Junior Buyer - Hand tools and Tool Storage
We’re Kingfisher, a team made up of over 78,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.
We're recruiting for a forward-thinking Junior Buyer (internally known as Junior Product Lead) within the Hand Tools & Workwear team. This role supports development of affordable and sustainable innovation in OEB (Own exclusive Brands), to be more agile in new product development and be more impactful on performance.
This is a 13 month contract
Responsibilities
* Support the Product Lead to manage all selected OEB projects and ranges from concept and range construction through to delivery.
* Identify commercial potential for the OEB range by analysing relevant data, trends & industry insights and utilising to create, deliver and maintain a more customer-centric, relevant, and right-sized range construction.
* Partner with the Product Lead on identifying New Product Development opportunities, inputting into eligibility criteria, and using the Business direction.
* Ensure the Product Lead is kept up to date with current project milestones & KPIs.
* Work with the Product Lead to lead a cross-functional expert team (Sourcing, designers, engineers, Quality, Brand, Packaging etc.) across OEB Range development and validation.
Minimum Requirements
* Previous industry and product knowledge experience within a retail environment, with general knowledge of OEB brands and products.
* Effectively manage relationships with stakeholders through exceptional communication, influence and stakeholder management skills within a complex matrix organisation.
* Proven ability to build cross-functional relationships at all levels.
* Ability to analyse multiple commercial and customer insights and draw insight, leading to commercial recommendations.
* Strong analytical skills to draw insight from a variety of commercial and customer data points and identify trends.
Core Behaviours
* Be Customer Focused: constantly improving our customers’ experience.
* Be Human: acting with humanity and care.
* Be Curious: thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious.
* Be Agile: working with trust, pace and agility.
* Be Inclusive: acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together.
* Be Accountable: championing the plan to deliver results and growth.
At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.
We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.
Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.
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