Senior Buyer (Laundry/Dishwashers)
London
Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 5
At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.
Positioned within the Appliances commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast-paced team, working hand in hand with the go to market team, building strong relationships with our supplier partners. As a Senior category buyer for Laundry, you need to have extensive buying and management experience as you will be responsible for high turnover, complex categories leading a team of direct reports.
You will be responsible for setting the category strategy and selecting and negotiating product ranges to meet customer needs and company KPIs. You will negotiate annual supplier terms, and investments in our business and its activity. You are accountable for ensuring cost pricing allows us to remain competitive for customers while maximising EBIT return and securing differentiation against competitors.
You will need to have great relationship building skills, working closely with our supplier partners, the go to market team, Planning and Far East Sourcing team and use your influencing skills to secure support to drive the business forward.
Commercial acumen is a must as you will be required to support our analysis of trading performance, providing recommendations of actions to drive our business. Our ideal candidate will be organised and self-motivated in order to prioritise their work whilst having strong attention to detail to ensure everything is right first time.
