Buyer - Healthcare

BOOTS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company is seeking an experienced Buyer to join their Global Sourcing team in Nottingham. This role involves engaging with stakeholders to deliver key projects, driving profit for the retailer, and managing supplier relationships. Ideal candidates should have strong negotiation and commercial skills, as well as experience in strategic sourcing. The position offers a range of benefits including a retirement savings plan, employee discounts, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Boots Retirement Savings Plan

Discretionary annual bonus

Generous employee discounts

Flexible benefits scheme

Access to 24/7 counselling support

Qualifications

• Strong cross-functional player with experience in negotiations.
• Knowledge of strategic sourcing/procurement lifecycle.
• Experience implementing category sourcing strategies.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for driving profit and margin for the retailer.
• Support management of vendor relationships.
• Perform initial research and analysis for supplier selection.

Skills

Excellent stakeholder management skills

Negotiation skills for spend categories >$5m

Commercial acumen

Experience with Profit & Loss concepts

Job description

Contract: 8 Mths Secondment/FTC

Location: Nottingham

Closing date: 14th October

About the role

Buyer - A wonderful opportunity for an experienced Sourcing or Procurement professional operating at buyer level to join our Global Sourcing team within the EU Sourcing division in Nottingham. The role involves some national and international travel. This is an exciting opportunity to support the Buying Manager to deliver an exciting project as we look to move key Boots Brand Healthcare lines to an alternative source whilst ensuring we have a customer offering for the consumer at all times whilst the transfer is taking place.

This is an ideal opportunity for a buyer who is looking to stretch themselves with opportunity to manage stakeholders at more senior levels and take responsibility when ready for managing key areas of work. You will report into a Buying Manager who has a broader area of responsibility who is part of the EU sourcing team with responsibility for suppliers operating in that region.

Key responsibilities

• Accountable for driving profit and margin for the retailer
• Support the management of on-going and new vendor relationships and supplier performance
• Ensure regular supplier meetings take place to set up new relationships for ongoing success and to ensure streams of work remain on track
• Supports business recommendations through performing the initial research and analysis and providing clear input in the selection of suppliers in collaboration with a cross-functional team
• Support the development and optimisation of a supply base which enables differentiated New Product Development (NPD)
• Alongside the alternative source project, you will have categories to manage, alongside your fellow Buyers in a similar role.

About you

• A strong cross functional player with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing negotiations for spend categories >$5m million dollars ideally on a global level
• Experience implementing category sourcing strategies with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results
• Knowledge of the strategic sourcing/procurement lifecycle and procurement best practices
• Strong commercial acumen
• Experience working with Profit & Loss (P&L) concepts, such as revenue, COGS, gross profit margin, operating expenses and cash flow with a view to identifying and delivering profit enhancement opportunities

Our benefits

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Generous employee discounts
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply, eligible roles only. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, with you, we change for the better.

What's next - Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.