Job Title: Product Development Assistant

Salary: up to £25,000 DOE

Location: Maidstone, with hybrid working arrangements

Great opening for a Product Development Assistant to join the busy Purchasing team within an international company with a well-established market presence, based in Maidstone and offering the opportunity for internal travel!

Duties include:

* Establishing and maintaining strong supplier relationships with new and existing accounts.
* Liaising with internal and external contacts internationally to understand business needs and explore new opportunities.
* Collating accurate and up to date data to support with analysing margins and supply performance against planned strategies and expectations.
* Regularly reviewing new and existing supplier pricing and performance to ensure market parity and meeting of expected targets.
* Developing and maintaining market and competitor knowledge in order to contribute to the development of product and purchasing strategies.
* Developing and maintaining knowledge of the company's products and ranges, involving internal and externally training both in the UK and internationally.
* Building strong relationships with Purchasing team in Germany to ensure plans and performance are in line.



The successful candidate will have:

* Strong analytical skills, with the ability to summarise complex information into concise business information.
* A good standard of education and IT literacy, ideally including the use of formulae and macro.
* Good commercial awareness.
* Ability to build good working relationships, influencing and persuading others.
* Great communication skills and appreciation of the value of team working.
* Lots of self-motivation and passion to succeed.

This is an exciting and varied role within a dynamic, supportive team and a company committed to having a positive, encouraging workplace.

If you feel you meet the above criteria, please apply online for immediate consideration.



This role is being handled by Holly Ensoll, Business Support Consultant for Pearson Whiffin Recruitment.



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