Senior Buyer - London, United Kingdom - Sainsburys

Sainsburys

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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Senior Buyer - Yoghurts
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Yoghurts is a great opportunity to work big brands to transform the category - plus with line management responsibility

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the Sainsbury's Trading team as a Senior Buyer for Yoghurts within the Dairy department, in our Fresh Foods division.

Yoghurts is an exciting retail space where you will be able to thrive working with a big branded [mainly] supply base to negotiate with, manage and identify cost saving opportunities, as well as develop and deliver a new customer and category offer that meaningful differentiate from the competitors and better supports our operation for the future.

Working with big brands and offering a product for all eating occasions throughout the day, the Yoghurts Buyer role requires you to own, deliver and optimise the sourcing and selling strategy, sustainably growing market share and cash profit through a competitive and distinctive customer offer, aligned to our Food First strategy.

Reporting into the Head of Buying Milk Butter Eggs Yogs, the role has responsibility for commercial performance of the Yoghurts range across several key areas, as well as responsibility for setting the category up for ongoing success.

Critical for delivery will be working with the cross functional team and supplier partners brand and own-brand to optimise our customer offer considerate to the true cost to deliver, to improve surety of supply, to agree supplier business plans, and to develop supplier specific ABCs including identifying opportunities for product improvement, New Product Development (NPD) and cost savings through efficiency improvements.

You will also have line management responsibility for the C4 Butter & Pastry Buyer

As a Senior Buyer you'll:

Know and understand the relevant retail market and the category performance.
Develop and execute a customer centric price and promotional plan in line with corporate strategy.
Through brilliant supplier relationship management and understanding of the end to end supply chain, identify and negotiate cost savings.
Make decisions for both the Buying Strategy (range and supplier strategy) and Selling Strategy (price and promotions)
Scope, manage and lead relevant cross functional projects within the buying area through to landing.
Work effectively with the range analysts to build a product range architecture that delivers a marketleading commercial advantage.
Work effectively with Supply Chain, Agriculture and retail teams to deliver strong availability for customers.
Work effectively with the Sainsbury's brand team to deliver best in class innovation and commercially favourable product development.
Influence key stakeholders across the business to gain engagement and commitment to buying area plans.
Deliver to business targets on sales, profit, value and range
Be supported in your development by on and off the job training, and encouraged to be an active leader across Dairy
Line manage and support the continuous development of the Butter & Pastry buyer (C4).

Our Dairy Buying Team would love to see:

Demonstrable buying experience (Fresh or Grocery)
Knowledge, understanding and management of contracts with suppliers
Some experience of cost stack building and analysis
Knowledge of buying systems and processes
Strong commercial acumen
Ability to analyse problems and make effective decisions
Clear and effective communication to explain complex information clearly (written and verbal)
Ability to adapt and flex your communication style to engage and inspire confidence
Brilliant prioritisation and organisation
Ability to spot issues, plan to mitigate risk
Experience to lead relevant cross functional projects through to delivery
High levels of resilience

Why Sainsbury's?

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role.

We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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Primary Location:
GB-GB-London

Work Locations:
Holborn Store Support Centre and Home Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 33 Holborn London EC1N 2HT

Job:
Buying

Schedule:
Full-time

Advertised Salary Competitive plus benefits