Generic Elite Buyer

Are you a skilled negotiator with a keen eye for market trends? As a Generic Elite Buyer, you'll play a crucial role in shaping our product offering, ensuring we remain competitive and profitable in a fast-moving industry. This is an exciting opportunity to build strong supplier relationships, influence pricing strategies, and make a real impact in a dynamic commercial environment. The heart of the role

• Engage with Pricing and Telesales teams to track cost price movements and maintain market competitiveness.
• Support rebate and Pan-European initiatives, focusing on key molecules to help achieve annual manufacturer targets.
• Monitor and manage upstream product costs, ensuring alignment with market sell prices to maintain profitability.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, and Depots to minimize disruptions and ensure efficient receipt of goods.
• Proactively contribute to category and pricing meetings, providing insights to optimize performance.
  
  Prior purchasing experience within the generic category
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work interdepartmentally
• Organised and analytical
• Knowledge of reimbursement models
• Strong negotiator
  
  25 days (pro rata) paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service
• Medicash- a health cash program to assist with day-to-day healthcare costs, such as eyecare or prescriptions
• iTrent Financial Wellbeing - a financial wellbeing application which allows for flexible control of your finances
• Access to High Street discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Accredited Training Programmes available (Education paid for by the company via the Apprenticeship Scheme)