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    4. Buying Industrial Placement 2022
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    Our Industrial Placement Programme within Buying will make you see retail in a new light. Our unique Partnership difference and approach to business will enable you to get the most out of your placement year. Our placements combine hands-on experience with real projects. You will also receive relevant on the job training.

    Within the Buying Team, you will provide effective and efficient support to the designated Buyer or Trading team to achieve business goals using initiative and strong communication skills. You will work in either Fresh or Ambient Trading or across the whole directorate.

    The role

    • Coordinate end to end line administration (new line critical path, new supplier set up, sample management and ticketing liaison, dotcom and Brandbank)
    • Supplier relations which include but not limited to reporting, JBP filing and Legal record keeping, Supplier query resolution, liaison and progress updates Supplier contact details, transfer and set up
    • Issue communication via appropriate channels (Information Boards, Urgent Comms, Google+, Branch communications packs) and also build and maintain effective internal stakeholder relationships
    • Ensure B&O accurately reflects supplier agreements and forecast files through overrider, promotional and marketing invoicing
    • Performance data reporting (BOBI)
    • Identify and communicate financial errors and issues
    • You will be supporting the team through providing administrative support, reporting, departmental events and additional tasks as required 

    About you

    To be eligible for this role, you must be studying an undergraduate degree at university. As part of your degree, you will be taking a year out in industry commencing July 2022.

    Applying

    • Interviews will take place at the beginning of November.
    • The placement will start on Monday 18th July 2022.
    • We will only accept one application for any of the Partnership Industrial Placement schemes. If you apply for more than one scheme, we will take the first application we receive. You will then receive an email notifying you of the withdrawal of any subsequent applications.
    • Please print off the job outline now, as you will be unable to view it once the vacancy has closed.
    • We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early ​

    The application form consists of a CV upload, an online test followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. 

    As a business we encourage flexible working. We have a number of different ways to work flexibly, so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, examples of how our Partners already work flexibly include part-time, job share, home working and compressed hours.