This role is in the Meat, Fish and Poultry category, which is at the heart of Fresh Foods, and one of the most important areas for customers, a key determinant of where customers choose to shop.
Meat and protein is a key growth category for customers as they increasingly want to consume natural protein, due to the growing importance in health.
This role sources, buys & sells great quality products and ingredients, to ensure we offer our customers the best prices, range and quality available.
Responsibilities
* Building a customer focused, long term category strategy that delivers sustainable growth for the business & drives market out-performance.
* Finding, developing and managing suppliers, to deliver our customer propositions and our joint business targets whilst ensuring that product quality is achieved & maintained.
* Working with suppliers to build a strong Buy/Move plan that ensures our ingredients and products are purchased, moved & sold in the most efficient way possible.
* Forecasting and managing budgets effectively.
* Always being cost conscious.
* Developing and leading a high performing team, giving them the opportunities to be their best.
Qualifications
* Commercial buying experience from complex supply chains.
* Negotiation experience from managing cost models and mitigating cost increases.
* Range and trade planning.
* Report preparation and analysis.
Operational skills relevant for this job
* Negotiation.
* Supplier economics.
* Influencing & stakeholder management.
* Supplier & grower relationship management.
* Data analysis.
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