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Dartford, Kent
Category Buyer
Overview
Office Depot has an exciting opportunity for a Category Buyer to join the growing team based in Dartford . The role is afull time, permanentposition offering an excellent salary and benefits package. Vital Communications is the print and managed communications division of Office Depot. Office Depot provide business supplies and services to help our customers work better - whatever their workplace. We are a single source for everything customers need to be more productive, including the latest technology, core office supplies, print and document services, business services, facilities products, furniture, and school essentials. Office Depot operates in thirteen countries through its two main brands Office Depot and Viking, with retail stores in France and Sweden. In return for joining us, we will offer you: - Competitive salary - Free on-site parking - Private Medical Insurance - Global travel insurance for you and your family - Access to gym membership - 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays) - Staff discount About the role: As our Category Buyer , you will be responsible for delivering best in class commercial terms to support growth and profitability for the nominated product/vendor portfolio. You will be interacting continuously with the vendor base to manage the relationship, optimise cost, product quality and supply, offering a compelling customer proposition. Key duties and responsibilities of our Category Buyer: - Delivery of tender pricing, project cost savings and commercial growth of Vital Communications through attainment of best market cost of goods/service pricing - Identify, assess and recommend potential vendors using a vigorous vendor selection process across agreed Business criteria - Manage current vendors based on set established criteria and policies. Issue requests for quotations and work closely with vendors to optimize their cost, quality and performance delivery - Collect, assess and discuss business requirements and needs concerning goods / services to be purchased (quantities, specifications and services levels) within the assigned categories and to be accountable for ensuring product meets legislative and client requirements - Work closely with the Vital Communications team ensuring close collaboration and understanding of sourcing product requirements - Share vendor, production knowledge and general intelligence with Vital Communications as appropriate - Undertake an appropriate negotiation strategy with vendors including price, rebates, quality and delivery conditions for products and / or services in assigned category or portfolio - Continuously benchmark and improve the applicable vendor base - Manage Epoch rate cards for assigned categories and support development of Epoch and associated tools - Monitor market, product and price developments and communicate this internally with relevant stakeholders to support growth and profitability - Actively monitors and evaluate vendor delivery performance and product quality - Proactively mitigate the supply risk and lead any corrective and preventive action plans Skills and experience required to be our Category Buyer: - Academic level of thinking in a print business - Minimum of 5 years of relevant print production and procurement experience - Strong customer focus and customer awareness - Negotiation, planning and priority setting skills; able to work under pressure and is result driven - Ability to work in a fast paced and changing environment - Fluent knowledge of English, spoken and written Want to join our team? If you feel you have the skills and experience required for the Category Buyer role, please click ‘Apply’ today and take your next step towards a career with Office Depot.