Senior Buyer (Small Domestic Appliances)

Senior Buyer (Small Domestic Appliances)

Currys London Campus at Waterloo (LHO002)
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.

This is a newly created position to maximise the growth opportunity which exists to bring new SharkNinja's new product development to market and ensure that Currys are at the forefront of their innovation.

Positioned within the 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 largest SDA supplier partner. As a Senior Category Buyer, you need to have extensive buying and management experience as you will be responsible for high turnover, complex categories leading an Assistant Buyer and Go To Market Manager. You will be accountable for all supplier negotiations in line with the category strategy. 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 allows us to remain competitive for customers while maximising EBIT return and securing adequate differentiation against competitors.

You will need to have great relationship building skills, working closely with the Go To Market team, Planning 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.

As a Senior Buyer you will be expected to support the development of the wider team ensuring we have a capable and committed team, who understand their role in delivering the company vision 'we help everyone enjoy amazing technology' and you will at times be expected to delegate for the Head of Category in meetings.

Key Responsibilities:

• Working closely with SharkNinja to understand their NPD roadmap and develop the right ranges and promotions to capitalise on their launches and full product ranges. Ensuring that we have the best proposition in the market and that we are supporting their biggest launches with instore activations, colleague training and engagement as well as above the line activity to drive customers to Currys as the No.1retailer of choice for their new innovation
• Harnessing credible relationship with SharkNinja as a key strategic partner to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes in customer trends and demand
• Negotiating product ranges - cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability
• 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
• 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
• Work closely with the category planner to secure supplier support to drive additional sales and margin where opportunity for upside exists, and particularly to mitigate risks against committed financial objectives
• 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, improvements in market share and net profitability through development of exclusive products/plans where appropriate to address customer needs
• Remedy all supplier issues relating to cost price, product, stock, financial claims, contractual issues and other
• Ensure supplier contracts are completed in line with the company DOA and pre-determined annual timetable
• Develop capable and committed colleagues who are fully aware of the company vision and the role they play in delivering it
• Manage, coach and develop direct reports to deliver category targets and to ensure compliance with the Commercial critical path and processes

Required Skills & Experience:

• Substantial buying experience working within a FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast paced retailer
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage all supplier partnerships at differing levels of seniority
• 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
• 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
• Management/leadership experience of more than 1 direct report

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 of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme (for permanent colleagues)
• Private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• Hybrid working

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Why join us:

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 careers@currys.co.uk and we'll do our best to help.]]>