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    Procurement Consultant - Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom - B&Q

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    Buyer - Horticulture
    Permanent
    Up to £70,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working ( 3 x days per week in the office)
    Southampton, Store Support Office

    From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they'll love.

    Lead a category buying team and work in partnership with the Merchandiser to create and deliver an inspirational product range that meets the
    Work alongside the Merchandiser to develop a category proposition that meets our customer needs, identifies opportunities, and mitigates risks, whilst delivering against sales, margin and market share targets
    Become a subject matter expert on all things related to your category, using your knowledge and insights, both internal and external, to understand customer needs, predict future trends and gain a broad understanding of competitors and external factors, to help identify opportunities or future needs to drive profitable sales growth
    Source, develop and select a compelling product range, encompassing branded and own label products, which reflect the category strategy, maximising our vendor base and meeting the needs of our customers across all channels, incorporating current trends and reflecting our brand, including achieving required sustainability and quality standards
    Work collaboratively alongside the Digital and Trade teams to develop channel propositions that meet the needs of our customers
    End to end vendor strategy management including contract and cost price negotiation, delivery of vendor contributions and annual performance review, working in conjunction with the Central Buying team

    Manage and develop vendor relationships, including onboarding and exiting vendors, being accountable for their adherence to B&Q processes and policies e.g.

    technical and ethical audits, minimum standards; striving for continuous performance; identifying opportunities for growth including new services/products/concepts
    Manage the buying process, with an awareness of impact on cross functional teams, allowing for flexibility, adhering to a critical path, to ensure stock is ordered and delivered on time
    With the Merchandiser, manage the product lifecycle including range performance, identifying, and optimising trading opportunities and the delivery of promotions and range reviews
    With the Buying Assistant, ensure all products and vendors are set up in line with agreed processes, whilst ensuring data provided is both accurate and complete
    Conduct regular store (digital & physical), competitor, vendor and trade show visits to increase awareness and understand trends, informing ranging and trading plans
    Manage and influence stakeholders across a range of levels, internally and externally, to support the delivery of KPIs
    Lead, empower and motivate your team to deliver category strategy, driving high performance and developing future talent whilst role modelling the B&Q values
    Previous experience of sourcing, buying and trading horticulture product ranges across multiple sales channels
    Commercially focussed with the ability to understand financial insights and translate into business deliverables
    Ability to drive business performance using insights and knowledge to build compelling product ranges and agile trading plans
    Experience in vendor management and contract negotiation
    Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint

    We're committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities .

    You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

    We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you.

    As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more
    So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact -and- for any recruitment adjustments.
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