitalise on those trends.
- Manage the range assortment to ensure product offering is ahead of the market.
- Manage and develop the private label offer at all levels.
- Develop strong business relationships with our existing supply base and source new suppliers.
- Plan and negotiate strong promotional activity for your categories to attract new customers and build categories.
- Collaborate with other business functions such as Logistics, Space Planning, Operations and Marketing to ensure your category plans are delivered to shelf efficiently.
Requirements for this Assistant Food Buyer job include:
- A passion for food.
- 2 years of section buying experience.
- Third level qualification – Food or a Business-related qualification desired.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong Excel skills and excellent numerical ability is essential.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and work to tight deadlines.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment.
Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call Aoife McCaul 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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Buying Administrator
My client, one of Ireland’s largest Hardware and DIY buying groups is seeking an ambitious Buying Administrator to join their team. You will support the Category Team with ongoing commercial administration while gaining experience in a fast-paced buying office. Kildare based.
Package:
- Salary: 30-35k doe
- Pension
- Agile working
- Monday – Friday hours
- Career progression opportunities
Responsibilities of this Buying Administrator role include:
- Creation and upkeep of supplier price files.
- Purchase order entry/amendments and scheduling.
- Ownership of the FOB Delivery Schedule and communicating key dates internally.
- Creation of product offers (Warehouse and Direct) and compilation.
- Manage the member portal – Offers and upkeep of product information.
- Competitor Review of analysis and tracking.
- Distribution and design of member offers and product information.
- Action member and supplier communication on behalf of the buyers.
- Creation of new supplier account forms.
- Resolve on behalf of or elevate supplier and member queries to the relevant buyers.
- Booking and management of the supplier meetings and retention of the meeting notes and actions.
Requirements for this Buying Administrator role include:
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills and the ability to pick up systems quickly.
- A familiarity with ProDiver software would be beneficial.
- Familiarity with Adobe Creative Cloud and/or Photoshop would also be beneficial.
- Efficient ability to communicate with different stakeholders in the business.
- Exceptional organisational, planning, and time management skills.
- Experience in a busy, deadline-driven environment.
- Ability to use own initiative.
- The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years of experience as an Office Administrator, Retail Analyst, Buying Administrator, or similar.
Aoife McCaul is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position. For more jobs like this, please visit the Excel Recruitment website or call 01 871 7613 for more information. Unfortunately, due to volume only suitable applicants can be contacted.
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