Graduate Buyer

Are you a recent Graduate seeking a career rather than a job? This is a fabulous opportunity to start a career as a Buyer within in a very successful family run, well-established organisation that positively encourages career development. Our client is a very successful and well established retailer with over 300 stores nationwide. Due to significant growth they are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious Graduate to join their Buying Team and start their career as a Purchaser/Buyer. You'll be working as part of a dynamic team of established Buyers Daily responsibilities will include: *Attending and contributing to supplier meetings *Range reviews, data tracking and price comparisons. *Keeping accurate records, setting up new lines, demand planning, transferring stock and answering calls and enquiries The successful candidate will be: *An excellent communicator who is commercially astute and confident in dealing with people at all levels *Strong organisational skills and able make quick decisions and to work to deadlines *Good numeracy skills as you will be forecasting and calculating margins If you have a confident and "can do" attitude and eager to start a career as a Buyer, as well as being excellent with all Microsoft packages and generally good at picking up systems and processes, although full training will be given If you are a recent graduate and seeking a career within a successful and growing organisation, please get in touch ASAP. Thank you for your interest in this role. We will assess your application against the essential criteria for the role. We aim to let you know within 48-hours if your application is to be progressed. If you do not hear from us within the time frame, you are not successful on this occasion, please continue to respond/apply to future roles we advertise. We will not retain your details in line with Data Protection guidance. If you are registered with Plum Personnel please contact us directly to discuss this role, or other opportunities that may be of interest