Founded in 2001, H2eCommerce is a specialist online retailer of printer consumables, printers, stationery and office supplies. From our sites in Winsford and Crewe in Cheshire, we operate as part of a highly successful Europe-wide group with a turnover in excess of £400m.
Our flagship brand, Cartridge People, is led by a team of industry experts and offers both newly released original branded products and high-quality Own Brand compatible cartridges. This gives households and businesses a comprehensive choice of dependable, great-value printing solutions. We’re also proud of our UK-based, award-winning customer service.
Alongside Cartridge People, our 123-3D.co.uk brand is the UK’s dedicated 3D printing specialist, with one of the widest ranges of 3D printers, filaments and accessories in the country – all at highly competitive prices.
It’s an exciting time to join H2eCommerce as we continue to grow our brands, expand our product ranges and help customers get more value from their everyday printing and office supplies.
We’re looking to appoint two experienced and commercially focused Buyers to join our growing and vibrant Buying team on site in Winsford. We have a full time and part time vacancy available. This is a hybrid role and you will work at our office in Winsford at least 2 days a week.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working with suppliers, analysing data, managing stock and identifying commercial opportunities. You’ll play an important role in ensuring we have the right products, in the right quantities, at the right time and at the right value.
Working closely with the Purchasing Manager and wider Buying team, you’ll also collaborate with Commercial, Customer Service, Warehouse and group colleagues to improve availability, supplier performance, product quality and overall business performance.
If you’re a Buyer who wants to make a genuine impact, we’d love to hear from you.
- Manage stock availability and ensure purchasing activity supports departmental KPIs.
- Forecast future inventory levels and identify potential stock shortages.
- Monitor inventory health, including excess and ageing stock.
- Analyse purchasing, supplier and stock data to support effective decision-making.
- Manage purchasing activity, including ordering, tendering and supplier negotiations.
- Identify opportunities to improve value for money and reduce purchasing costs.
- Manage supplier relationships and work with vendors and distributors to improve service levels and commercial outcomes.
- Monitor supplier performance, lead times and issue resolution.
- Support the sourcing of new suppliers and identify new commercial opportunities.
- Work with suppliers and internal teams to support first-to-market new product introductions.
- Develop and grow our own-brand product offering.
- Monitor product quality and work with suppliers to resolve faults and issues.
- Work closely with the Commercial team to optimise pricing, availability and new product opportunities.
- Maintain purchasing schedules, orderbooks, pricelists, tender outcomes and product information.
- Support purchasing cash flow, monitor supplier debts, rebates and cash recovery.
- Keep up to date with market developments, supplier activity, freight costs, currency movements and product trends.
- Attend trade shows and identify new products and suppliers where appropriate.
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Competitive salary with annual salary reviews
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30 days annual leave with an additional day of leave for each full year spent with the company, up to 35 days per year
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One day birthday leave each year
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Death in service insurance at 3 x annual salary
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Pension
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Simply Health Plan
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Generous long service cash rewards from 5 years of service
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Cycle to work scheme
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Discounted Gym Memberships
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Staff discount on products
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Staff referral scheme with cash rewards
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GP access and mental health counselling support
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Yearly flu vaccinations
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Specsavers vision/ eye care
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Free parking with easy access to rail and bus routes
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Fun and exciting social and team building events
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Casual dress
- A minimum of 3 years + proven experience purchasing goods at scale, domestically and internationally.
- Strong commercial awareness and market understanding.
- Excellent analytical and numerical skills, experience analysing data and using it to make purchasing decisions.
- Strong negotiation and relationship-management skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Confidence using IT systems and purchasing/business systems.
- A proactive approach, with the initiative to identify problems and commercial opportunities.
- Adaptability and the ability to respond effectively to changing business requirements.
