Superdrug
Buyer
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🌟 Join Superdrug Head Office – Make a Real Difference Every Day! 🌟
đź“Ť Location: East Croydon
🕒 Hours: 37.5 | Monday–Friday | 9.00am–5.30pm
Hybrid: 3 days in our Head Office | 2 days working from home (role dependent)
đź’· Salary: Competitive + Bonus
Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Health & Beauty? Want to be part of an innovative, trend-setting retailer?
Our vibrant Head Office is home to hundreds of talented people who are passionate about delivering the very best for our customers. At Superdrug, we're committed to making health and beauty accessible to everyone through value, choice, expert advice, brilliant service and fun.
Our success comes from our people. We celebrate personality, encourage fresh thinking and work together to deliver That Superdrug Feeling every single day.
Here's the exciting bit…
We're looking for an experienced Buyer to join our Commercial team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded Buyer who thrives in a fast-paced retail environment and loves spotting opportunities to delight customers while driving sales and profitability.
We're particularly interested in Buyers with experience across supermarkets, grocery, FMCG or other fast-moving retail environments, where trading decisions are driven by customer insight, pace and commercial performance.
A typical day will include...
- Developing and delivering category plans including range reviews, promotions, pricing and stock strategies aligned to the wider commercial objectives.
- Identifying new product opportunities that are commercially viable, competitively priced and meet customer needs.
- Building strong supplier partnerships and negotiating the best commercial terms for Superdrug.
- Analysing sales, market trends and customer insight to make informed commercial decisions.
- Working collaboratively with Merchandising to ensure the right products are in the right stores at the right time while managing availability and stock performance.
- Partnering with Supply Chain to ensure promotional and base forecasts maximise availability and minimise waste.
- Collaborating with Marketing to deliver compelling promotional plans that drive footfall, sales and customer engagement.
- Reviewing promotional performance and using insights to continuously improve future activity.
- Developing strong relationships across Commercial, Marketing, Merchandising, Supply Chain and Finance to deliver shared business objectives.
- Keeping ahead of market trends, customer behaviours and competitor activity to identify new commercial opportunities.
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What you'll bring
- Previous experience as a Buyer within a retail, supermarket, grocery or FMCG environment.
- Strong commercial awareness with the ability to interpret data and identify opportunities.
- Excellent negotiation and supplier management skills.
- A passion for products, customers and delivering commercial results.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills with advanced Excel capability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- A proactive, positive and solutions-focused approach.
- Previous line management or coaching experience would be advantageous.
Please note: This opportunity is best suited to Buyers from supermarkets, grocery, FMCG, convenience or other high-volume retail environments. Unfortunately, candidates whose buying experience is primarily within fashion or apparel retail are unlikely to be suitable for this role.
What success looks like
- Delivering customer-focused category initiatives that support the wider commercial strategy.
- Using insight, customer data and market trends to influence decisions and drive category performance.
- Building collaborative relationships across the business to deliver exceptional results.
- Challenging the status quo and continuously identifying opportunities to improve ways of working.
- Coaching and developing others while creating an inclusive, high-performing team environment.
- Confidently communicating with stakeholders at all levels and influencing positive outcomes.
- Being the voice of the customer, ensuring every decision puts customer needs first.
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Technology & AI
At Superdrug we're embracing AI to help us work smarter while keeping people at the heart of everything we do.
You'll:
- Use AI to remove repetitive tasks and create more time for commercial thinking and customer focus.
- Confidently evaluate AI outputs using your own judgement and expertise.
- Encourage your team to embrace technology while maintaining the human touch.
- Use data, technology and AI to generate new ideas, improve decision making and drive better business outcomes.
Here's what's in it for you
- 33 days holiday, rising to 38 days with service (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
- Company bonus and pension scheme
- Hybrid working (2 days from home)
- 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand products
- Two staff discount cards for you and someone you choose
- Wagestream – access part of your earned pay before payday
- Enhanced family leave and company sick pay
- Outstanding learning and development opportunities
- Career opportunities across Superdrug, Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
- Part of A.S. Watson Group – the world's largest international health & beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores across 25 markets
Come and be part of something special.
đź“Ť Location: East Croydon
🕒 Hours: 37.5 hours | Monday–Friday | 9.00am–5.30pm
Hybrid: 3 days in our Head Office | 2 days working from home (role dependent)
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