Assistant Buyer - Coventry, United Kingdom - Sainsburys

Sainsburys

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Coventry, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Assistant Buyer - Clothing
BJ)

We are currently looking for an Assistant Buyer to join our Clothing team at Sainsbury's.

As an Assistant Buyer you will help us to deliver our exciting and ambitious growth plans, offering our customers a great range of products, at a great price, through our multichannel business. You will input and deliver the 36 month promotional strategy for your category and support delivering accuracy in pricing across all of our channels.
It takes a flair for relationship building and negotiation, coupled with an analytical approach. Buying forms the backbone of our business so is naturally incredibly fastpaced. We look for people who can deliver a variety of strategies to help drive sales and profit, and who have an interest in understanding our customers and what they want.

Main duties and responsibilities as an Assistant Buyer:

Develop a 6 monthly range strategy through ownership of specific ranges or subcategories, including sales and margin forecasting, range selection, product estimates and associated supplier incomes
Support and input into the team objective to build a commercial, customer focused range through competitor benchmarking, market data, insights and trend direction in line with agreed corporate compliance requirements (including legal, ethical and quality measures)
Understanding of sales & profit variables and use of relevant levers to trade effectively. e.g. Product placement, positioning, price, promotions, POS (point of sale) and PR
To have customer, competitor and market awareness in your range through competitor shopping in order to inform decision making and implement buying levers appropriately
Responsible for recommending and inputting into to Planograms, Pricing, Promotional activity, Product specification, Supplier selection (and delisting) as appropriate to the product area
To achieve optimum product cost through effective communication of target pricing to the global sourcing team
Build effective supplier relationships both in the UK and overseas in partnership with global sourcing
To have responsibility for administrative duties and approvals, sample management (in some cases, supporting C2 sample coordinator). Packaging sign off, product and promotional set up, supplier and internal administration, overseeing work of the BAA where applicable.
To support the Buyer and Senior Buyer in liaising with the Product Development Team and Product Technologist in setting the quality criteria for own label products ensuring the optimal balance between quality and price is maintained
Develop and deliver a 36month promotional strategy for the category, interpreting data and developing a compelling customer offer to maximise sales, margin and supplier funding
Influence internal and external colleagues to deliver promotional and range strategies
Work cross functionally with Digital, Marketing and Suppliers to enhance our digital execution to maximise sales, margin and supplier funding

Your experience will include:

Interest in commercial issues, previous Buying experience preferred including knowledge of buying methodology and processes
Commercial acumen and the financial implications of decision making
Passion for product, balanced with understanding need for commercial acumen
Strong analytical and numerical skills
Good written and verbal communication skills
Excellent admin and organisational ability, computer literate with knowledge of Excel and Word
Negotiation skills and practices for UK suppliers
Supplier management in partnership with global sourcing
Resilient and adaptable to fast changing environments
Knowledgeable in market trends, competitor landscape for the category
Continuous improvement in the role, and a desire to develop
Ensures that customers are at the heart of all decisions taken
Accuracy and attention to detail related to product, process and systems
Takes accountability to ensure that own and team targets are met
Positive approach to building relationships with stakeholders, and wants to deliver great service
Ability to demonstrate problem solving and provide resolution in a fast paced environment
Minimises cost and maximises profit
Worklife 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-Coventry

Work Locations:
Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home Sainsbury's Store Support Centre Draken Drive Ansty ParkAnsty Coventry CV7 9RD

Job:
Buying

Schedule:
Full-time

Advertised Salary Competitive plus benefits