**** OcUK is recruiting - Buyers/Product Specialists ****

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OCUK IS RECRUITING BUYERS/PRODUCT SPECIALISTS

Salary: Dependant on experience but to attract the best

Reporting into the Managing Director you will responsible for growing OcUK's revenues within specific product groups, developing strong manufacturer/supplier relationships and driving down the best possible buy price.

Working alongside your other Buying colleagues you will control and maintain all purchasing, content management and merchandising of your product range.

Your areas of Responsibilities will include;
  • Price and Supply Negotiations
  • Developing Manufacturer/Supplier Relationships
  • Stock level management
  • Sourcing of Products
  • Setup, merchandising and ongoing management of your product groups
You will be experienced buyer or deal negotiator not necessarily within the Computer Industry.

You will have great enthusiasm for particular product groups particularly Peripherals, AV or Systems (PCs)/Laptops.

Key attributes that you will be able to demonstrate include;
  • You are tireless in your approach to hunting out best priced deals
  • You do not accept the first price given and happy to enter into firm negotiation to drive the buy price down
  • You are driven to keep picking up the telephone, using email and MSN to search for stocks of products
  • You are committed to ensuring OcUK is first to market with new product
  • You have a continual thirst/hunger for new products
  • You can describe the latest & greatest products in detail
  • Know or know where to find out what is coming up next
  • Know or can understand what an OcUK customer would or would not buy

If this is YOU email us at; [email protected]
 
James07 said:
Im just hoping your joking to be honest as that comment will then be something to laugh at.

You sound like one of the OcUK wannabes!
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I am interested and I will email them direct...I am sure you received similar comments directed at you when you posted your CV?

And so what if somebody has a bit of passion? no point working for a company if you don't agree with it's morals or understand it's ethics on where it wants to go? Meh
 
The Buyer is pretty much one of the most powerful people in any company. Your decisions can make or break a company.

Good luck finding someone suitable, there is a reason these people are gold dust.
 
Booner! said:
I am interested and I will email them direct...I am sure you received similar comments directed at you when you posted your CV?

And so what if somebody has a bit of passion? no point working for a company if you don't agree with it's morals or understand it's ethics on where it wants to go? Meh
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Put your original comment back up.
 
Slinwagh said:
After last week I thought that this was going to be a markerting job !;)
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:p:p

I won't bother applying, I didn't even get an Email back last time telling me to **** off. :p

One things for sure though, I could do a Damn site better job than whoever is posting these threads from the shop recently :D + :p
Talk about Epic Fail !!!
 
From what I understand (being reasonably close friends with the buyer for the company I currently work) the buyer is the person who

a) Knows his field inside out, so that he literally knows what the trends are, whats hot.
b) Is able to make important contacts in the industry in order to procure the required trade matter, as well as be on good enough terms and knowledgeable enough to fight for good prices). I can't stress this part enough - wholesalers do *not* necessarily advertise, they simply get contracts by word of mouth, and you cannot ask retailers who supplies them because no-one will say a word.
c) Is extremely well organised, meticulous and trustworthy.

Not to mention all of the politics of supply and demand, such as buying from Supplier A who is at war with Supplier B but you need to buy from them both, so you don't want them to find out you buy from them both. My friend got himself into a lot of trouble (short term) though it worked out in the end...

Sometimes you could simply be told no because there are already businesses in your area selling a certain product and they don't want to flood the market, or a company wants exclusive rights to sell a particular line and they are a large and influential account... its all scary to me but exciting for the right person I imagine ^^. And usually quite well paid too.
 
Well i just took advantage of it being in GD to have a good Laugh at the posts/adverts we've had recently & the responce they have been getting from members here & regular buyers there.
Not to mention my little dig for not even getting an email back last time i wrote to them ;)
 
malc30 said:
:p:p

I won't bother applying, I didn't even get an Email back last time telling me to **** off. :p

One things for sure though, I could do a Damn site better job than whoever is posting these threads from the shop recently :D + :p
Talk about Epic Fail !!!
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So who told you to **** off then?
 
RTB said:
So who told you to **** off then?
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:p You need to read posts SLOWER :D

I said I didn't even get an email telling me to **** off, As in I got nowt back, Zero, not even confirmation that i sent an email :p
I am Rubbish though & just sent a mail which probably read like it was from Yossa, it was a proper Gissa job style application :o + :D
Can't even remember what job it was either as i said loads out, What day is it today, Monday, I've done 7 so far this week 12 last week 9 the week before that. Out of all them only One of them Replied saying they will let me know if they need me for an Interview.
One envelope & 3 lines of text means a hell of a lot to a fella beating his head against the wall looking for a job.

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^^ That makes it look like it was in the last few weeks when it wasn't. God knows when it was, Last year some time. It's forgot now like don't worry about it.
 
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