The Role:
We are currently seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Buying Administrator to join our growing Buying Department The Buying Administrator will play a crucial role in supporting the buying department by assisting with various administrative tasks, maintaining accurate records, and ensuring efficient communication between internal teams and external suppliers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain the integrity of all data information in relation to suppliers, products, and offers
- Update changes to product costing and retail prices
- Liaising with suppliers to ensure timely and accurate deliveries
- Sample management; requesting and tracking samples, arranging samples for web and packaging photography.
- Conducting approval assessments of packaging, photography and samples
- Managing product information detail for packaging and website information
- Arranging packaging design requests as required and liaising with design team
- Coordinate with suppliers to confirm orders, resolve any issues, and negotiate favourable terms.
- Assist with product sourcing, research, and evaluation to identify new suppliers and products.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and other documentation as required by the buying team.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
· 3rd level degree in a business, buying or a related degree
· The successful candidate will demonstrate a high attention to detail, good numerical ability, and an excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel robust spreadsheets.
· Strong administrative and planning skills.
· Ability to multitask in a fast-paced, cross-functional team environment
· Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and take ownership of workloads
· Ability to be a team player, while also having the ability to work independently
· Flexible and open to change as the business requires
This is a hybrid working position which requires attendance in office 3 days and WFH 2 days each week
Salary of 30-34k DOE, Pension, VHI
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: €32,000.00-€35,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bike to work scheme
- Company pension
- Employee assistance program
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Private medical insurance
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Work from home
Education:
- Leaving Certificate (preferred)
Experience:
- buying administration: 1 year (preferred)
Work authorisation:
- Ireland (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ballymount, CO. Dublin
Reference ID: Buying Administrator Retail