Buying Manager - Christmas & Events

Morrisons

  • Bradford
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 27 days ago
About The RoleWe’re looking for a Buying Manager to look after our Christmas & Events category. 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 for the department.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.Some of your responsibilities will include:
  • 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)
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.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/Senior Trader in a similar environment
  • A proven negotiator
  • 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 The TeamAt Morrisons, we're the single biggest food manufacturer in the UK, and the only retailer to operate our own processing sites. Which means we're not just responsible for keeping our shelves stocked - we need to stock our manufacturing sites, too.As a true one-of-a-kind business, we curate, arrange and buy everything from raw materials like flour and meat to the products our customers pop in for every day. We negotiate prices and make sure we're able to sell as much as we can. We look at product packaging and quality to help us decide where products will sit in our stores. And when you remember that each category is worth a percentage of our overall £12billion turnover from supermarket sales alone, the impact of each buying team is huge.We work in embedded business teams, so our Buyers sit with their supply chain, finance and technical counterparts, working alongside each other to make decisions and take action quickly. We even have joint targets so that we're unified in our mission to serve our customers.About The CompanyWe're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. We’re the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores, we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food, sell it, or join us in our head office, we’d love to meet you…About usIn return for all your hard work, you will receive:15% discount in store from the day you join usAdditional 10% discount card for a friend or family memberAnnual bonus schemeCareer progression and development opportunitiesGenerous holiday entitlementMarket leading pension scheme and life assuranceHealthcare benefits including Aviva Digital GP‘MyPerks’ giving you discount with over 850 retailersFree parking onsiteEnhanced Family, Maternity and Paternity LeavePrivate HealthcareCar Allowance (company car provided in some instances)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!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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