Morrisons
Buying Manager - Baby Care & Accessories
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Role Overview
We’re looking for a Buying Manager within our Commercial team. The Buying Manager will work in planning, sourcing, selecting, and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin.
About the Role
Our commercial teams decide what we sell and at what price. We source great products for our customers and negotiate deals with suppliers. And we look for the best local produce, tracking down products around the world to meet constantly changing tastes. Own brands. Value brands. Global brands. We take great pride in them all.
You’ll help to deliver exceptional, customer-led ranges which drive sales and margin across a specific category. You will build on the capability of our Buying team by engaging with different teams across the business to translate customer buying insights into competitive customer propositions, ensuring quality and value.
Key Responsibilities
- Developing and delivering the category plan for a high spend, complex area
- Driving sales and profit through acting on our customer insight to deliver the right range and customer proposition
- Delivery of margin targets through negotiation and robust supplier plans
- Delivering our supplier promises (12 point charter) through continuously improving supplier relationships and engagement with detailed supplier knowledge and regular supplier visits
- Using your market understanding of the category, including competitor insight to develop compelling category strategies
- Actively support and promote the high performance culture of the Buying team, including the support of personal and professional growth to encourage colleagues to be the best they can be
- Helping to deliver a great customer experience – helping them to buy
- Operating in full compliance with the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP)
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Location
This role is based at our fantastic head office in Bradford. Boasting an on-site restaurant, coffee shop, convenience and sample store, prayer room, free parking, and regular company-wide events and promotions. Ideally, applicants will live within a reasonable distance of our office.
About You
We’ve built an incredibly diverse business, and we’re working hard to make sure we truly represent the communities we serve. One of the best things about working with so many different people is having the opportunity to listen, learn, and connect with lots of different views, perspectives, and beliefs. For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:
- Track record as a Buying Manager/Senior Buyer in a similar environment
- A passion for range selection and curation, driving customer satisfaction across all need states
- Proven experience of delivering category strategies in a complex, competitive market
- A strong customer centricity with a track record of putting the customer first
- Ability to work at pace, in a fast and flexible environment with drive, energy, and enthusiasm
- Significant commercial understanding with an excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making background
- Experience of building relationships at all levels to drive commercial benefits
- Experience of implementing and driving unified strategies in a complex business environment
About Us
In return for all your hard work, you will receive:
- 15% discount in store from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Annual bonus scheme
- Career progression and development opportunities
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Market leading pension scheme and life assurance
- Healthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- ‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailers
- Free parking onsite
- Enhanced Family, Maternity, and Paternity Leave
- Private Healthcare
- Car Allowance (company car provided in some instances)
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Work Environment
Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily, and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester, and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office, you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising, and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.
There’s more to our business as it’s fast-paced and ever-changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
Diversity and Inclusion
At Morrisons, we’re proud to be building a team that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We want every colleague to feel respected, supported, and able to be themselves at work. Different voices, experiences, and ways of thinking help us grow and improve and that’s good for our customers too.
We’re always looking for people from all walks of life to join us and bring their talents to our team. Together, we can build a workplace where everyone has the chance to thrive, make a difference, and belong.
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