Junior Buyer

Job Description

In Short:

Hofy is redefining the way organisations oversee their remote and hybrid workplaces!

The Buyer will co-ordinate the purchasing of goods and services from our third-party supply chain, ensuring that each transaction provides best value, compliance, and on-time delivery.

The Role:

• Inventory management, ensuring appropriate levels of stock are available to support the delivery of objectives & key results, utilising demand planning tools and purchase order system where appropriate.
• Support bespoke product sourcing, ensuring requests and drop-ships purchase orders are managed in an efficient manner, utilising the product ranges available from our third-party supply chain
• Support the Procurement Team with transformational projects and/or deputise for other Team Members during times of absence/as required by the business.
• Opportunity to work with global suppliers and a global purchasing plan.

Requirements:

• 2+ years experience in a procurement function managing purchase-to-pay processes, 1+ years in an IT environment is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience of third-party item sourcing inclusive of supplier negotiation, quotation provision and special bid process management.
• Proven experience of the purchase-to-pay order-processing lifecycle inclusive of clean order management and item creation processes.
• Understanding of risk and compliance within a third-party supply chain with recognised processes utilised to enable effective management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal/external stakeholders, suppliers, customers, peers, senior management, and the wider business at all levels of seniority.
• Experience of managing multiple project strands simultaneously and working at pace to challenging deadlines.

About Hofy

We exist to equip the world’s talent with the means to do their best work. Enabling organisations to level up their employee value prop and increase the diversity of their teams. Creating more space for more ideas, innovation and advances.

To get us one step closer to a future in which opportunity flows globally, materially elevating career trajectories and quality of life for people everywhere.

We achieve all of this by living our values:

• Aim high, stay humble We’re ambitious, yet grounded.
• Disagree & commit We balance dissent with bias for action.
• Embrace the challenge We give it everything we’ve got.
• Work together to win We support each other to reach our collective potential.
• Grow beyond good enough We continually invest in becoming the best versions of ourselves.

Let’s build a better future, together

What about the perks?

• 🏢Full home office set up from Hofy
• 💻Choice of tech
• 🌴35 days annual leave (inclusive of local public holidays)
• 🧑‍🎓£1000 of annual growth fund for everyone to develop
• 🪄Regular team and company socials
• 🐲Annual company retreat

A chance for everyone

At Hofy, we practice what we preach. We believe that creating a truly global employee experience for our clients starts with us. We need as many perspectives as possible, and we see our individual differences and diverse backgrounds as our superpowers.

We want you to bring your best self to work and to feel like you truly belong. We never discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, disability (visible or non-visible).