Assistant Buyer - Seasonals

Sainsbury’s Group; Ansty CP; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% colleague discount after 4 weeks

15% discount on Fridays and Saturdays

Pensions scheme

Life cover

Performance-related bonus up to 5% of

Annual holiday allowance

Cycle to work scheme

Health cash plans

Pay advance

Employee assistance programme

Maternity/adoption leave up to 26–26 w

Job summary

Join Sainsbury’s Group in Ansty as an Assistant Buyer within GM Commercial. You will support the Buyer to drive category sales, margins and supplier income, with a focus on the Outdoor Living range and related categories.

You will analyse performance, price against competitors and coordinate samples while collaborating with suppliers and cross-functional teams to meet fixed milestones.

Qualifications

• Experience as Assistant Buyer with range, promotional or supplier activity.
• Ability to analyse sales, margin, pricing, customer or competitor information to make recommendations.
• Experience coordinating product, range or promotional activity against fixed milestones while managing data.
• Evidence of working effectively with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficient in Excel and Word for data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buyer or Senior Buyer to deliver category sales, margin and supplier income targets.
• Build and trade the Outdoor Living range during spring and summer, including products like rugs, cushions and lighting.
• Assist with promotional planning across the Seasonals department.
• Analyse performance, review pricing and competitors, coordinate samples and approvals.
• Work with suppliers and cross-functional teams to maintain momentum against the critical path.

Skills

Assistant Buyer experience

Sales analysis

Commercial decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Adaptability

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Seasonals team within GM Commercial. You will work across a varied and highly visible category, from Outdoor Living accessories that help customers create inviting garden spaces to Dinnerware, licensed lunch boxes and branded drinkware. With a mix of seasonal trading, well-known suppliers and own-label development, the role offers broad exposure across the end-to-end buying cycle., As Assistant Buyer, you will support the Buyer or Senior Buyer to deliver category sales, margin and supplier income targets. During spring and summer, you will help build and trade the Outdoor Living accessories range, including products such as outdoor rugs, cushions and lighting, while playing a key role in promotional planning across the Seasonals department., As the category moves into autumn and winter, your focus will also include Dinnerware and related ranges. Day to day, you will analyse performance, review pricing and competitors, coordinate samples and approvals, work with suppliers and cross-functional teams, and keep product and promotional activity moving against the critical path. The role is based at Ansty and requires regular travel to Bradwell, Milton Keynes for sample activity, particularly during peak periods.

You will have experience working as an Assistant Buyer and be able to demonstrate involvement in range, promotional and supplier activity. You are comfortable using sales, margin, pricing and market information to make recommendations, and you understand the importance of accurate administration, product data and delivery against fixed milestones. You build effective relationships with suppliers and colleagues, communicate clearly and take accountability for delivery. You will be organised, commercially focused and adaptable, with the confidence to manage changing priorities across a fast-moving seasonal category.

• Current or previous experience working as an Assistant Buyer, including responsibility for range, promotional or supplier activity
• Ability to analyse sales, margin, pricing, customer or competitor information and use it to make a commercial recommendation
• Experience coordinating product, range or promotional activity against fixed milestones while maintaining accurate administration and data
• Evidence of working effectively with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver an agreed commercial outcome
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word, including using spreadsheets to organise, analyse and present commercial information
  

  We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you'll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there's always the chance to try something new-whether that's as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. 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.
  • This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury's every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day.
  • We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover.
  • You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 5% of salary, depending on how we perform.
  • Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday.
  • We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers.
  • And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme.
  • Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks' pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks' pay for paternity leave.