Pets at Home Limited
Buyer - Food
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Are you passionate about products and ready to drive category growth? Join Pets at Home as a Buyer in our Pet Food Trading team.
About the Role
As a Buyer, you'll take full ownership of sales, margin targets, and supplier relationships for a strategically important growth category. You'll negotiate trading terms, develop innovative ranges (including own brand), and create customer-driven strategies that set us apart from competitors. We can offer hybrid working from our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Developing and implementing category strategies to drive sales and profit
- Building strong relationships with domestic and global suppliers, negotiating and agreeing annual trading terms
- Managing branded and own-brand product ranges
- Collaborating with cross-functional teams across Supply, Merchandising, and Marketing
- Monitoring market pricing and creating effective promotional plans
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About you
- Experience in a buying role, ideally in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
- Proven ability to develop own-brand ranges and negotiate supplier terms
- Strong commercial acumen with a passion for products
- Ability to work across both digital and in-store retail channels
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