# Buying Executive

**Company:** [More Years](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/24G8ZUHmcKqEpTNUX9pwAd.md)
**Location:** Nottingham, United Kingdom
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Buying & Supply Chain

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## Description

### **Join Our Pack** 🐶🍽️

From a bold idea to revolutionising dog food, **Years** has grown into a fast-scaling business dedicated to helping dogs live longer, healthier lives.  

In just 3 years, we’ve built a great start up business, serving **thousands of happy customers**, all while striving to achieve our mission. 

Our goal? To give dog owners a **better, fresher, and healthier** way to feed their pets. We provide **human cut, personalised meals** designed to support each dog’s unique needs, delivered straight to their door - no preservatives, no compromises, just real nutrition. 

You can find our customers across the **UK**, with future ambitions to **scale internationally** and continue transforming how people care for their dogs. 

### **Your Mission**

You'll be the engine room of our procurement team - managing daily orders, chasing suppliers, keeping production moving, and building the relationships that make it all work.

This isn't just processing POs. You'll get hands-on with the full supply chain - from sourcing veg and spices to managing packaging and services - while working directly with NPD, Warehouse, Data Science, and Marketing teams across the business.

**Day-to-day (60-70%):**

-   Raise purchase orders and confirm delivery dates with suppliers
-   Chase orders, manage lead times, and ensure timely deliveries
-   Manage stock levels for consumables and flag supply chain risks early
-   Keep Fishbowl (our inventory system) accurate and up to date

**Strategic stuff (30-40%):**

-   Build strong supplier relationships and explore new supply chain opportunities
-   Spot improvements and contribute ideas to make procurement more efficient
-   Support due diligence on suppliers and help build department resilience
-   Tackle critical last-minute requests and business-critical supply chain challenges

### Key Responsibilities

-   **Purchase Order Creation & Management:** Accurately create and process purchase orders for a wide range of SKUs.
-   **Delivery & Supplier Management:** Confirm delivery dates with suppliers, proactively chase orders, and follow up on logistics to ensure on-time, in-full deliveries.
-   **Internal Communication:** Provide timely updates to the Goods-In team and other internal stakeholders regarding delivery schedules.
-   **Master Data Management:** Set up new part numbers in the system and manage new supplier data with high attention to detail.
-   **Category Ownership:** Take full ownership of the consumable supply chain, managing it from end to end.
-   **Continuous Improvement:** Actively support and contribute to improvement initiatives across the site and within the procurement function.
-   **Cross-Functional Support:** Work collaboratively with team members across the business and maintain positive relationships with suppliers.

## Requirements

### What you'll bring...

-   **Experience:** Previous experience in a procurement, manufacturing, or administrative role is preferred, but more importantly, we are looking for the right attitude and a **genuine eagerness to learn**.
-   **Core Skills:**

-   **Strong attention to detail** and the ability to follow procedures meticulously.
-   **Excellent communication skills** with a positive, can-do attitude.
-   **Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel**(e.g., VLOOKUPs, pivot tables) - this is essential.
-   **Resilience and the ability to prioritise** a busy workload in a fast-paced environment.

-   **Desirable (but not essential):**

-   Experience with **inventory management systems** (like Fishbowl).
-   Familiarity with or an interest in using **AI tools** to improve procurement processes.
-   A foundational understanding of **supplier relationship management**.

-   **Personal Attributes:**

-   You are reliable, punctual, and a strong team player.
-   You are not afraid to ask questions and are excited by the prospect of building a career in procurement.
-   You thrive in a busy environment and see challenges as opportunities to learn.

## Benefits

### **What’s In It For You? Years Benefits**

-   Salary of £32,000 - £35,000
-   Medicash Level 4 Cashback plan
-   Spill EAP and Mental Health Support programme
-   Annual £250.00 Learning & Development budget for courses, books or other self-learn activities each year
-   Annual £200.00 Wellbeing budget each year
-   Up to 2 weeks working abroad per year (selected roles)
-   Monthly recognition through our Yappa of The Month programme
-   1 Volunteer day per year - dog themed or not: it’s your choice!
-   Subsidised employee groups - from five a side to padel there’s loads to get involved in or the chance to start up your own group
-   Quarterly subsidised team events from Axe throwing, crazy golf to cocktail making
-   Exclusive discounts on Years and Years treats for yourself and friends/family
-   Lunch & Learn programme - from dog first aid to financial savviness we’ve got sessions planned to cover all kinds of topics
-   Casual dress
-   Your birthday off or different day if it falls on a non-working day
-   Ability to sell any unused holiday back to Years at the end of the Holiday Year (maximum 1 working week)