Job Description
My client who are a long established and thriving business, are seeking an experienced Buyer to join their busy Purchasing team on a full-time, permanent basis.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute category strategies, using market analysis and customer insights to set
product range goals.
- Collaborate with key suppliers on joint business plans to drive growth, negotiate terms, and
enhance product quality and performance.
- Identify and launch new products and ranges, supporting innovation, and market share
growth whilst ensuring compliance and improved ESG.
- Co-develop pricing strategies, promotional plans, and monitor market competitiveness.
- Gather market and category insights through supplier networks, key partners, and customer
feedback.
- Analyse sales trends and forecast demand to optimise stock levels, cash flow, and service
performance.
- Monitor and report category performance, identifying opportunities to improve and drive
profitability.
- Development and rationalisation of range and product portfolio to maximise sales and
profitability
- Support the Senior Buyer to mentor the buying team, ensuring alignment with category
objectives.
The Candidate:
- Develops and delivers operational plans to deliver required performance, pulling levers such
as pricing, promotions, innovation and mix management.
- Collaborates with key partners to create plans that deliver category objectives.
- Understands customers and market dynamics, identifying challenges and opportunities to
meet customer needs.
- Has a basic insight into what challenges and opportunities exist in the wider retail
environment (shopping habits, trends).
- Working knowledge of business system processes and applications (E.g. X3).
- Development of phasing of annual budgets and input of P&L.
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