Fancy working for Morrisons? We’ve got an incredible opportunity that doesn’t come around every day for a Lamb Buyer to be based 4 days a week at our Head Office in Bradford.
Proud of our roots, we’ve got a great story to tell and can look forward to a fantastic future which you can be a part of!
We’re a Yorkshire-based food retailer, growing from a market stall in Bradford to one of the UK’s leading supermarkets, having 120,000 colleagues in just under 500 stores serving over 11 million customers every week.
The Buyer will assist the Buying Manager/Senior Buying Manager in planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin for the department.
You’ll help to deliver exceptional, customer-led ranges which drive sales and margin across a specific category. You will build on the capability of our Buying team by engaging with different teams across the business to translate customer buying insights into competitive customer propositions, ensuring quality and value.
You will be responsible for:
* Maximising sales and profit inline with the budget plan
* Regular competitor analysis including range, visual merchandising and price benchmarking
* Developing strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers
* Deliver a customer relevant, commercially sound range
* Managing the critical path, engaging all key stakeholders to ensure smooth running of the development process and on time delivery of ranges to store
* Constantly reviewing sales and identifying opportunities for category growth
About You
So that you are set for success, we are looking for a self-starter, who is an exceptional communicator with the ability to influence at all levels. You will work as part of a versatile team with a can-do culture, so it’s important that you are tenacious and strive for excellence. You will have experience and skills in:
* Experience working in a buying role in a retail environment
* Brilliant time-management & organisation with an ability to proactively manage a wide range of responsibilities throughout the development process
* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
* Plenty of initiative and a passion for working in an ever changing fast paced environment
* Strong commercial awareness and acumen with excellent interpersonal skills together with a strong customer focused approach
* Have a passion for product and a keen eye for detail.
About The Team
At Morrisons, we’re the single biggest food manufacturer in the UK, and the only retailer to operate our own processing sites. We work in embedded business teams, so our Buyers sit with their supply chain, finance and technical counterparts, working alongside each other to make decisions and take action quickly.
About The Company
Our modern Head Office on the edge of Bradford is home to our different support teams from tech, marketing and finance to HR, trading and supply chain.
Our business is fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you…
Some of the benefits you can expect as follows;
* 15% colleague discount in our stores and online, plus an additional 10% card for a friend or family member
* Generous holiday entitlement
* Four day working week with flexible working hours
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