Assistant Buyer

Kickstart Your Buying Career with Us!

We have an exciting opportunity with our Buying Team here at Findel Education for an Assistant Buyer – temporary (fixed-term contract). If you have a strong administration background or previous experience as an Assistant Buyer, we’d love to hear from you!

This role is perfect for an ambitious, detail-oriented individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You’ll play a key role in managing supplier relationships, inputting product data, analyzing trends, and supporting exciting projects and industry events. If you have excellent organizational skills, a keen eye for detail, and a “can-do” attitude, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Your Role:

Some of the responsibilities of this great opportunity include:

• Manage the system set up of suppliers & products.
• Input core product data across our systems, including new product set up, ensuring the highest levels of accuracy.
• Prepare reports for the Buyer to identify trends and performance.
• Complete regular competitor and market reviews.
• Build category range in appropriate systems, in line with the critical path.
• To co-ordinate all samples within the critical path.
• In collaboration with the Buyer, support the development of both current and new supplier relationships.
• Manage supplier relationships on a day-to-day basis, ensuring information flows effectively between both parties.
• Provide a quality and timely response to queries and ensure effective resolutions.
• Act as a Brand Ambassador, including attending trade shows and events.
• Support projects and undertake a range of administrative duties, ensuring the department runs effectively.
• Work with all functions to deliver best in class catalogues & marketing materials, both digitally and offline.
• Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure product compliance within the business, fitness for purpose and adherence to European & British standards.

About You:

We’re ideally looking for candidates with the following skills and experience:

• Working towards a Buying related degree or previous experience in a Buying role
• Able to work well as part of a team as well use own initiative
• Well organized with excellent time management and administration skills
• Accuracy and great attention to detail
• Ability to analyse data and make recommendations
• Able to solve problems by thinking creatively and being resourceful
• Excellent IT skills, proficient in MS Office
• Excellent verbal and written communication/presentation skills
• Ambition to grow and a “can-do” attitude.

What’s in it for you:

Competitive salary & benefits package including:

• 25 days holiday (pro rata)
• Birthday holiday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme, including online GP & well-being support
• Volunteering Leave
• Staff discounts

We support hybrid working, with 3 days per week at our collaborative workspace in Hyde, Greater Manchester.Our culture is friendly, welcoming and supportive, and we believe work should be fun.

About Findel

Findel Education is the leading educational resource supplier in the UK operating across the UK & internationally in the schools and nursery marketplace. Through our Findel Proposition we manage a number of trading brands including Hope, GLS, Davies Sports & Philip Harris.

We believe that inspiring future generations is something worth fighting for. Through innovation, passion and determination, we’re proud to deliver where other companies fail! We draw on our deep roots to help schools, nurseries and educational establishments flourish. We know them, value them and make it our mission to understand them, inside and out.

With our Findel Foundation and awards including Great Place to Work certification and a silver EcoVadis Award for Sustainability, we look for people who want to inspire future generations of learners and who will play a part in moving Findel forward for the greater good. Visit our website to find out more.

• To find out about Findel, our vision, values and all the great things we do to support communities and the environment, please visit: https://www.findel.co.uk/

• To apply, please visit: https://findeleducation.careers.adp.com/