due to on going growth and expansion this business is looking for experienced buyers to join their head office team the individual will possess an excellent understanding of the buying processes with an attitude which fits in with the pace and culture of this fast moving and growing business reporting into the head of buying your key responsibilities will include to analyse sales predict future sales trends to identify source drive new product development negotiate confidently with suppliers on any rebuys and new ranges cross functional communication particularly with marketing in the planning of any activity you will have the following existing experience previous buying and product development experience knowledge of sourcing within the far east would be beneficial strong commercial awareness of the diy and home improvement sector ideally if this sounds like the perfect next role for you please apply with an updated cv now we request that candidates send their cv as a microsoft word document where possible quest search and selection is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy this job was originally posted as wwwretailchoicecomjobseekingbuyersjob