Assistant Buyer

Assistant Buyer / Assistant Category Manager

Manchester – Hybrid 1/2 days a week in the office

Full Time, Permanent

I asked the hiring manager what they think the best thing about this role is, they said:

“It's a fantastic time to join RS’s buying team as we accelerate growth across EMEA and the role of the Assistant Category Manager is crucial in the exciting plans we have. I will make sure that you thrive in the role, I will encourage new ideas and empower you to take ownership of your own supplier portfolio and projects, supported by the great team around you.”

They summed it up better than me but in our journey to making amazing happen and ensuring we are the one stop shop for all our customer’s needs.

What will I be doing?

Working within our PPE and Safety category you will be developing your knowledge of buying / category management by supporting the team with any administration tasks that need to be done, but its not just that.

You will be working towards becoming a Category Manager in the next 2 years where you will have the opportunity to have your own portfolio of customers and clients.

Our job is to put you on the road to that and always support you to go beyond amazing.

What do I need to be successful?

This is an entry level role and at RS we will act like that, we aren’t looking for experience or knowledge in a similar role but we are looking for transferable skills. We are looking for someone with:

• Good attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Influencing skills
• The willingness to take ownership of projects
• An ability to use your own initiative to solve problem

You will need some experience in a customer facing environment but we can train skills we need a good attitude.

Apply now and join us on this journey to make amazing happen for a better world. 

What’s in it for you?   

At RS, as well as the usual employee benefits, you’d expect from a FTSE listed company, including an annual performance bonus, private healthcare, and generous holiday, in the UK&I, we’ve just introduced several new Family Friendly Policies including:  
  

• Help for people to take control of ongoing Health conditions such as diabetes or asthma with £500 a year available for monitoring & consultation  
• Support for Neurodiverse colleagues and families with neurodiverse members with needs assessment, diagnosis and post-diagnostic support for autism spectrum, ADHD and Tourette’s syndrome  
• Support for Women at different life stages from streamlined fertility support to diagnosis and monitoring of both endometriosis and menopause  
• Helping our LGBTQ+ community through enhanced coverage for trans colleagues, including voice coaching, facial surgery and gender confirmation surgery  

Apply now and start your journey with RS!

We will be holding an assessment centre for this role as we are hiring numerous positions, more information will be sent closer to the successful candidates.

We are RS  

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.  

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.   

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.  We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.   

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. 

Come and join us and over 2,000 colleagues in the UK – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too. 

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