Job Description
At WHSmith, our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth. That’s why our International People team is passionate about creating an environment where people can be legally protected, compliant, and empowered to deliver their best work across our Rest of World (ROW) business.
As a Buyer, you will drive the commercial performance of your category across all our formats. This role will be managing a category with scale and complexity, so you will need to have previous relevant commercial experience. You will be the key decision maker with the autonomy to deliver your category strategy.
What you will be doing
1. :Delivering and tracking against the key commercial KPI’s of sales and profitabilit
2. yCurating the optimum assortment for our customers that delivers on all our commercial target
3. sGenerating a continuous pipeline of value creating initiatives to deliver sales and profitabilit
4. yBeing responsible for the category and trade plan that aligns to the overarching business pla
5. nNegotiating with and managing the supplier base, including a clear supplier strategy and the ongoing maintenance/improvement of term
6. sDefining the pricing and promotional strategy for the categor
7. yProduct/s...