Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.
We are looking for a commercially astute, passionate, own brand buyer to work in an incredibly exciting and fast paced category.
Our own brand vision is to create and build great brands that our customers and colleagues love and share. Responsible for driving sales & profitability of Superdrug Own Brand Hair Care and Clear Skin categories through delivering a robust commercial plan across product, price, promotions & merchandising that meets our Customer’s needs.
To strive for excellence when developing Superdrug Own Brand Hair Care & Clear Skin ranges through the development and delivery of the product plan through working in collaboration with the Senior Buyer and a team of technical and design experts.
Reporting into the Senior Buyer, but responsible for autonomous projects in their own right. Opportunity to line manage a Junior Buyer is a possibility as part of the role for the right candidate, thus extending the responsibility of the role to Lip Care as well.
Develop Own Brand Category plans including Range Reviews and launch plans, Promotions, Pricing & Stock that deliver against the overall Commercial Strategy & Financial targets
• Forecast promotional sales and monitor and evaluate performance on a weekly/monthly/annual basis, proactively introducing revised plans and activity as and when required
• Category expert – utilise and continually develop knowledge in category products, competitors and market activity to deliver increased category performance objectives
• Develop new brand concepts, and product development plans for existing Own Brand ranges
• Develop products and packaging appropriate to our customers, the brand and our commercial requirements. Collaborate with the Marketing, CRM, Online and digital teams to develop and implement marketing and promotion plans that are relevant to the category and effectively communicate to the Customer
• Deliver informed Category reviews, incorporating market data, trend data, merchandising review, promotional review, competitor review, customer data and buyer input. Working in partnership with the Merchandising team, agree merchandising strategy that drives and delivers Own Brand advantage whilst managing availability and slow-moving stock
• Work in conjunction with the Supply Chain team to ensure Sales forecasts are adhered to whilst maintaining Own Brand availability and minimising slow moving stock
• Collaborate with International Buying and other European businesses to harmonise product/suppliers, to gain greater efficiencies and share best practice.
• Previous experience in both Product Development and Buying
• Proven track record in brand building and product development, either directly or through relationship with proprietary brands
• Project Management experience
• 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 Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
~ Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
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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