BUYING MANAGER – GREETINGS CARDS
Swindon (3 days per week, 2 from home)
D+ plus car allowance and private medical
That’s why our Trading team is passionate about creating an environment where people can be creative and trailblazing in order to do their best work.
We now have an exciting opportunity for a Buying Manager to join our High Street Greeting Cards Trading team at our Support Centre in Swindon.
It is a complex area demanding high levels of commercial understanding, alongside close and careful supplier relationship management.
The main purpose of a Buying Manager is to lead and drive the commercial agenda. Developing and leading a high performing team – providing guidance and coaching to bring out the best in your people
~ Complete P&L ownership of the budget for your category with a focus on net profitability. Full ownership for department supplier income delivery & responsibility for reporting performance across business. Having a long-term supplier strategy in place covering annual deals, payment terms, cost prices, marketing spend and conduct regular grow/hold/decline reviews
~ You will have strong experience within relevant buying or commercial roles, ideally from the Greetings Cards industry
~ Takes an interest in longer term resource management (succession planning etc.)
~ A strong role model across Commercial
~ Hybrid working model from home and in the office
~Flexible Working
~25 days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday
~ Family friendly leave
~ Company pension scheme
~ Sharesave Scheme
~ Annual Bonus based on company and Personal Performance
~ Competitive salary plus car allowance
~ Private Medical
~ Staff discount card for stores and online
Celebrating over 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 12,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.
WHSmith have occupied our place as the Hub of the High Street and in our customers’ hearts since 1792. Across our diverse estate of over 500 stores on UK high streets, with our wide-ranging store sizes and formats, we sell a large range of products including stationery, greeting cards, art and craft, newspapers, magazines, books and drinks. We are an ambitious team that thrives on pace, collaboration and innovation resulting in a real entrepreneurial culture.
WHSmith are proud to be an inclusive employer, we want our colleagues to feel welcome, and free to be themselves with us.