Seven Search and Selection Ltd
Buying Manager
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Our client:
Extremely successful, market leading food retailer with significant turnover.
Highly commercial environment with a fast-paced culture focused on exceeding customer expectations.
This Buying Manager role is ideal for an individual who wants to progress their career in a growing retailer.
Excellent Flexible working - 3 days a week in the office and the rest from home (offer flexible hours)
The role:
As Buying Manager you will lead the team to develop, implement, and review a customer centric category strategy for the category developing innovative buying strategies which exceed customer expectations.
The Buyer Manager will create and deliver the category vision focusing on growing cash sales and margin delivery. As well as building long-lasting mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.
Being an excellent negotiator, the Buying Manager will support the team to negotiate JBP’s that deliver on category objectives
The Buying Manager will develop, lead and manage a team of buyers ensuring each team member has a clear development plan.
The Buying Manager will lead the team to source new suppliers and products that will excite consumers and create value, choice and quality growing sales and margin. And will ensure effective promotional plans and in store activations are delivered that drive footfall and consumer value perception.
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The Buying Manager will lead the team to develop and manage a cost reduction strategy that delivers targeted margin and will have a strong understanding of market dynamics, commodities etc
Using data and insights you will work with internal and external stakeholders including merchandising, marketing and retail operations to drive the delivery of your strategy
Ideal candidate:
This Buying Manager role is ideal for a commercial individual who has gained buying experience from UK food retail or wholesale. You will have managed large-scale negotiations with leading branded manufacturers
You must have led a team of at least 3 direct reports – having responsibility for their personal development
It is essential to be able to demonstrate hands on buying and have negotiated directly with suppliers demonstrating different tactics and styles.
The Buying Manager will have a proven track record in developing strategies and approaches that deliver successful JBP’s
In addition, you will demonstrate a passion for the customer, product and a flair for commerciality
Working as part of a team both in buying and across the wider business you must have excellent relationship building skills you will be able to communicate and influence with internal and external stakeholders.
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As Buyer Manager you must have good insight and data analysis skills and be able to action opportunities to drive profit
You will have excellent planning and organization skills, have initiative, be a self-starter and have can-do attitude
Benefits & details:
You will thrive in a matrix blue chip structure that is down to earth and personable.
Excellent package – up to £80,000 plus car allowance bonus and benefits
*Location – 3 days a week in the office and the rest from home also offer flexible hours *
Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/17737/7. Confidentiality assured.
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