Vacancy NameJunior Buyer - Various CategoriesVacancy NoVN503Job TypePermanentLocationHatfieldJob Details
We’re Ocado Retail. We’re the people powering Ocado.com, the UK’s fastest-growing grocer, and Zoom by Ocado, our almost-as-fast-growing, same-day grocery service. As the world’s biggest and best online-only grocer, we work tirelessly to bring more of what matters to our customers: unbeatable range, fair value, and effortless convenience.
We’re an exceptional and mighty bunch of colleagues who are inspired by our three awesome values: Always be curious, Bring our best selves, and Challenge what's possible .
We have ambitious plans and vision to never-stop making our customers' lives better, by delivering the supermarket of tomorrow, today.
Buying at Ocado Retail
The Buying Team is responsible for putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, truly living and breathing what our customers want to see when they shop with us! Our team of Buyers curates their ranges to deliver the unique customer experience gleaned from the largest range in the industry. They analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends, and work alongside our suppliers to maximise our offering to our customers. All of this is coupled with regularly reviewing performance indicators and profitability to manage the performance of their categories. No day is the same as our Buyers continually work to ensure we offer the right products, at the right time in the right place!
We're looking for Junior Buyers across various categories. As a Junior Buyer uyer you will be responsible for ensuring your supply base and the product range is optimised, proactively using data and analysis to maximize performance to and drive sales, profitability, and share growth to support the overall Ocado Retail strategy and goals.
What you'll do
1. Manage the category P&L and deliver against KPIs
2. With support, complete category reviews to refine the range and align to the business and category strategy
3. Deliver trade, promotions, and events plan
4. Identify opportunities to improve all-in margin and, with support, negotiate with suppliers to deliver savings
5. With support, negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver market-leading plans aligned to the customer plan and category strategy
6. Analyse and assess performance issues and opportunities using data and reporting tools and, with support, devise and implement solutions
7. Identify and analyse potential first-to-market / Ocado exclusive product innovation opportunities using customer, market and supplier insights
8. Provide input to support the development of category strategy
9. Ensure range changes are aligned to category and business strategy
10. Manage and review the performance of the supplier base across small or emerging categories through communicating and developing relationships with suppliers to drive engagement and performance
11. Work closely with Supply Chain and the supplier base to ensure best-in-class availability
12. With support, identify and create plans to mitigate potential issues/events that may impact the supply
13. Work closely with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality remains high
14. Adhering to all Ocado policies, storage, and handover protocols and successfully completing all of your training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches. Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt
15. Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence
Who you are
16. Entry level buying experience
17. Excited about working in retail and commercial functions
18. Able to analyse data
Core Competencies
19. Negotiation skills – Comfortable challenging the status quo and influencing others
20. Analytical skills – able to quickly analyse and synthesise information into clear and concise recommendations
21. Project management– Comfortable working to meet tight deadlines whilst balancing multiple priorities and projects
22. Results orientated - able to consistently deliver against KPIs within an evolving landscape
23. Communication & Influence – Able to write clearly for a range of audiences, and deliver oral and written presentations
24. Team management – Able to work with a range of stakeholders from a broad range of backgrounds, at all levels of the organisation
25. Demonstrates ORL’s values
What We Offer You
At Ocado, we value our employees and offer flexible/hybrid working, as well as being rewarded for your contribution through our fantastic benefits.
Core Rewards
26. Annual bonus scheme - maximum opportunity dependent on the role
27. 26 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
28. Up to 7% matched pension contributions (e.g. 7% from you, 7% from us)
29. 50% income protection
30. 4x salary life insurance
31. 15% Ocado.com discount
32. 20% Marks and Spencer discount
33. Company-paid private medical insurance for colleagues with the opportunity to add partners/children at corporate rates and Digital GP service
34. Hybrid Working (2-3 days a week connecting, collaborating, and learning together without colleagues)
Health & Wellbeing
35. Private Medical Insurance
36. Critical Illness
37. DigiCare+
38. Healthcare Cashplan
39. Health Assessment
40. Dental Insurance
41. Eyecare Vouchers
42. Digital GP
43. Mental Health
Flexible Benefits
44. Tax-efficient electric vehicle leasing scheme
45. Access to a retail discount platform, providing discounts and cashback
On-site at Apollo
46. Free onsite parking and free shuttle service from Hatfield station
47. Regular socials, including Town Halls and Mixers & our ORL Summer Party
48. ‘The Fig’ (serving breakfast, snacks, and lunch), coffee cart, as well as small kitchens (with unlimited refreshments and fresh fruit available every day) and vending machines on each floor.
49. As part of our inclusive nature, help make change within the business and join any of our Networks
Travel to Apollo
We have free onsite parking at Apollo Court, as well as a free shuttle bus service that runs frequently from Hatfield Station - just remember to tell the driver ‘Apollo Court’ as the shuttle also drops at Ocado Groups Head Office!
Driving: Apollo Court, 2 Bishop Square, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9NE
Train : Hatfield station is accessible from mainline routes from London Kings Cross, London St Pancras, or Moorgate.
A little bit more about us
Our business is a joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S. It’s a successful combination of award-winning customer service and unrivaled customer data; world-leading technology and logistics from Ocado Group, and unrivaled product development from M&S.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ocado Retail Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employers are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation and marital status.
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