Assistant Buyer

Our client, a leading, award winning publisher has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer to join its publishing team in Shrewsbury.

This is a superb opportunity to join a highly respected internationally renowned company.

Reporting to the Commercial Director, this challenging and varied role involves sourcing and purchasing covermount gifts for 3+ magazines within the portfolio, monitoring and tracking deliveries, and ordering and processing sticker sheets for every title. It also includes the purchasing of general office services and supplies. The successful applicant will also be involved with print and be responsible for barcode ordering, archiving, logging covermount samples and dealing with customer complaints. The role also involves general office duties including telephone answering and reception.

This exciting role requires a self-starter with excellent communication, negotiation and organisational skills, and a high attention to detail. It is a fast paced environment where you will need to be able to keep track of lots of things at the same time and be a lateral thinker. You will be required to establish and maintain good working relationships with all suppliers including covermount specialists, print companies and finishing houses. You will be expected to use your initiative and take responsibility for tasks, interacting both inter departmentally and externally, so people skills are also very important. The role requires someone who is a team player but who can also work on their own. You should be used to working to strict deadlines and schedules and be able to keep calm and work well under pressure. Excellent Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

We are looking for candidates who have experience working in an office environment and are able to work full time hours.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established, very friendly and collaborative team with realistic potential to develop and progress.

This is a permanent position offering a salary of £24k-£27k depending on experience plus benefits.