Buyer/ Category Manager - FMCG

Michael Page (UK); Runcorn; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Runcorn seeks an experienced Buyer for FMCG to enhance trading team capabilities across retail and ecommerce. This role involves delivering sales goals, managing supplier relationships, and supporting promotional strategies for maximum profitability. Offering hybrid working with additional benefits.

Benefits

Hybrid Working

Free Parking

Flexible start / finish times

Discount on product

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the consumer & wholesale supply chain, ideally FMCG.
• Strong financial awareness; ability to analyze complex data.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sales, margin, and funding growth.
• Assist in promotional planning and supplier strategies.
• Monitor performance and propose actions for strategy.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Supplier management

Financial awareness

Job description

• Free Parking ; Close to transport links
• Hybrid Working

About Our Client

A great opportunity for a Buyer -FMCG to join a group of companies in their Runcorn offices. The business has several different business units which trade across retail stores, ecommerce and independents. They are seeking a Buyer to support the trading team buying a range of branded & own brand products for the retail / ecommerce sales channels.

Job Description

• Deliver Sales, Margin & Funding growth for to meet financial
• objectives, to include, promotional planning, pricing, range, merchandising and supplier strategies.
• To assist the trading manager in delivering a strong and balanced promotional programme across both retail and wholesale channels , which meets and supports the overall promotional strategy; sales and profit are maximised, administration is undertaken effectively and accurately, full promotional analysis is undertaken and informs future decisions & quarterly promotional plan by category is created and worked towards.
• To ensure KPI 's are in line with budget and address any variances.
• To monitor, report and propose actions on performance, in order to help define Strategy.
• To deliver appropriate service levels to all internal customers ensuring all
• deadlines & agreed actions across PST, Operations, Supply Chain, Space
• Planning, Marketing, Finance & Communications teams are met in full and on time.
• Assist Supply Chain team in the attainment of service and stock level KPI's in depot and 3 rd party suppliers via effective communication.
• Support the space planning manager in the effective management of category micro space to ensure profitability levels are maintained and sales opportunities maximised across all respective categories.
• Assist the Trading Manager as required.

The Successful Applicant

• Extensive knowledge of the consumer & wholesale supply chain, ideally FMCG.
• Experience in negotiation of supplier promotional income for value adding activities
• Experience of in-store layout and space allocation and emerging techniques to continually improve offering
• Excellent supplier management skills with exposure to complex relationships.
• Strong Financial Awareness; ability to analyse and interpret complex data.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid Working
• Free Parking
• Flexible start / finish times
• Discount on product

Buyer/ Category Manager - FMCG

Buyer/ Category Manager - FMCG

Buyer/ Category Manager - FMCG