Gabbey Moir

My previous and most recent experience was based within a commercial team as a purchasing assistant, as over time the business evolved and so did my job role. As a purchasing assistant I took on the bulk of our 86 suppliers, raising purchase orders, checking stock availability/levels and ensuring stock was delivered on time. As a purchasing assistant my daily roles and responsibilities included, negotiating prices for a variety of gray market/generic products, ensuring the service level is aligned with product offerings on seasonal campaigns, developing current and new strategic relationships with suppliers to obtain maximum support to improve business performance, while also making sure suppliers meet the regulatory standards while monitoring their service performance, conducting market research to determine the best products, price variances between suppliers and the accounts team, bespoke reporting and attending conferences/training to meet potential new suppliers and gain insight from other buying professionals in the field.

During my time at Edgbaston Park Day Nursery I completed a Level 2 NVQ Business Administration Apprenticeship. As the administrative assistant I took care of all the clerical duties and worked alongside the nursery manager and owner to ensure the admin side of the nursery ran smoothly. My roles and responsibilities during this time entailed general admin i.e. filing, photocopying, organisational side of the nursery, policy upkeep, signing visitors/staff/work experience staff in and out the building, minute taking of all meetings internal and external to the nursery, handling finances/bookkeeping, monthly nursery newsletter. As I worked closely with the nursery manager over time I would conduct interviews for new students/work , candidates, host viewings for potential new parents looking to bring their child or children into the setting and all telephone communication and redirecting calls to the correct department. After completing the apprenticeship I was the offered a permanent position within the business before leaving to have my daughter.