Vacancy NameL2 Buyer - Frozen ProduceVacancy NoVN528Job TypePermanentLocationHatfieldJob Details
We’re Ocado Retail. We’re the people powering Ocado.com, the world’s largest online 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.
The Role
Are you bonkers for blueberries and passionate about peas? Do you want to manage some of the top-selling SKU's in the Frozen category and build growth plans with the biggest brands in the UK, including M&S?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to cover our Frozen Produce category (Chips, Potatoes, Fruit & Veg). You will be responsible for ensuring your supply base and the product range is optimised, proactively using data and analysis to maximise performance for your relevant categories. This is all underpinned by driving sales, profitability and share growth to support the overall Ocado Retail strategy and goals.
Key Responsibilities
1. Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships
2. Use insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities
3. Conduct regular competitor website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers
4. Source customer/market insight-led ranges and product innovation
5. Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver, market-leading joint business plans for your areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy
6. Negotiate on supplier-funded media and delivering against the target
7. Plan and deliver trade, promotions & events plans, striving to exceed KPIs, drive customer penetration and basket spend
8. Work with the Supply Chain team to ensure we have best-in-class availability, and helping get our products to our customers on time
9. Work with suppliers and the category quality team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained
Skills & Experience
10. Substantial experience in a buying role
11. Strong negotiation skills
12. Good commercial acumen
13. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
14. Strong planning and organisational skills
15. Communicate and influence a wide range of audiences
16. A great team player
17. Results orientated
18. Demonstrates Ocado Retail’s values
What We Offer You
We want our colleagues to feel supported and secure here at Ocado Retail, which is why we have a great range of useful benefits for them to scoop up - and they’re now available to easily learn about using our new platform ‘Pick ‘n’ Mix’. Our flexible benefits range from tasty lifestyle discounts to trusty private medical insurance.
These benefits can also be customised so you can pick and choose to best suit your lifestyle.
Core Rewards
19. Annual bonus scheme
20. 26 Days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
21. Up to 7% matched pension contributions (e.g. 7% from you, 7% from us)
22. 50% income protection
23. 4x salary life insurance
24. 15% Ocado.com discount
25. 20% Marks and Spencer discount
26. Company-paid private medical insurance for colleagues with the opportunity to add partners/children at corporate rates and Digital GP service
27. Hybrid Working (2-3 days a week connecting, collaborating, and learning together with our colleagues)
Health & Wellbeing
28. Private Medical Insurance
29. Critical Illness
30. DigiCare+
31. Healthcare Cashplan
32. Health Assessment
33. Dental Insurance
34. Eyecare Vouchers
35. Digital GP
36. Mental Health
Flexible Benefits
37. Tax-efficient electric vehicle leasing scheme
38. Access to a retail discount platform, providing discounts and cashback
On-site at Apollo
39. Free onsite parking and free shuttle service from Hatfield station
40. Regular socials, including Town Halls and Mixers & our ORL Summer Party
41. ‘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.
42. 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, marital status
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