What’s the role about?

We are currently recruiting for multiple Buyer Roles, This vacancy is for a Buyer in the TV & AV Department. 

As a Buyer in the TV & AV Department  you will be a highly experienced Buyer who uses their expert knowledge to plan and buy the best range for customers within

your category.

Your remit will be to deliver agreed KPIs including;sales, profit,stock, margin and achieving required customer metrics and hit rates.You will be buying an assortment of high strategic importance and/or complexity within your category’s commercial product assortment that optimise market trends and create a competitive advantage.

You will be an experienced negotiator adept at independently managing supplier relationships. Working with your merchandiser, you will analyse commercial input and market data from all channels to develop and bring to market own brand and /or branded ranges, working alongside all relevant specialist functions to deliver a category assortment with a competitive pricing architecture.

What will you be doing?

• You will be accountable for the commercial success of a product range as defined and agreed with your Category Lead and the commercial and customer success of a product range through range planning and agile in-season trading.

• You will ensure you have up to date expert market knowledge for the category and can predict future market dynamics.

• You are accountable for building and maintaining strong supplier relationships ensuring that they adhere to the required standards and agreed terms.

• You will be accountable for making decisions on the product assortment: development,sourcing, brand positioning, price structure and margins.These will be in line with category and customer strategy. In collaboration with merchandising, you will need to make season trading and volume decisions along with the commercial terms and product lifecycle with the suppliers.

• Lead success-driven, cross-department working through effective stakeholder relationships. Lead through change.

• You will maximise opportunities as they arise and lead the in-season trading to potentialise the outcome for both customers and your category.

• You will take an active role in supporting the Category Lead in leading the team and as a highly experienced Buyer, take responsibility for coaching the team through challenges.

What you'll have

• You will have tangible experience in buying, product development,range building and supplier negotiation that you can apply quickly.

What else could you bring?

• Knowledge and experience in buying Technology products

Pay Range: £49,600.00 - £70,200.00

Please note: 

• As a business we encourage flexible working. We have a number of different ways to work flexibly, so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, examples of how our Partners already work flexibly include part-time, job share, home working and compressed hours

• We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early