Category buyer Work, Jobs in Armthorpe, Syk (with Salaries)

Category Buyer
NEXT —Pontefract
- From £44,500 a year
- Call to connect
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Time management
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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Senior Buyer
STEP —Retford
- £44,290 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Contracts
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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UK Atomic Energy Authority —West Burton
- £44,290 a year
- Full-time
- Contracts
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Homeware Buyer
Q RETAIL STORES LIMITED —Goldthorpe
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Administrative experience
- Free parking
- Employee discount
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Buying Assistant
Q RETAIL STORES LIMITED —Wath upon Dearne
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Merchandising
- Administrative experience
- Employee discount
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Procurement Assistant
NHS Supply Chain —Wakefield
- £29,316 a year
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Patient care
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance

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Job details

From £44,500 a year
13 days ago

Benefits

Free parking
Discounted gym membership
Employee discount
On-site parking

Qualifications

CIPS
Analysis skills
Organisational skills
Purchasing
Time management

Full job description

The Role

Based at our distribution centre in South Elmsall, West Yorkshire we’re on the lookout for a driven and detail-focused Category Buyer to support our Procurement Services team. You will be responsible for buying Fleet, MHE, Warehouse Assets, Personal Protective Equipment, Pallets and Uniform. The category spend is £30m, with 50 key suppliers

This is a great opportunity to take ownership of procurement for fleet, material handling equipment, warehouse assets, personal protective equipment, pallets and uniform. You will collaborate closely with internal teams and external networks to deliver value, support warehouse automation projects and ensure our operations remain efficient and safe.

Please note this role includes a company car

What You Will Take On

Supplier Sourcing: Identify and recommend potential partners, building an internal and external network to implement best practices.

Tender Preparation: Prepare financial, product and service performance reviews for requests for quotation and manage standard tender practice documents.

Supplier Appraisal: Conduct commercial appraisals, including site visits and online second-stage negotiations.

Contract Management: Prepare formal contracts and service level agreements alongside our legal team, establishing clear performance measures.

Performance and Relationships: Manage day-to-day supplier communication, conduct strategic operational reviews and use scorecards to rank performance.

Internal Collaboration: Meet regularly with internal stakeholders to manage expectations regarding product specification, pricing and delivery timescales.

Spend and Financial Analysis: Manage purchase orders accurately, pre-approve orders, resolve invoice queries and support the finance team during the budget process.

Health and Safety Compliance: Ensure all suppliers comply with technical and legal safety standards for personal protective equipment.

What You Will Bring

Two or more years of buying experience, preferably within a warehousing and distribution environment.

Strong analytical capability and a clear communication style suitable for all levels of the business.

Excellent time management, planning and organizational skills.

A solid financial understanding to manage spend and analyze dat

The ability to work on your own initiative accurately and efficiently while contributing to a collaborative team.

A Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply qualification, or progress toward one, is beneficial but not essential.

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25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria's Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
Company performance based bonus
Sharesave scheme
On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
Early VIP access to sale stock
Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
Free on-site parking
Financial Wellbeing - Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
Apprenticeship - Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
Direct to Work - Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
Support Networks - Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.

You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!

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