Are you a commercially savvy buyer with a passion for sourcing, negotiating, and creating must-have product ranges? Do you thrive in a fast-paced retail environment where innovation and quality are at the heart of everything? If so, this is your opportunity to join ProCook and help shape the future of our kitchenware collections!
What’s in it for you?
* A dynamic, growing business where your ideas make a real impact
* The chance to build and curate best-in-class kitchenware ranges
* A collaborative and passionate team that loves all things food and cooking
* Competitive salary, benefits, and the opportunity to travel for sourcing
* Hybrid working with 3 days in a state of the art office in the Indurent Business Park in Gloucester and 2 days from home
About the Role:
As a Buyer at ProCook, you'll be responsible for defining and executing ProCook’s category strategy, determining promotional and pricing activities to drive sustainable growth through increased sales and profitability.
* Define and manage product range, pricing, and promotional strategy, to maximise consumer appeal and competitiveness
* Regularly review product range, analysing sales data and KPI’s, etc. to inform buying decisions and improvements to stock ranges, visual merchandising and displays.
* Work with retail teams to establish plans and sourcing for seasonal product assortment.
* Ensure seasonal and deleted assortment is managed within profitability and clearance guidelines.
* Negotiate with suppliers on cost and terms to achieve profit margin targets and deliver growth
* Omni-channel range, pricing and product assortment management with best practice delivery, presentation and execution for each channel
* Establish new product development pipeline, through identification of new product trends, gaps in ProCook’ s product range, sourcing solutions and negotiating with new suppliers and design talent in line with overall retail strategy.
* Attend product sourcing trips in China and Europe to support development of product range, building and maintain a network of retail contacts and relationships.
Requirements
What We’re Looking For:
* Proven experience in understanding customer mindset/needs and purchasing trends in a retail environment
* High degree of commercial acumen with a proven record of commercial successes
* Solid knowledge of buying best practices
* Demonstrable aptitude in effective negotiating
* Data driven with good analytical and forecasting skills
* Strong stakeholder management skills in order to work across multiple teams
* Excellent communication and people skills with ability to demonstrate a range of influencing styles
* Focus on the customer and make decisions based on all forms of customer feedback and data
* Knowledge and understanding of legal requirements for product safety, competition law, anti-bribery and intellectual property laws
* Drives the performance and growth of their area, understanding business performance and the impact of their decisions
* Provides support for the long-term strategies of the organisation
* Prioritises and balances immediate tasks to deliver objectives and results
* Proactively and decisively challenges the norm to drive performance, addressing difficult issues in an open and constructive way
* Continuously strives to improve how we do things and makes effective commercial decisions
* Collaborates with other areas to drive the best results, proactively working to make things happen
* Has positive presence and impact on their team and is always approachable
* Supports an environment of high-performance, ownership and resilience
* Sets clear objectives for themselves and others, driving their own development through an ongoing PDP
Benefits
What’s in it for You?
* 💰Salary is £50,000 - £55,000 depending on experience and skills
* 🎯 Performance-based bonus
* 🚀 Be part of a fast-growing company
* 👩👩👧👦 Join a friendly, close-knit team
* 👶 Enhanced parental leave
* 🛍 Generous staff discount
* 🌍 2 x Annual paid volunteering day
* 📞 Employee Assistance Programme
* 👥 Friends and Family Referral Scheme
* 🏖️33 Days Annual Leave (including bank holidays)
We Welcome Everyone
At ProCook we are committed to diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from people of all abilities.
If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you through the application or interview process, please let us know. We’re committed to making our recruitment process as inclusive and accessible as possible.
About ProCook’s Sustainability Commitment:
At ProCook, sustainability is at the heart of what we do.
As a certified B Corporation, we strive to balance profit with purpose, focusing on reducing waste, and ensuring ethical business practices.
By joining our team, you will contribute to our efforts in creating a positive impact on the planet.