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Buyer 
Up to £35,000
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Take the next step in your career and join a company that values innovation, integrity, and excellence. Apply today with Elevation Recruitment Group, United Brands recruitment partner.

As a Buyer here, your primary responsibility will be to build on the existing supplier relationships and source stock from new suppliers & manufacturers of national and international household brands.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded Buyer who wants to drive their earning potential by forging long term, commercial relationships and ensure competitive pricing to drive revenue.

A background in Wholesale products like gifting, furnishings, gardening, outdoor, accessories, homeware, seasonal products, or DIY, is essential as this will be a unique role to Buying, taking on a more traditional approach of building new relationships with suppliers to secure supply.

Key Responsibilities:

Work with the owners to drive the P&L and own the profit centre.
Directly reporting into the Owners you'll be an integral part of the business to grow its' product offering to customers and overall turnover.
Cold calling is a form of sourcing solicitation, new suppliers who've never interacted with the United Brands will be integral to building new product supply. It generally refers to visiting trade fairs & exhibitions, phone-based conversations, networking and meeting sales management with leading brands.
Full responsibility of key accounts with suppliers from Global supply chains. Developing new and existing relationship
Interface with Senior Directors to Middle management to secure product.
Researching and identifying product opportunities across new supply routes to purchase clearance products, partnering with major brand manufacturers for new business.
Attend Domestic and International exhibitions and trade fairs.
Seek to drive your relationships with manufacturers and other suppliers of brand products.

Experience & Qualifications Required:

Experience in stock clearance and/or discount wholesale trade is required.
Establishing and maintaining progressive relationships with suppliers.
Be a fantastic communicator with strong interpersonal skills and have the confidence to speak to people at different seniority levels.
You should understand sales behaviour and be able to consult with suppliers to gain their product at the right price.
Develop an understanding of how suppliers work in order to determine who the decision-makers are and have the ability to build a successful relationship and value proposition to meet theirs and yours needs.
Make contact and forming productive and profitable relationships.
Be a driven, tenuous individual with a will to succeed.
What's On Offer:

Inclusive of Bonus - realistic first year trading up to £10k Bonus (uncapped bonus structure)
Expenses
28 days holiday inclusive of BH – 9-5 Mon-Thurs, Fri Finish at 4pm on Friday
Free on-site parking.
Pension - Nest
International Travel 
Covering all home categories, including Homeware, DIY & Storage, Garden, Home Fragrance, Gifting, Toiletries & Household, Kitchen, Cookware, Plastics, Prep & Store & many more.

Elevation Recruitment Group are handling all applications for United Brands – please feel free to contact us directly on (phone number removed) or (url removed)