If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us.
That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate.
Job Summary:
Job Description:
At a Glance
Contract Type: Temporary/Fixed term contract for 12 months
Location: Bracknell based with hybrid working
Salary Range: £53,700.00 - £83,500.00 per annum
Partnership Level: 5
We will be holding in-person Interviews on Wednesday 11th December 2024
About the role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Waitrose Trading team as a Buyer.
This role would suit someone who is self-motivated, with an ability to influence internal stakeholders and inspire our suppliers to invest in Waitrose. Ideal candidates will be confident, assertive, and possess good communication and numerical skills. The ability to work in a matrix way across the boundaries of hard line reporting is crucial. Creativity and a passion for products are also desirable.
Some of your key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
* Working in a Category Pod, consisting of but not limited to Buyer, Merchandiser, Supply Planners, Technologist, Product Developer, delivering shared KPIs for the pod through collaborative working.
* Support Category Pod to deliver individual accountabilities (Indirect Shared KPIs).
* Upskill and develop buying skills of the buying community through peer-to-peer coaching and mentoring, sharing best practices to facilitate cross-pollination between Category Pods.
* Facilitate horizontal working across Category Pods.
* Deputising for Trading Manager - Support the Trading Manager with key work streams and deputise where necessary to enable teams to deliver their category plans.
Essential Skills
* Commercial experience at Buyer equivalent delivering strong results.
* Experience of communicating at all levels of the business and/or worked in other directorates at equivalent level of commercial experience/exposure.
* Training in negotiation skills (e.g. GAP) and understanding of industry compliance (GSCOP & Competition Law).
* Data-based decision-making experience.
* Continuous improvement mindset.
* Effective performance management skills.
* Experience of working together across boundaries.
* Ability to empower others.
* Collaborative.
* Wine qualifications (for Wine role only).
Benefits of the Partnership and the role:
* Full-time working holiday entitlement: 25 days holiday, plus public and bank holidays.
* Excellent work-life balance, including focus on well-being and flexible working and our market-leading equal parenthood leave Policy.
* Defined Contribution pension scheme where your contributions will be matched by the Partnership (up to 8% of pay) and, after three years’ service, you’ll receive an additional Partnership contribution of 4% of pay, regardless of whether you pay in or not.
* Partnership discount in store and online once you complete probation: 25% off in John Lewis & Partners (12% off electrical products) and 20% in Waitrose & Partners.
* Simple cycle to work support scheme.
* Exclusive hotels based in some of Britain’s most beautiful areas available for exploration after three months of service.
Next Steps
* The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time.
* Once you've submitted an application the next steps of the process, if successful, are likely to include a 1st stage interview.
* You'll be asked about any adjustments you might need to support the recruitment process. Let us know, and we'll be sure to discuss it with you.
* Thanks for your patience in the meantime and for showing an interest in joining JLP.
We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early.
You can view a copy of the full job outline here (internal only).
Internal use only
Pay: £53,700.00 - £83,500.00 Annual
Scheduled Weekly hours: 35
Worker Type: Temporary Partner (Fixed Term)
Job Level: Partnership Level 5
Hours of Work: 35
At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself.
Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief.
We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world.
We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference.
We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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