Buyerat CDW Careers (UK)

Description

Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we’re the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.

About CDW

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers around the Globe. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW was founded in 1984 and employs over 15,000 coworkers, with headquarters across the United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

CDW prides itself on “making amazing happen”. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and are grounded in the CDW Way.  Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same.  From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together.

Job Summary

A Buyer at CDW UK is responsible to ensure the service level to our customers is maximized through a combination of efficient purchasing, at the best possible price.

Key responsibilities

• Develop supplier relationships for a given product set: ensure suppliers always provide information related to deals and promotions and use this information to negotiate better deals. This relationship can be supported by regular meetings where necessary
• To negotiate at any opportunity, to maximise margins, ensuring best price
• Liaise with sales teams to communicate any issues arising with their orders
• Clear and concise interaction with all company departments; notably the sales department
• Ensure purchase orders are loaded correctly to enable quick payment of invoices
• Ensure all changes to purchase orders are recorded on the system
• Liaise with warehouse to ensure any issues can be resolved in a timely fashion
• Provide cover for other members of the department as necessary and perform other tasks if requested from time to time by the Category Manager
• Support less experienced members of the team in the education of best practice and

Qualifications, Skills & Experience

• Experience of working in a procurement role, ideally within IT
• Experienced in dealing with suppliers and contractors, and negotiations to ensure best cost and quality
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work well under pressure
• Highly motivated with ability to work under own initiative, making decisions to benefit the business
• Demonstrated attention to detail, time management and organizational skills
• Microsoft Office skills, preferably including: Excel and Word but not essential

Essential Attributes

• Professionalism
• Honest and hardworking
• Self-Motivated and proactive
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proven record of reliability, responsibility and work ethic
• Excellent organisational skills
• Good interpersonal skills – ability to liaise with personnel at all levels and adapt style accordingly
• Capable of multi tasking, efficiently managing time and resources
• Ability to work to challenging deadlines
• Have a desire for continuous development and improvement
• A receptive, approachable individual who can provide and receive feedback in an effective, impartial manner
• Willing to go the extra mile to ensure requirements are met and practices are followed
• Able to identify, communicate and resolve issues that may cause risk to others or the company
• Flexibility with working hours
• Passionate about making positive changes and improving efficiencies
• Must have an excellent command of the English language with strong written and verbal communication skills

More about CDW and your career with us:

At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes whom you will learn and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self — and your best ideas — to CDW.  Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving — and better solutions for our customers in a rapidly evolving technology landscape.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining a policy of non-discrimination towards all coworkers and applicants for employment in all aspects of employment. CDW does not discriminate against any applicant because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis that is prohibited by local employment law, including those protected by the UK Equality Act 2010. 

We encourage candidates from all walks of life to apply and join us in our mission of cultivating a culture of belonging, diversity and inclusion for better collaboration, innovation, and business results.

Together, we strive to create a workplace where everyone feels like they belong and is empowered to bring their full energy, capabilities and authenticity for coworker and business benefits. Will you be a part of it?

What we offer:

Life Assurance

Competitive Contributory Pension

Private Medical Insurance

Enhanced Maternity Pay

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Option to buy additional holiday

Dental Insurance

Season Ticket Loan + additional perks

Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small. 

What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers. 
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you’ll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self—and your best ideas—to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving—and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.