Buyer/business developer
- MaintenantAchats Responsibilities Head of buying for the UK branch of Intertrade - London based - (trading company specialised in the off-price market - excess stock, clearance, sourcing of bottom price items for the discounters across Europe )
Development on a daily basis of a database over 600 suppliers Managing a team of 2 assistants (back office, admin)
Negotiating and closing deals ranging from 2000 up to 500K
Sourcing a wide variety of items ( clothing / household items / toiletries /food ...) via network of suppliers and agents.
Turnover increased from 400K/year to 2.5M/year over 2 years upgrade your Target exceeded throughout the last 2 years, with an average of 140K/month worth of deals.
Required acute sense of business skills by building and extending partnership with the suppliers
Required a problem solving mindset in order to sort out any transport, contract account to remove and payment issues.
Deals being led from sourcing of the products, price negotiation and T&C's, up to custom clearance and reception of the goods.
Required monthly travel for trade shows and visit of suppliers across the world
Work based from home.