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Talent Manager | 20 Years of Elevating Hiring with Strategy, Speed & Heart | Building Teams That Make an Impact
🌟 Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day! 🌟
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.
Responsibilities
* The Buyer will be working within the Fragrance team, seeking to maximise sales and profit for the category whilst working with market-leading luxury beauty brands to jointly develop launch plans and promotional strategy.
* As a Buyer you will be accountable for your own supplier relationships, have a strong understanding of the market and the ability to work cross functionally with various teams such as Marketing, merchandising, supply chain, insights, finance and stores.
* Strong commercial acumen, and superb Excel skills are key to this role, as well as the ability to work independently, efficiently and with initiative.
* You enjoy a fast paced, ever changing environment where you can own the strategic decision making for your categories.
* You are a strong negotiator and able to secure the best outcomes for Superdrug.
* You are decisive while able to critically analyse information to make decisions.
* You are motivated by achieving results in line with the business’ strategy.
Qualifications
* Minimum 5 years’ experience as a buyer in a retail environment (Grocer, Fragrance, Healthcare)
* Strong analytical skills
* Very strong commercial awareness and creative skills
* Decisive and able to work in a super fast paced environment
* Strong communication, analytical and organisational skills
* Display delegation skills, priorities within delegated tasks and manage deadlines
* Practice excellent time management skills and ability to cope under pressure
💡 Here’s what's in it for you:
* 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
* 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
* 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
* Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
* Company pension matching and bonus
* We offer Stream – a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
* Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
* We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
* Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
* Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
* Come and be part of something special.
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
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Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Purchasing
* Retail
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