Consumer Buyer

• Development of the commercial strategy for our core Front of Shop categories
• Promotional cycle development for sections
• To represent Consumer team at the weekly trade meetings and to be an active participant.
• Working closely with the Retail and Sales team to source and range best in class products for the market
• Reviewing category performance and providing insights to our management team
• Ensure the roll-out of planograms and associated support documents
• Actively driving cross-selling, working closely with our Operations team
• Responsible for the communication of all commercial strategies to our Operations team
• Developing & managing supplier relationships in order to deliver JBP and planogram compliance
• Use of the BI reporting suite to provide greater insights into category and range performance to help support decision-making.
• To be a representative of the Consumer team at trade shows & supplier events
• Work closely with the Operations team to develop our relationship with our symbol & franchise members to support driving their business.

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Day to day responsibilities include

• Contributing to the day to day running of the Commercial buying team
• Ensuring our group sales, margin & JBP budgets are achieved
• Responsible for stock of our Healthcare categories in owned estate, managing dead/over/dated stock and supporting the stores with sell through as required
• Updating the Commercial Director regularly on department development
• Taking an active role in the weekly commercial team meetings
• Ensuring suppliers are met in a timely manner and prioritized according to importance
• Ensuring all retail pricing is aligned with department margin targets & market pricing on the database
• Ensure database team have all relevant supplier & pricing information for categories
• Building a robust promotions calendar, encompassing JBP agreements
• Development of the category plans & strategies
• Ensuring planograms are updated based on schedule
• Attending trade shows where appropriate
• Contributing relevant information for board packs
• Ensuring strategies are communicated through our channels
• Attending meetings weekly

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• Key Skills & Experiences

• Minimum 2+ years in a similar buying role
• Pharmacy buying experience desirable
• Excellent numerical & analytical skills to include excellent computer literacy & comprehensive experience with all MS products such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc
• Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced environment