Category Buyer Apprentice - #143438

Location: Newton Abbot, onsite

Working Hours: Monday - Friday, 40hours 8:00-16:00pm (Flexible with set start & finish time, as long as within our core office hours)

Apprenticeship course: Procurement & Supply Assistant(Level 3) CIPS accredited

Training Provider: The Apprenticeship Academy (Online Learning)

Duration: 18-21months approx.

We are looking for a Category Buyer Apprentice to join our team!

Apprentice Category Buyer role is a crucial role in procurement and supply chain management within Harrier and is essential to the ongoing success of the business. The purpose of this role is to assist in providing a comprehensive procurement service to Harrier’s UK and Czech production operations. The Category Buyer’s key objectives are to manage specific product categories, ensuring Harrier obtains the best value while maintaining quality and meeting business objectives.

Key Responsibilities And Tasks

Category management

• Carry out material requirement planning, for product categories, ensuring just in time deliveries.
• Stock control of product categories, liaising with Brand Management and Warehousing, forecasting on peaks and troughs.
• Coordination of product deliveries and prior notifications for warehousing and logistics.
• Assisting with alternative products, from QA sign off, samples and stock control.
• Assist with system data input and receipting of goods.
  
  

Supply chain management

• Coordination of pricing with supply chain, and work with Senior Buyer to obtain the best price, and quality products.
• Creation of pricing matrixes for product categories.
• Maintaining relationships with current suppliers, whilst seeking new suppliers.
• Ensure that all procurement activity and tender requirements are in accordance with the company’s processes.
• Support the Senior Buyer with information for supply chain contracts and supply agreements.
  
  

If you have

• A “can do” attitude in meeting challenges and resolving problem
• Experience of MS Office based applications including Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint
  
  

And you are:

• Willing to learn and expand your knowledge in this field
• Open to collaboration with colleagues
  
  

This is an exciting opportunity to work within our Procurement team!

Take the next step in your career, apply now and join us as a Category Buyer Apprentice at Harrier!