Buying Manager - Beer and Cider

Morrisons; Bradford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Generous holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus

15% discount in our supermarkets and \

10% discount card for family

Leadership School

Staff canteen

Free parking

Pension & life assurance

Wellbeing benefits

MyPerks discounts

Payroll charity donations

Family-friendly policies

Maternity/adoption leave

Job summary

Morrisons Head Office in Bradford is seeking a skilled Buyer to join our commercial team. You will plan, source, select, and negotiate a competitively priced product range across channels to maximise sales and margin.

You will translate customer insights into compelling propositions while maintaining quality and value. You will develop category plans for high-spend areas, drive sales through insightful range choices, and ensure margins through robust supplier plans and strong relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience as Buying Manager/Senior Buyer or equivalent.
• Strong track record in range selection and curation to drive customer satisfaction.
• Proven ability to deliver category strategies in a competitive market.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Developing and delivering the category plan for a high spend, complex area.
• Driving sales and profit through customer insight and right range selections.
• Delivery of margin targets through supplier negotiation and robust plans.
• Managing supplier relationships and visits to ensure the 12-point charter is met.
• Using market knowledge and competitor insight to shape category strategies.
• Support the Buying team’s high-performance culture and professional growth.
• Delivering a great customer experience by helping shoppers to buy.
• Operate in compliance with the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP).

Skills

Buying

Category management

Supplier negotiation

Market analysis

Customer focus

Job description

More about the role

As a Buyer within our commercial team you will work in planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin.

Our commercial teams decide what we sell and at what price. We source great products for our customers and negotiate deals with suppliers. And we look for the best local produce, tracking down products around the world to meet constantly changing tastes. Own brands. Value brands. Global brands. We take great pride in them all.

You'll help to deliver exceptional, customer-led ranges which drive sales and margin across a specific category. You will build on the capability of our Buying team by engaging with different teams across the business to translate customer buying insights into competitive customer propositions, ensuring quality and value.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Developing and delivering the category plan for a high spend, complex area
• Driving sales and profit through acting on our customer insight to deliver the right range and customer proposition
• Delivery of margin targets through negotiation and robust supplier plans
• Delivering our supplier promises (12 point charter) through continuously improving Supplier relationships and engagement with detailed supplier knowledge and regular supplier visits
• Using your market understanding of the category, including competitor insight to develop compelling category strategies
• Actively support and promote the high performance culture of the Buying team, including the support of personal and professional growth to encourage colleagues to be the best they can be
• Helping to deliver a great customer experience - helping them to buy
• Operating in full compliance with the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP)

More about you

For this role, we're looking for someone who has:

• Track record as a Buying Manager/Senior Buyer in a similar environment
• A passion for range selection and curation, driving customer satisfaction across all need states.
• Proven experience of delivering category strategies in a complex, competitive market
• A strong customer centricity with a track record of putting the customer first
• Ability to work at pace, in a fast and flexible environment with drive, energy and enthusiasm
• Significant commercial understanding with an excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision making background
• Experience of building relationships at all levels to drive commercial benefits
• Experience of implementing and driving unified strategies in a complex business environment

More about our perks

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

• Private healthcare
• Car Allowance
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
• Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
• Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
• Subsidised staff canteen
• Free parking
• Competitive pension and life assurance
• Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
• 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
• Optional payroll charity donations
• A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave

Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you'll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There's more to our business as it's fast paced and ever changing, as such we've got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We'd love to meet you!