About Tancia Group:
Tancia Group is a leading provider of high-quality promotional goods, offering a wide range of customisable products designed to enhance brand visibility and engagement. We pride ourselves on our innovative solutions and commitment to customer satisfaction.

Our History
Here at Tancia Group we take stationery or general promotional products and turn them into powerful marketing tools, using the latest print technology. Our business is a hybrid of marketing and manufacturing, we produce and distribute tens of millions of printed products each year. All orders are fulfilled in-house through innovative print processes, including direct digital and spot colour printing, as well as laser engraving, dye sublimation printing, digital transfer printing, debossing and doming.

Position Overview:
As a Buyer, you will be responsible for securing the best prices for our stock, actively seeking new products, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Your role is pivotal in maintaining our competitive edge through astute negotiation and proactive sourcing strategies.

What you’ll be doing:

• Price Optimisation: Identify and secure the most competitive prices for our stock through thorough market research and negotiation with suppliers.
• Regular Price Reviews: Manage the buying prices review process ensuring alignment with market trends and optimise cost-effectiveness.
• Supplier Management: Continually seek and evaluate potential suppliers to establish relationships with those offering the best products at optimal prices.
• Negotiation Expertise: Employ strong negotiation skills to ensure favourable terms, prices, and delivery schedules with suppliers.
• Compliance Oversight: Ensure that all purchased products meet compliance requirements, adhering to regulatory standards and internal agreements. Proactively advise on developments and recommendations with regards to compliance for new and existing product lines with updates as necessary.
• Indent Orders Management: Establish bespoke pricing structures for indent orders, ensuring cost efficiency and favourable terms.
• Sourcing Strategy: Working with the Product Development Team to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for sourcing bespoke products, expanding our product range and market competitiveness.
• Quality Assurance: Working with the Quality manager to ensure that the stock delivered meets the specifications required and liaising with the suppliers to develop and maintain a quality process including claiming refunds and placing and monitoring stock into quarantine
• Administrative Duties: Manage the administrative aspects of the buying process, including documentation, records, and procurement workflow.
• Representative of the business: The face of the business in a buying capacity. Attend trade shows, client or supplier meetings or other adhoc in person/virtual attendance to either develop or provide insight into the department.
• Area management: Ensure all reports, systems and KPI are kept up to date and within remit. Developing reports and systems to optimise the running of the buying team

Essential Attributes:

• Proven Negotiation Skills: Demonstrated ability to negotiate effectively and secure advantageous deals.
• Market Knowledge: In-depth understanding of market trends, pricing strategies, and supplier landscapes.
• Quality Assurance Acumen: Experience in assessing and maintaining product quality standards.
• Compliance Expertise: Familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance standards within the industry.
• Strategic Thinking: Ability to devise and execute sourcing strategies that align with company objectives.
• Organisational Skills: Strong administrative capabilities to manage procurement processes efficiently.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for vendor relationships and internal collaboration.
• Live within 45 minutes of our HQ, Aldershot Hampshire.
• Language Requirement – Fluency in Mandarin or Cantonese is desirable for effective communication. This role involves frequent interaction within this demographic.
• People Management: This role has the support of a junior buyer administrator and you will be required to ensure they are able to meet the requirements of their role and needs of the buying function.

How to apply:
Please email your cv to charlotte.new@pens.co.uk. A full job description and salary available upon request.