Assistant Buyer – Sainsbury’s Jobs

Job Type: Assistant Buyer
Location: United Kingdom
Company: Sainsbury’s

Being an Assistant Buyer at Sainsbury’s means working for a vibrant, mission-driven company that is committed to producing exceptional outcomes. You will begin a two-year program as part of this role, during which you will be exposed to many facets of supplier management and procurement, strengthening your background in category planning, research, tenders, and negotiation. Additionally, you will have the opportunity to support strategic initiatives, realizing the genuine influence of your work, and bringing about significant change. You’ll receive support for your professional development with an emphasis on teamwork, curiosity, and ongoing learning. At the conclusion of the course, you will have developed into a competent and self-assured professional buyer, ready to truly make an impact. Come work with us and become a part of a team that appreciates creativity, holds people accountable, and fosters a welcoming and stimulating work environment.

Responsabilities:

Your enthusiasm, drive, and resolve will be vital in helping the company achieve outstanding outcomes. Through rotations, you will be exposed to several facets of procurement and supplier management throughout the course of a two-year curriculum, giving you a comprehensive grasp of the industry. Your duties will involve researching and analyzing within your category area, helping with the management of important suppliers, and assisting procurement managers and senior buyers in carrying out sourcing initiatives. Collaborating with multiple internal teams, you will work across functional boundaries to guarantee adherence to Sainsbury’s Procurement and Supplier Management Policy. You will be successful in this capacity if you can prioritize duties, show that you have a growth mindset, cultivate relationships with stakeholders, and use your creativity. In the end, your efforts will support the accomplishment of company goals and serve as a reminder of the significance of integrity and Sainsbury’s values in all that you do.

Requeriments:

You are a motivated, aspirational person who is passionate about supplier management and procurement as an Assistant Buyer. You want to become a successful procurement professional and have a keen interest in learning how the larger organization is run. Your outstanding organizational abilities and project management expertise enable you to successfully manage several priorities and produce outcomes. You can recognize patterns and arrive at wise conclusions because of your proficiency with data and your ability to transform it into insightful understandings. You are an effective communicator who can engage and persuade both internal and external stakeholders while clearly and succinctly articulating complicated topics. As a cooperative team player, you create dependable connections and actively participate in conversations. You exhibit resilience, adaptability, and a curious mentality in a fast-paced, constantly-changing environment, constantly searching out new possibilities for learning and development.

Essentials

• Expertise overseeing a project and effectively managing several tasks while possessing outstanding organizational abilities
• Demonstrates a desire to pursue a career in procurement and a keen interest in supplier management, as well as an understanding of how our larger organization is run.
• Proven ability to work with data and transform it into insights to better understand trends and their commercial implications
• Possess strong communication abilities both in writing and speaking, engaging and persuading both internal and external stakeholders with assurance, and simplifying complicated topics
• Knowledge of collaborating with people in a group setting, seizing chances to establish rapport, and developing dependable connections

Ideal

• The capacity to approach problem-solving analytically and methodically
• Inherently inquisitive, with the self-assurance to pose inquiries and frank participation in conversations
• Adaptable and resilient, capable of functioning well in a fast-paced, dynamic setting