Senior buyer Work, Jobs in U.k. (with Salaries)

Assistant Vendor Manager
Currys —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
2d
Senior Buyer - New Build Homes
NorthCountry Homes —Ossett
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
- In-person
Quick apply
9d
Senior Buyer
McCloskey International Ltd. —Dungannon
- Full-time
- English
- Microsoft Office
- Communication skills
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Referral programme
Quick apply
5d
Senior Buyer
VVB Engineering —London
- £50,000 - £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Contracts
Quick apply
Senior Buyer
Murphy Group —Scotland
- Civil engineering
- Construction
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
Senior Buyer (Direct)
Contechs —Warwick
- £37.39 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Contracts
- Negotiation
Quick apply
2d
Senior Buyer - Homeware
LF Europe Trading Limited —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Travel
Senior Buyer
Recra Consulting —Romford
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office
Quick apply
4d
Senior Buyer
The Perfume Shop —High Wycombe
- Up to £56,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
- Employee discount
Senior Buyer
M Group —Warwick
- Microsoft Excel
- Oracle
- Microsoft Office
- Employee discount
11d
Senior Buyer (Horticulture)
Hillier Nurseries Ltd —Romsey
- Full-time
- Sales
- Analysis skills
- Travel
- Employee discount
Quick apply
Senior Buyer
Quantum Design Oxford —Abingdon
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- ERP systems
- Negotiation
- Free parking
- Life insurance
Quick apply
6d
Senior Buyer
McDermott —London
- Full-time
- Oracle
- Bachelor's degree
- SharePoint
Buyer / Senior Buyer
Condition Monitoring Technology Group —Great Torrington
- £30,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- ERP systems
- Negotiation
- Free parking
- Flexitime
Quick apply
2d
Senior Buyer
STEP —Retford
- £44,290 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Contracts
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Quick apply
Senior Assistant Buyer
Oner Active —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Senior Buyer
The Fold —London
- Analysis skills
- Presentation skills
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
8d
Senior Buyer
Johnson Controls —Belfast
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- PMP
- ERP systems
Senior Buyer
Oxford Flow —Witney
- Full-time
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
Commercial Coordinator (Construction)
Evoke Projects Ltd —London
- £45,000 - £55,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Maintenance
- Microsoft Office
- Organisational skills
Quick apply
4d

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Assistant Vendor Manager

Currys -
London

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Job details

Full-time | Fixed term contract
2 days ago

Benefits

Annual leave
Employee discount

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
BMC Remedy
Microsoft Office
Analysis skills
Presentation skills
Organisational skills
SharePoint
Purchasing
Communication skills
Negotiation

Full job description

Vacancy ID: 49018

Assistant Buyer/Vendor Manager – Range Expansion

Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Full Time
Grade 3

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 commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast-paced team, working hand in hand with the operations and go-to-market teams and building strong relationships with our supplier partners. You will select and negotiate product ranges and pricing, all terms and conditions, and all investments in our business and its activity. You are accountable for ensuring cost pricing and promotions that allow us to remain competitive for customers while maximising margin and sales and securing adequate differentiation against competitors.

You will need to have great relationship building skills, working closely with our brands and vendors, the go to market team and use your influencing skills to secure support to drive the range extension (dropship) business forward.

You will be responsible for products sitting within an extended range/drop ship category, a willingness to learn the product category and market trends is essential.

You will be responsible for supporting operations within dropship to ensure customer satisfaction and in line with the business priorities and NPS. As assistant category buyer you will be expected to work with the wider team, ensuring we have capable and committed colleagues and form a one business mentality.

You will be responsible for supporting operations within dropship to ensure customer satisfaction and in line with the business priorities and NPS. As an Assistant Buyer/Vendor Manager you will be expected to work with the wider team, ensuring we have capable and committed colleagues and form a one business mentality.

Key Responsibilities:

Managing your category supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
Harness credible relationships with your suppliers and develop a sourcing strategy to both bring customers the best ranges and support the core category strategy, supported with availability and marketing roadmap
Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan for likely changes in customer trends and demand
Negotiating product ranges – cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability with distributors
Negotiating additional fixed and variable financial terms related to ranging, activity and performance
Negotiating promotional funding support to drive sales while maintaining margin in line with financial objectives
Securing adequate product and promotional differentiation from competitors to support market share growth objectives
Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets
Working with the returns team to ensure adequate supplier returns agreements are in place contractually to both meet customer service requirements and minimise cost exposure after sale
Uses customer and market data provided by the go to market team to ensure correct ranges and promotional plans are in place to drive customers for life
Remedy all supplier issues relating to cost price, product, stock, and other quieries

Required Skills & Experience:

Buying experience working within an FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast-paced retailer
Negotiation skills and ability to manage all supplier partnerships
Good judgment and strong decision-making skills to enable the right actions for the category
Excellent numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit and cash
Good planning, organisational and multitasking skills
Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, capable of presenting to senior stakeholders as well as working cross functionally to achieve the desired results
Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools
Experience of working to deadlines and managing critical paths
Good presentation and speaking skills
Monitor internal controls and make recommendations as needed
Dropship Management and knowledge with high SKU volume (preferred, not essential)

Why join us:

We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holiday entitlement
Life Assurance
Staff discounts and offers
Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [email protected] and we'll do our best to help.

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