Location: London, N1 1QP
Hours: Full-time
Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm
Start Date: flexible, early 2025
About the Company
Borough Kitchen is the UK’s leading premium retailer for people who love to cook and entertain by providing carefully selected products for the kitchen and table alongside trusted advice and inspiration through stores, online and cook school. With five award-winning stores across London and a significant e-Commerce presence, our products are sourced globally and each piece is meticulously chosen and tested based on function, quality, and durability. Our commitment has won us a unique, trusted position in the industry and strong partnerships with premium brands.
About the Role
This is a career-defining opportunity for a passionate, visionary and experienced Buyer to lead our product selection; always thinking ahead but staying true to Borough Kitchen’s values. If you thrive on the thrill of uncovering the world’s best products for our customers, building deep relationships with all brands we work with, and are committed to excellence in cooking and entertaining, this role is unmatched in its scope and potential. Here, you won’t simply follow trends; you’ll set them, influencing the future of kitchen and tableware retail.
Reporting directly to our Founders, this role is fundamental to our brand identity and reputation. You will also work closely with our purchasing and inventory team as well as with the senior management of the business across physical retail and e-commerce.
Key Responsibilities
* Recognising and dissecting the perfect products to ensure they warrant being added to our range, maintaining our extremely high standard of finding the right products that perform and last
* Proactively gathering, analysing and driving insight from local market knowledge and the competitive landscape across all channels
* Living and breathing our customer segmentation and constantly reviewing, refining and optimising our product offering
* Working with brands, designers and our team to build and refine our own product range through the Borough Kitchen brand and collaborations
* Upholding robust terms with vendors whilst maintaining a very close relationship
* Championing our company culture and leading by example
* Working closely with our Inventory manager and developing a deep and cohesive working relationship
* Being the main liaison between the Inventory, Retail and Marketing teams to advise on new products and communicate product information with all team members
Minimum Requirements
* Proven experience in buying practices, merchandising strategies, and supplier negotiations in the housewares or premium retail industry for a minimum of five years
* Strong negotiating skill set
* Exceptional attention to both product and process detail
* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
* Solutions-focused
* Ability to work independently
* Works with a sense of urgency
* Ability to analyse sales data, detect market changes and act upon them
* Focus on driving revenue and maintaining margins
* A very strong passion for cooking and entertaining
Benefits
* Competitive salary based on experience
* Annual pay review
* Industry-leading discount programme on products for our employees
* Complimentary Cook School classes
* Access to our employee assistance programme, which includes free counselling sessions, free financial and legal advice, discounts and cashback offers for over 1200+ brands, and many other offerings around health and wellbeing
* Referral scheme
* Company events
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