Category Buyer - Peterborough, United Kingdom - Smart Recruit Online

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Peterborough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An opportunity has arisen at the Frontline Group as a Category Buyer.

The key purpose of the role will be to create sales driving ranges and planograms for our retail clients in our new categories DVD and CD.

As our Category Buyer you will create and execute a Category Management strategy that delivers against the designated KPI's. This role offers variety, interaction with different departments across Frontline as well as working with retail accounts.

Benefits:

At the Frontline Group we offer great training, and a range of salary sacrifice flexible benefits which you can select based on your lifestyle; benefit options include private medical insurance, holiday purchase and a tech scheme to name a few.

On top of that we also offer:

25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Confidential Employee Assistance Programme
Coaching with accredited coaches
Hybrid Working
2 paid days to volunteer for a registered charity

Info:

Essential Skills:

Other Key skills
- **Self-starter
- **we are learning as we go, and you must be able to cope with the unknown and seek solutions yourself.
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Flexibility - You need to be happy dealing with deadlines, tasks and information changing

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Persuasive - build relationships and able to negotiate.
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Confident communicator- You will be expected to deal with new contacts and chase these contacts for information in a timely manner as well as confidently address any challenges from film and music studios.
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Resilience - A positive outlook during challenging times
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Range review experience - understanding of how a range change at retail works.
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Analytically Minded

Able to analyse and interpret data correctly then use this insight to formulate strategies/influence stakeholders.

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Attention to detail - large volumes of data that need to be worked through quickly and accurately requires good attention to detail.
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A competitive streak - you will thrive on being responsible for our products performing well and beating the competition

About Company:

The Frontline Group is made up of Frontline, Seymour, Gold Key Media and Routes to Retail.

We're the UK's leading retail sales, marketing and distribution company working predominantly in the exciting and diverse areas of publishing and home entertainment.

Our key clients include publishers of iconic magazine brands such as Radio Times, Good Housekeeping, TV Choice, Heat, Top Gear, Grazia, Vogue, Slimming World, Cosmopolitan, Empire, National Geographic and 100's more.

We also work with major film studios managing their DVD presence within the grocery retail channel and are growing our reach in categories such as books and music with further category expansions on the horizon.

As a Distributor we work closely with UK and International retailers, wholesale, International Distributors and other parts of the supply chain to ensure our client's sales, retail marketing and distribution objectives are met.

Through our brand targeting and audience engagement agency Gold Key Media we develop sampling and marketing solutions, and we manage brand placement activities in the events, travel and hospitality sectors across the world.

The Frontline Group is owned by two of the world's leading publishing companies, Bauer Media and Immediate Media Company (Hubert Burda Media).

This will provide opportunities to grow your career across a number of different businesses and functions including brand marketing, sales, analytics, insight, finance, IT services, supply chain and publishing.

We strongly believe in developing our own people and have a great track record of supporting and coaching our colleagues, who have then gone on to grow their career within our business.

Our teams are made up of the most talented and widely respected people in our industry and are seen as the experts in their fields.

At the Frontline Group we celebrate our differences and ensure everyone feels welcome, trusted and valued for being their authentic selves.

Bring 'You' to the interview
All our roles offer a hybrid working option, combining in-office and remote/home working.

Essential Requirements:

Other Key skills
- **Self-starter
- **we are learning as we go, and you must be able to cope with the unknown and seek solutions yourself.
-
Flexibility - You need to be happy dealing with deadlines, tasks and information changing

:

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Persuasive - build relationships and able to negotiate.
-
Confident communicator- You will be expected to deal with new contacts and chase these contacts for information in a timely manner as well as confidently address any challenges from film and music studios.
-
Resilience - A positive outlook during challenging times
-
Range review experience - understanding of how a range change at retail works.
-
Analytically Minded