Buyer - London, United Kingdom - Bother

Description

Location:
Remote/Flexible - London Head Office, 2-3 days a month


Salary:
£40-50k + Share options + Unlimited Holiday & Other Benefits


About Bother:

BOTHER is a household goods delivery service that simplifies peoples' lives. We help households across the country focus on what really matters by taking care of the boring stuff.

Our model is better for the environment, better for the brands we work with and most importantly better for customers.

We have lofty goals; we're aiming to be the largest digital-first grocery destination in Europe within 10 years.

To get us there we're backed by someone of the World's pre-eminent investors (including our latest funding round led by Hoxton Ventures) and we're advised by a panel that includes founding partners of Deliveroo, Thread, Gym Shark and The Hut Group.

Our goal is to reimagine an entire industry to ultimately reflect the way consumers are increasingly living their lives.

In this regard we have already been described as a 'first mover in an entirely new segment within Grocery ecommerce' by both senior grocery executives and one of the largest Investment Banks in the world.

As a team we've learned our skills by working at some of the best relevant companies around:
Amazon, Deliveroo, Tesco and their top-tier agencies.

We are aligned in our excitement to think in a completely new way about grocery shopping for the benefit of our customers, our communities and the environment.

Our strategic ambitions extend not just to scale but also the breadth and depth of our product and our aim is to be as efficient as possible in solving a consumer problem that touches everyone's lives.

Role Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the Lead Buyer you will be a part of our commercial team, you will have full ownership of some of the fastest growing FMCG categories we have here at Bother
• Working closely with our supplier partners to develop market leading brand activations and promotional plans that enable us to have best in class supplier terms/ JBP agreements
• Partner with other teams at Bother to maximise opportunities to develop our range in response to our customers needs and wants, providing a commercially viable range of merchandise at a highly competitive price point
• Continuously analyse category performance and customer behaviour to ensure our range consistently meets the needs of our customers and is delivered to them at great value
• Keep up to date and aware of market trends, react to changes in demand

We'd love to meet someone that has:

• A customer centric view to the value of your role and the entire buying function
• Relevant experience as a Junior Buyer / Buyer who is looking to step up into their next role and take ownership of some of the fastest moving categories in the market.
• Experience working within the FMCG sector and managing / working with some of the biggest household names and brands.
• Courage to challenge the ways we work and disrupt the status quo.
• Experience in creating joint business plans and commercial agreements.
• Good interpersonal skills able to build and manage relationships with colleagues and suppliers.
• Commercial and keeps up to date and aware of market trends, changes in demand.
• Effective negotiation skills

What you can expect from us:

• A job that can grow as quickly as you can. We are growing very quickly indeed and have multiple strategic objectives that should further compound this growth into becoming one of the fastest growing start-ups in Europe. This is an exciting chance to join early in a scale-up company.
• The tools, resources and support you need to succeed and grow. We're big believers in selfimprovement and we want to help you to be the best version of yourself you can be.
• A collaborative and supportive team. No one's an island we're all here to help each other when we need it and we strive for psychological safety. Hopefully we can teach you some stuff and we're excited to find out what you can teach us too.
• A truly flexible work environment, with a focus on prioritising worklife balance in the way that works best for you.
• A fun, inclusive and thoughtful company culture.
• In addition to all of this, we are committed to driving positive impact in everything we do. We have planted in excess of 102K trees since we launched, have a certified climate positive workforce and are officially a net carbon zero company We are also fully committed to the community in which we are a part. For example, a percentage of our revenue also goes to solving UK hunger through the Trussell Trust. We exist for the benefit of all of our stakeholders our customers, our shareholders, our staff, our community and the environment.
• At Bother, our goal is to create a culture where people of all backgrounds feel comfortable in bringing their authentic selves to work. We actively work towards creating an inclusionfirst workplace where everyone is truly empowered to contribute fully to our vision an