Mandarin speaking Buyer in City of London

Job description

Mandarin speaking Buyer

Ref: HY46687

An Asian Cash and Carry is currently recruiting a Mandarin speaking Buyer.

You will be working with other teams to develop new product ranges and improve existing product ranges, as well as keeping products in a winning position in both price and quality aspects compared with competitors’ lines.

Fluent English and Mandarin is required for this role. Having the motivation for the role is a key!

Salary: £28-35K depending on experience

Working hours: Monday to Friday,8:30-17:30 (one hour break), five days a week, may work on Saturdays

Location: London

Start: ASAP

Key Tasks/ Responsibilities:

• To liaise with Sales Departments to obtain sales forecast and customer feedback, to manage demand, plan and place the orders to avoid any shortage and overstock.
• To liaise with manufacturers and check the shipping/delivery schedule of incoming containers/deliveries.
• To get the best quotation and terms from suppliers if required to find new items.

(You may need to look for new suppliers for products required through search engines such as BRC Directory, Valid IT and each country’s Food speciality websites.)

• To manage and develop supplier relationships, ensuring that all suppliers are developed to achieve target levels of business.
• To liaise closely with the Technical Department to ensure that all new products, ingredients and manufacturers conform to current legal requirements and food safety standards.
• To liaise with suppliers to collect accurate and up to date item data for storing in SAP system, in accordance with the Purchase department procedures.
• To ensure that all importing documents and certificates comply with relevant current legislation.
• To resolve any problems with suppliers, the Technical team (quality issue), and warehouse (delivery issue), and to support the import arrangement team if there is any issue for suppliers you are responsible for.
• To review regularly the items you are responsible for to identify any issue.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree is desirable
• At least two years of working experience
• Knowledge of Excel, Word. SAP is desirable
• Native or fluent in English and Mandarin
• Fluent in Japanese, Cantonese is advantageous
• Experience as a Buyer or in Food related industry is desirable
• Work experience in Importing & Exporting is an advantage

** All applicants must have the right to work in the UK as the Company is not able to offer visa support.

*When contacting us, please include the job reference number (e.g. Ref: HY46687) at the top of your message.

If your application is successful, you will be contacted within two business days.

We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

20-07-2025

Profession type

Retail

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English