Location:
Morrisons Head Office
Department:
Trading
Salary Details:
Competitive Pay & Benefits
Job Type:
Permanent / Full Time.

About The Role

Fancy working for Morrisons? We’ve got an incredible opportunity that doesn’t come around everyday for a Buying Assistant to be based 4 days a week at our Head Office in Bradford.

Our trading teams are key to our success and as a Buying Assistant you'll join our busy, fast-paced and dynamic buying teams. We are on the hunt for traders and future traders to join Fresh/Produce & Ambient categories and would love to hear from anyone with relevant experience.
 
Not only are we the second largest manufacturer of fresh food in the UK, but we also ensure our traceability, in particular our meat products, to show it is ethically sourced, from which region of the UK and by whom, to help us paint a full picture for our customers from farm-to-fork. Working within embedded business teams, our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience you won’t find anywhere else!
 
Proud of our roots, we’ve got a great story to tell and can look forward to a fantastic future which you can be a part of!
In return for your hard work, you’ll get a great pension, private healthcare (applicable roles), 15% colleague discount and 10% for 2 friends/family, money off at over 850 retailers with My Perks, and much more. 
 
You’ll be responsible for:

  • Supporting the buying team by owning all the administrative tasks

  • Making sure the right information is available in the right place at the right time to make things simpler for our colleagues

  • Management of supplier queries including: promotions, pricing, invoicing and miscellaneous product mechanics

  • Providing store bulletins when necessary on products and promotions

  • Dealing with a stakeholder network including: store, supply chain, trade planning, marketing, and other various support queries

  • Maintaining up to date files and trackers

  • Email and telephone management

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About You

So that you are set for success, we are looking for a self-starter, who is a great communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. You will work as part of a versatile team with a can-do culture, so it’s important that you are tenacious and strive for excellence. 

This is what we’re looking for:

  • Ability to manage multiple requirements to short timescales, with a desire to give excellent customer service

  •  A strong desire and passion to pursue a career in Buying

  • Good attention to detail with a persistent and positive attitude

  • Self motivated with a strong ability to plan and organise

  • Good commercial and financial understanding and experience with strong numerical ability

  • Strong ability to communicate effectively whether face to face, telephone or email

  • Ability to analyse complex data

  • Confident with an ability to use initiative and seek out solutions

About the team

About Us Description:
At Morrisons, we're the single biggest food manufacturer in the UK, and the only retailer to operate our own processing sites. Which means we're not just responsible for keeping our shelves stocked - we need to stock our manufacturing sites, too.

As a true one-of-a-kind business, we curate, arrange and buy everything from raw materials like flour and meat to the products our customers pop in for every day. We negotiate prices and make sure we're able to sell as much as we can. We look at product packaging and quality to help us decide where products will sit in our stores. And when you remember that each category is worth a percentage of our overall £12billion turnover from supermarket sales alone, the impact of each buying team is huge.

We work in embedded business teams, so our Buyers sit with their supply chain, finance and technical counterparts, working alongside each other to make decisions and take action quickly. We even have joint targets so that we're unified in our mission to serve our customers.

About The Company

We're foodmakers and shopkeepers. Together, #WeMakeMorrisons. And everyone’s welcome here. We work as one team to help feed the nation and make sure people can get the food they need. It’s all of our jobs.

As the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores, we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food, sell it, or even join us in our head office, we’d love to meet you.

And with all the support you need to be your best, you won’t just help us make Morrisons - you’ll build a rewarding career for yourself, too

We're a diverse and inclusive employer. And we don't just say it, we show it. Everyone is welcome at Morrisons! 
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