Buyer (Snacking & Impulse) - City of London, United Kingdom - Quest Search and Selection Ltd

Quest Search and Selection Ltd

Verified Company

City of London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The Company
Quest Search & Selection are proudly partnering with this global multi-brand business which has been established for over 100 years and has over 200 stores globally and growing

The Role

The main purpose of this Buyer (Snacking & Impulse) role is to utilise data and have an understanding of brands to create new ranges, appropriate pricing and sales-boosting strategies to deliver profitable ranges and drive year on year growth.

**The Responsibilities for this Buyer (Snacking & Impulse) position: - **- You will be responsible for selecting and developing profitable new ranges for upcoming seasons

This category includes chocolate boxes, bags sweets (tins and bags) including biscuits.
Working with leading suppliers such as a Cadburys, Nestle, Lindt and Haribo
Lead and develop innovative range marketing plans around the categories
Keep abreast of international market trends, customer requirements and competitor activity thus identify market opportunities
Holding accountability for revenue, sales, margin and promotional income.
You should have experience of driving revenue and profit with digital & store ranges.
Using data and upcoming trends you will generate new ideas on how to grow YOY sales, margin to deliver an effective category plans.
Conduct range reviews and undertake continuous improvement of the product offer through effective range analysis.
Managing performance of products within budget.

**To be successful in this Buyer(Snacking & Impulse) position: - **- You'll be an experienced Buyer, Junior Buyer who has bought branded product ranges within food.

Ideally have had Snacking, Gifting Food, Impulse, Seasonal, Biscuits or Confectionary experience
Lead and develop innovative range marketing plans to suit the specific markets.
A head for figures, as this area is datadriven.
Has expertise knowledge for revenue, sales, margin and promotional income.
P&L Management experience

**The Benefits of this Buyer(Snacking & Impulse) position: - **- 25 days Holidays