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Buying Manager, Trading 

Employer
Boots
Location
Nottingham
Salary
Competitive salary plus bonus
Closing date
24 Feb 2018

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Business Sector
Non Food & Drink
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Function
Buying, Sales

Job Details

Buying Manager, Trading

About Boots:

Boots is the UK’s leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2500 stores in the UK our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible. Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc, the first global pharmacy-led health and wellbeing enterprise.

Overview of the role:
 

Our Buying Managers work at pace, building excellent relationships both internally and externally, as well as across functions. You’ll be able to demonstrate great team management skills, and work with agility to deliver the best opportunities for Boots. You’ll be accountable for leading & executing the commercial strategy across your categories and executing the best possible delivery against this ambition.

Your Responsibilities:

As Buying Manager, you’ll:

  • Have a passion for the industry and the ability to lead and inspire a team through a tough trading market.
  • Providing direction on annual plan and people management /development in supporting the team in achieving business objectives.
  • Lead on the delivery of the sales and profit budget - using the four key levers of Price, Promotion, Range and Distribution to trade the existing product offer, deliver new products and promotions and marketing campaigns to increase market share, manage margin & supplier funding and maximise gross profit. You will also work extremely closely with the supply team to ensure seasonal buy levels are optimised for maximum sell through, managing markdown/sale stock as commercially efficiently as possible.
  • To be Category experts on their business area and apply a customer led focus to develop in-depth customer behaviour understanding of that area – be aware of cross category connections that could assist or impact their business.
  • Support team negotiations with suppliers to agree an annual plan and secure the best deals & outcomes for the business. Lead on the delivery of the supplier plans to sustain and develop business performance, conducting all external relationships with a high degree of professionalism and efficiency.
  • Accountable for the development and delivery of the product area plans through analysis of market trends, customers, competitors and internal performance to feed into the category management process (CRP)/range review.
  • Accountable for process compliance and accuracy of process across key commercial processes (e.g. Sales Plan, Merchandising, Funding and Marketing).
  • Accountable for the delivery of the product area plan by building and maintaining relationships with other functions such as Supply, Merchandising, Boots brand team, Marketing and Operations, operating as a Leader in virtual teams with a “one team” mind set.
  • Review category performance against KPIs and report as required. Make proposals on actions

Our Ideal Candidate:
 

You’ll need to be commercially astute and have previous buying/trading experience. We’re looking for someone with a passion for buying and an ability to lead a team in a tough trading market. You need to be confident in your ideas, agile in your decision making and have the ability to inspire a cross-functional team to deliver lots and quickly.

Previous experience of working in a sourcing or buying function would be an advantage, however we could also consider candidates who have evidence of supplier management and negotiation skills from within an FMCG or other fast paced business.

What's in it for you:
 

We offer a competitive salary plus bonus, excellent employee discount, pension, 25 days holiday, “the benefits box” (discounts available across a huge range of products and services).

In addition to this, you’ll be given the opportunity to considerably further your career working for one of the UK’s most successful and popular retail brands.

Company


Boots is the UKs leading pharmacy-led health and beauty retailer. With over 2500 stores in the UK our purpose is to help our customers look and feel better than they ever thought possible. Boots UK is part of the Retail Pharmacy International Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc, the first global pharmacy-led health and wellbeing enterprise.

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