Buyer - Horticulture Permanent Up to £70,000 Pension BUPA ShareSave 6.6 weeks holiday Hybrid Working ( 3 x days per week in the office) Southampton, Store Support Office We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Buyer and you’ll be a big part of this. Lead a category buying team and w ork in partnership with the M erchandiser to creat e and deliver a n inspirational product range that meets the needs of our customers. Driving sales, margin ( £ GM & GM %) and market share across all channel s whilst delivering vendor contributions, rebate and retail price index targets through strong vendor partnerships and negotiations. You’ll challenge the status quo, searching for exciting new partners and finding new ways of working with a view to delivering a better proposition for our customers. Work alongside the M erchandiser to develop a category proposition that meets our customer needs, identifies opportunities, and mitigates risks, whilst deliver ing against sales, margin and market share targets Become a subject matter expert on all things related to your category, using you r knowledge and insights, both internal and external, to understand customer needs, predict future trends and gain a broad understanding of competitors and external factors, to help identify opportunities or future needs to drive profitable sales growth S ource, develop and select a compelling product range, encompassing branded and own label products, which reflect the category strategy, maximis ing our vendor base and meet ing the needs of our customer s across all channels, incorporating current trends and reflect ing our brand, including achieving required sustainability and quality standards Work alongside the Offer & Sourcing ( O & S ) team to shape and de ve lop an own label proposition, to excite our customer base and which is appropriate for our market and customer Work collaboratively alongside the Digital and Trade teams to de v elop channel propositions that meet the needs of our customers Create a pricing architecture that ensure B&Q remains competitive within the market and in tandem with ranging decisions, delivers our vision of supporting all customers with access to DIY / T rade products End to end vendor strategy management including contract and cost price negotiation, deliver y of vendor contributions and annual performance review, working in conjunction with the Central Buying team Manage and develop vendor relationships, including onboarding and exiting vendors, being accountable for the ir adherence to B&Q processes and policies e.g. technical and ethical audits, minimum standards ; striving for continuous performance ; identifying opportunities for growth including new services/products/concepts Manage the buying process, with an awareness of impact on cross functional teams, allowing for flexibility, adhering to a critical path, to ensure stock is ordered and delivered on time Working with the Merchandiser, Channel Leads and Trading team, co-create and deliver category/promotional trading plans, working with vendors to seek out opportunities With the M erchandiser, manage the product life cycle including range performance, identifying, and optimising trading opportunities and the deliver y of promotions and range review s Develop collaborative marketing plans, with both vendors and internal marketing functions, to support trading, including brochures With the Buying A ssistant, ensure all products and vendors are set up in line with agreed processes, whilst ensuring data provided is both accurate and complete Conduct regular store (digital & physical), competitor, vendor and trade show visits to increase awareness and understand trends, informing ranging and trading plans Manage and influence stakeholders across a range of levels, internally and externally, to support the delivery of KPIs Lead, empower and motivate your team to deliver category strategy, driving high performance and developing future talent whilst role modelling the B&Q values Undertake other duties from time to time as may be reasonably required Previous experience of sourcing, buying and trading horticulture product ranges across multiple sales channels Ability to understand customer insights and market trends Commercially focussed with the ability to understand financial insights and translate into business deliverables Ability to drive business performance using insights and knowledge to build compelling product ranges and agile trading plans High level negotiation and influencing skills Experience in vendor management and contract negotiation Strong communicator Ability to build relationships at all levels Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are. We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business. We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitmentb-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.