Bespoke Buyer (Ref: PK9478)

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BESPOKE BUYER

NORTH WEST

SALARY UP TO £36K (Depending on Experience) + Bonus TBC + 20 Days Holiday increasing to 25 after 3 years and 30 after 10 years + Company Pension Scheme

WORKING HOURS: 8:30am till 5pm (Flexibility on this) - 45 Mins Lunch Break

Our client is a leading luxury and gift packaging supplier, providing a full range of packaging solutions including tags, ribbons, boxes, bags, and seasonal collections to a diverse portfolio of retail clients across the UK and Europe. The business combines in-house design expertise with global manufacturing partnerships to deliver trend-led, commercially focused products.
They are currently looking to recruit a Bespoke Buyer to join their buying team. You will be responsible for managing the critical path of bespoke manufactured products sourced from international factories, ensuring timely delivery and smooth coordination for supply to retailers worldwide. Maximising sales and profitability through effective sourcing, factory management, understanding customer requirements, price negotiation and lead time control.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop a strong understanding of the factory base, including audit status, capabilities, production limitations and opportunities across suppliers
• Liaise with Sales and Design teams to ensure enquiry sheets are accurately completed with full product specifications and customer requirements
• Issue enquiry sheets to factories and secure the most competitive and appropriate pricing
• Upon order confirmation, create and manage critical paths for all orders, ensuring adherence across internal teams and factories
• Use SAP to set up item codes and raise purchase orders to factories
• Coordinate and distribute all necessary materials to factories, including artwork, packaging artwork, colour proofs, swatches and samples
• Produce clear and detailed order overviews for factories and the international team, ensuring documentation is kept fully up to date
• Review pre-production samples and obtain timely customer approvals prior to authorising the start of mass production
• Maintain regular communication with factories to monitor production progress, respond to queries, and resolve any issues
• Review production samples, secure final customer approval and notify the shipping department that goods are approved for shipment
• Carry out QC checks on bespoke stock upon arrival into the warehouse to identify and address any issues flagged during factory QC

Requirements:

• Strong business and commercial awareness
• Ability to effectively prioritise and manage own workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong teamworking and relationship-building abilities
• High level of attention to detail
• Good problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Competent IT skills, with strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Experience in a similar role and/or educated to degree level or equivalent