Buyer Work, Jobs in St Albans (with Salaries)

Buyer
Motor Fuel Group —St Albans
- Weekend availability
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Data analysis skills
- Business development
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Buyer
Boxxe Group —Hemel Hempstead
- Communication skills
- Time management
1h
Assistant Buyer
Mint Velvet —High Wycombe
- Full-time
- Employee discount
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Buyer
FIXRA —Hemel Hempstead
- £32,000 - £36,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Business development
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Flexitime
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2d
Assistant Buyer - Home, Plush & Toys
Warner Bros. Discovery —Leavesden Green
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
Procurement Analyst
Switchshop Limited —St Albans
- £30,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- CRM software
- Computer networking
- Negotiation
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
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14d
Junior Buyer - Accessories
Mountain Warehouse —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Quality control
- Time management
- Employee discount
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Junior Buyer
Signet —Watford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
Buyer
Savers —Dunstable
- Data analysis skills
- Analysis skills
- AI
Senior Buyer
JSM Group —Potters Bar
- Analysis skills
- Mentoring
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1d
Purchasing Team Leader
Computacenter —Hatfield
- Data analysis skills
- Analysis skills
- Continuous improvement
6d
Assistant Buyer - Retail Clothing
Poundland —Watford
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
6d
Junior Buyer - Accessories
Kurt Geiger —London
- Full-time
- Management
- Negotiation
- Employee discount
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9d
Product Development and Buying Assistant
Brand Addition —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Quality control
- Communication skills
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Senior Buyer - Dairy (12 month FTC)
Ocado Retail —Hatfield
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
5d
Assistant Buyer- 6 month contract
Signet —Watford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
13h
Buyer
Safran —Pitstone
- Full-time
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
Buyer
BarrattDevelopments —Watford
- Computer skills
- Communication skills
9d
Apprentice Buyer/Administrator
West Coast MEP Ltd —Luton
- £15,000 - £18,000 a year
- Monday to Friday
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
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1d
Buyer - Jewellery
QVC —West London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Analysis skills
- Travel
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme

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Buyer

Motor Fuel Group -
St Albans

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Job details

Full-time

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Cost management
Sales contract negotiation
Category management
Procurement
Stakeholder liaison
Data analysis skills
Cost control
E-commerce
Business development
Analysis skills
Cost efficiency strategy
Procurement cost optimisation strategy
Forecasting
Overseeing budgeting and forecasting
B2B
B2B sales
Cost optimisation planning
Negotiated procurement
Promotional planning
Communication skills

Full job description

JOB PURPOSE

The buyer is accountable for the commercial management of a number of small and medium size store merchandise and/or services categories. Developing category management strategies together with the Senior Buyers and Head of Trading, the buyer is accountable to drive the store sales, margins and supplier income for their portfolio. Additionally, the buyer works closely with suppliers and through deep consumer and data insights will identify ways to differentiate the offer in their areas from the competition in order to contribute to the development of distinctive market leading propositions.

Working very closely with the pricebook team, the range and space team, the 3rd party retail team and store operations management, the buyer is the decision maker for Price, Promotions, Range and Space for their areas of responsibility.

Negotiating new and existing contracts, rebates and promotional calendars with third party wholesalers, manufacturers and retail suppliers.

The Buyer will receive coaching and development from the Senior buyers and Head of Trading in taking on wider accountabilities across the team as part of your career progression.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

Managing the Category Management strategy for a series of product and services categories
Identifying the lowest cost route to market for the products and services
Working together with category supplier partners, create annual trading terms to include activations and range, space, price and promotional campaigns to drive sales, margins and central income.
Driving down net delivered cost of products, resisting cost price inflation, constantly seeking ways to reduce the overall cost of product at each stage of the value chain (manufacturer, wholesaler, direct supply, pack sizes, payment terms)
Securing supplier investment in selling secondary space: online, on forecourt and instore to drive commercial income and to drive footfall into store to drive sales and margins.
Working within the Commercial team to manage range reviews and implementation of planograms tailored to reflect the differing needs of stores by region, demographic, size and format.
Using MFG sales data, BRP supply data, IRI/Nielsen Market data to drive insights into business performance and to generate tactics to drive sales and margin and identify new development opportunities to differentiate from the competition
Take a leading role in the development of the 3rd party retail sales channel (UberEats/JustEat/Deliveroo) by engaging suppliers in emerging opportunities, ensuring commercial funding is in place to drive returns. Innovate solutions for MFG and suppliers to maximise the use of the MFG estate for B2C, B2B and Direct to consumer opportunities.
Effectively liaise with MFG’s Operations Team to ensure all set trading agreement terms and conditions are achieved in full.

WORK CONTEXT

This post is head office based with additional time spent in the field or with Trading suppliers. The amount of time spent in the field will vary according to the needs of the business. Additional hours will be required to be worked from time to time over the contracted working hours to ensure that needs of the business are met. This includes occasional weekend and bank holiday cover as required across the Commercial team.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS REQUIRED

Minimum 3 years in buying, category management roles in retail
Ideal experience within the convenience/forecourt sector
Experience of working in wholesale and 3rd party logistics business models preferred
Experience in basic category management techniques and in developing category sales and margins
Credible business to business account development skills.
Strong negotiating skills
Industry and competitive landscape awareness and industry contacts
Capable in financial planning of budgets, tracking of income streams and generating accurate and timely forecasts
Highly effective communication skills at all levels; verbal, electronic and written
Data Analytical skills, Excel and Powerpoint proficiency and insight development capability
Ability to develop positive working relationships with colleagues and external contacts

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