Head of Buying - Woking, United Kingdom - AdMore Recruitment Limited

AdMore Recruitment Limited

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Woking, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Head of Buying

Surrey (Hybrid) - up to £75,000 plus package

A fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buying Manager or current Head of Buying, to oversee the buying function for this award winning retail business based in the South East.

You will have full responsibility for overseeing the development and implementation of a robust commercial strategy and plan for the brand.

Driving performance of the category by leading, managing and motivating a team of Buyers, to source, negotiate, developand deliver the best and most enticing product ranges.

Ultimately ensuring sales and profit is maximised.

As Head of Buying you will continuously look for ways to improve and initiate change in processes where necessary, to grow and develop the business.

You will be comfortable with travel both internationally to suppliers and within the UK.

You will ensureproduct ranges are reflective of the current market trends and customers are offered the best and most competitive product on the market.

You will need to be a leader but also be comfortable being hands on with product at the same time.

What our client is looking for from you

Have a proven track record of growing a categories on a large scale.
Currently be responsible for managing and leading a team of engaged and motivated buyers.
Showcase leadership skills including; developing, mentoring and building strong relationships, internally and externally.
Be extremely strategic and a problem solver with the ability to think about the bigger picture and articulate this effectively across all levels.
Be comfortable in an entrepreneurial, fast paced, ever changing environment.
Be Innovative, finding new and improved ways to be more effective and efficient, through continuous improvement.

This is a brand new Head of Buying role for this business with hands on buying, travel, and leadership. In return there is a huge amount of personal development and satisfaction on offer

AdMore Recruitment is a specialist retail recruitment and talent management consultancy.

This role is being managed by AdMore Recruitment limited, a leading specialist to the Retail, Hospitality and Consumer sectors providing support to our clients across the UK.