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Senior Buyer Grocery

Employer
Seven Search & Selection
Location
Flexible working home counties 2 days from home
Salary
Up to £65k plus excellent package
Closing date
12 Aug 2022

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

Job Details

Our client:

  • Extremely successful, market leading food retailer with a fantastic customer reputation
  • Highly commercial environment with a fast-paced culture focused on exceeding customer expectations.
  • This Senior Buyer role is ideal for an individual who wants to progress their career in an environment with development opportunities
  • Flexible working 2 days from home

 

The role:

  • As Senior Buyer Grocery you will have full P&L accountability for a specific category. You will develop, implement, and review a trading strategy for a specific product range of food products developing innovative buying strategies which exceed customer expectations.
  • Leading a junior Buyer you will support in category reviews, joint business planning, pricing & promotional strategies etc
  • The Senior Buyer Grocery will be responsible for ensuring that the supply base and the product range is optimized using data and analysis to maximize performance and drive sales, profitability and market share
  • Negotiating with suppliers you will agree and deliver market leading joint business plans aligned to customer and wider commercial strategy. You will identify opportunities to improve all-in-margin and will manage and review the performance of a complex supplier base to drive engagement and performance.
  • The Senior Buyer Grocery  will source new and innovative ranges and product innovation that exceeds customers expectations that is first to market.
  • Working with internal and external stakeholders you will develop the strategic plan that will deliver long term growth

 

Ideal candidate:

  • This Senior Buying role is ideal for a commercial individual who has food buying experience gained from UK food retail. This ideally is minimum 5+ years’ experience
  • Having excellent leadership skills you will have people management experience
  • You must be able to analyze complex sets of data and have good project management experience
  • It is essential to be able to demonstrate hands on buying and have negotiated directly with suppliers. You must be able to show good commercial acumen, strong analytical and problem-solving skills along with excellent communication skills
  • In addition, you will demonstrate a passion for the customer and a flair for commerciality

 

Benefits & details:

  • You will thrive in a matrix blue chip structure that is down to earth and personable.
  • Excellent package – £65000 plus 30% bonus and excellent benefits
  • Location – home counties with flexible working (2 days from home)

 

Please send your CV using the form on this page, quoting reference 1/16388/7. Confidentiality assured.

 

Whilst we would like to respond to all our on-line applicants, regrettably we are unable to do so due to the high volumes we receive. If you do not hear back within 14 days unfortunately the relevant consultant has decided not to progress with your application. For alternative opportunities please search our vacancies on our website.

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Company

Seven is a leading provider of multi-functional recruitment solutions in Consumer Goods & Retail, covering roles in Sales, Marketing, Head Office functions, Category, Operations and Manufacturing. We provide executive search and selection as well as award-winning RPO services and interim solutions.

"One of the leaders in FMCG recruitment" - client feedback, Bayer.

"Having worked with some of the biggest names in recruitment, I would recommend Seven above all." - client feedback, Mars UK.

We are 20 passionate sector experts working from our London and Leeds offices. Take a look at our website to see all vacancies and learn more!

Company info
Website
Telephone
0330 010 8327
Location
Yorkshire House, Greek Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS1 5SH
United Kingdom

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