Buyer - Eastleigh, United Kingdom - B&Q

B&Q

Verified Company

Eastleigh, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role

Buyer - Horticulture

Permanent

Up to £70,000 + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working ( 3 x per week in the office)

Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better.

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.

Join us as a Buyer and you'll be a big part of this.

Key responsibilities
Lead a category buying team and work in partnership with the Merchandiser to create and deliver an inspirational product range that meets the

needs of our customers.

Driving sales, margin (£GM & GM%) and market share across all channels whilst delivering vendor contributions, rebate and retail price index targets through strong vendor partnerships and negotiations.

You'll challenge the status quo, searching for exciting new partners and finding new ways of working with a view to delivering a better proposition for our customers.

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
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 alongside the Offer & Sourcing (O&S) team to shape and develop an own label proposition, to excite our customer base and which is appropriate for our market and customer
Work collaboratively alongside the Digital and Trade teams to develop channel propositions that meet the needs of our customers
Create a pricing architecture that ensure B&Q remains competitive within the market and in tandem with ranging decisions, delivers our vision of supporting all customers with access to DIY/Trade products
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
Working with the Merchandiser, Channel Leads and Trading team, cocreate and deliver category/promotional trading plans, working with vendors to seek out opportunities
With the Merchandiser, manage the product lifecycle including range performance, identifying, and optimising trading opportunities and the delivery of promotions and range reviews
Develop collaborative marketing plans, with both vendors and internal marketing functions, to support trading, including brochures
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
Undertake other duties from time to time as may be reasonably required

Required skills & experience

Previous experience of sourcing, buying and trading horticulture product ranges across multiple sales channels
Ability to understand customer insights and market trends
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
High level negotiation and influencing skills
Experience in vendor management and contract negotiation
Strong communicator
Ability to build relationships at all levels
Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint

What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you'll be valued for who you are.

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
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