Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Non Food
Closing date: 14 November 2024
Requisition ID: 273984
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. From fragrance to car care, clothing and pots and pans, our General Merchandise team delivers all the non-food items for Sainsbury’s, Habitat and Argos customers. This multi-brand environment means you get to work across most areas. You can also be a pioneer, because the team believes in being brave, iterating and learning as they go.
Joining our General Merchandise team at Sainsbury's as a Buyer offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to our 'brands that deliver' strategy. As part of a friendly, passionate team that loves all things Buying, you will play a crucial role in achieving our ambitious growth plans and providing customers with a great range of quality products at competitive prices.
What you'll do
1. Support the Senior Buyer and Buying Manager in translating and executing the category strategy for a given product range to drive profitable growth.
2. Take ownership of buying own brand and branded ranges, ensuring a customer-focused proposition.
3. Establish strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the successful delivery of our strategy.
4. Manage pricing, develop trading plans, and conduct regular store visits.
5. Contribute to achieving target KPIs such as sales, margin, stock, availability, digital metrics, and customer satisfaction.
Who you are
You are a highly motivated and commercially aware professional with a passion for delivering profitable growth and customer-focused strategies. With your previous buying experience, preferably in a non-food retail environment, you bring a deep understanding of market trends and suppliers to inform budgeting and trading plans.
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them:
* Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks.
* Annual holiday allowance, with the option to buy additional holiday.
* Access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
* Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
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