Junior Buyer

Kingfisher plc; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a proactive Junior Buyer to join their dynamic team. This role involves managing supplier relationships and leading contract negotiations, providing a unique opportunity to influence product development and performance. You will navigate the full value chain, ensuring compliance with sustainability policies while collaborating with various teams. This position offers variety, the chance to travel, and a supportive environment for personal and professional growth. If you're ready to make a difference in the home improvement sector, this is the role for you!

Benefits

Private Health Care

Pension Scheme

25 Days' Holiday

Staff Discount

Share Incentive Plan

Life Assurance

Bonus Scheme

Career Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong negotiation skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills to work collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships and drive cost and P&L performance.
• Ensure effective project and contract management for compliance.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Attention to Detail

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded Junior Buyer – Paint (Internally known as Assistant Product Sourcing Manager) to join our team. This role places you at the heart of our EMEA buying office where you’ll own your category end-to-end—managing suppliers, leading contract negotiations, and driving cost, rebate, and P&L performance. From onboarding vendors to delivering products in-store, you’ll navigate the full value chain. Representing Kingfisher’s Own Brand portfolio, you’ll collaborate with the range, quality, supply chain, and production teams to align strategy, unlock value, and deliver continuous improvement.

This is not your typical buying role. Working with Own Brand products means deep involvement in the full product journey - giving you unique insight into how products are designed, developed, and delivered. Expect variety and the chance to travel for supplier meetings and factory visits.

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you!

We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded Junior Buyer – Paint (Internally known as Assistant Product Sourcing Manager) to join our team. This role places you at the heart of our EMEA buying office where you’ll own your category end-to-end—managing suppliers, leading contract negotiations, and driving cost, rebate, and P&L performance. From onboarding vendors to delivering products in-store, you’ll navigate the full value chain. Representing Kingfisher’s Own Brand portfolio, you’ll collaborate with the range, quality, supply chain, and production teams to align strategy, unlock value, and deliver continuous improvement.

This is not your typical buying role. Working with Own Brand products means deep involvement in the full product journey - giving you unique insight into how products are designed, developed, and delivered. Expect variety and the chance to travel for supplier meetings and factory visits.

Develop and maintain strong vendor relationships to support product development, margin targets, and strategic decision-making.

Drive new business opportunities through supplier discovery, benchmarking, and implementing vendor mapping within your category.

Ensure effective project and contract management, meeting milestones and maintaining compliance with Kingfisher standards and sustainability policies.

Be the primary contact for vendors, ensuring adherence to sourcing, packaging, audit, and branding policies.

Support the delivery of the OEB vendor strategy and contribute to the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programme to optimize supply base performance.

What's the job

• Develop and maintain strong vendor relationships to support product development, margin targets, and strategic decision-making.

• Drive new business opportunities through supplier discovery, benchmarking, and implementing vendor mapping within your category.

• Ensure effective project and contract management, meeting milestones and maintaining compliance with Kingfisher standards and sustainability policies.

• Be the primary contact for vendors, ensuring adherence to sourcing, packaging, audit, and branding policies.

• Support the delivery of the OEB vendor strategy and contribute to the Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) programme to optimize supply base performance.

• Strong negotiation skills, including being able to think creatively
• Ability to thrive and make decisions in a fast paced environment
• Attention to detail to assist with issue resolution and problem solving
• Excellent communication and influencing skills with an ability to challenge the status quo and work collaboratively with a wide network
• Experience of managing projects and holding stakeholders to account
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint

Be Customer Focused – constantly improving our customers’ experience

• I listen to my customers
• I use available data to help make decisions

Be Human – acting with humanity and care

• I do the right thing

Be Curious – thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

• I build and share new ideas
• I try new things and share my learnings

Be Agile – working with trust, pace and agility

• I have courage to be creative
• Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

Be Inclusive – acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together

• I embrace allyship
• I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

Be Accountable – championing the plan to deliver results and growth

• I own my actions
• I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

At Kingfisher, we value the perspectives that any new team members bring, and we want to hear from you. We encourage you to apply for one of our roles even if you do not feel you meet 100% of the requirements.

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here!

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

What we offer.

Private Health Care

Opportunity to receive up to family level cover with Bupa. Join within three months of starting or at annual renewal in April. (This benefit is subject to Benefit In Kind taxation).

Kingfisher Pension Scheme

Immediate eligibility through auto-enrolment. Contribute 8% to receive a max 14% from the Company.

25 Days' Holiday

25 days per annum plus bank holidays as stated in your contract (pro rated for part time colleagues).

Staff Discount

20% discount at B&Q and Screwfix. Eligible after 3 months service.

Kingfisher Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Share ownership in a tax efficient way. Save between £10 to £150 per month. Join at any time once three months service is reached.

Life Assurance

x4 Salary plus benefit equal to value of your Retirement Account (if an active member of KPS-MP) or x1 Salary if not active member.

Bonus

Competitive bonus scheme that aligns to work level of role.

Kingfisher Share Save

Save with the option to buy Kingfisher plc shares at the end of a 3 or 5 year period. Offered annually. Three months service is required at the annual invitation date, normally in October.

Our Behaviours

At Kingfisher, we are united by our 6 core behaviours

Constantly improving our customer experience

Acting with humanity and care

Be curious

Thriving on learning, thinking beyond the obvious

Be inclusive

Acting inclusively in diverse teams to achieve together

Be agile

Working with trust, pace and agility

Be accountable

Championing the plan to deliver results and growth

Our employees know us best. We wouldn’t be Kingfisher without them. So, we want to share what they think with you.

Training & Development

There are so many ways you can grow, learn, and develop here at Kingfisher. At whatever pace suits you.

Conversations with senior leaders

Resources and tools to help you grow

Improving without instruments to help you learn is near impossible. That's why we make sure you have everything at your fingertips to find exactly what you need to keep growing.

Initiatives that measure development

With plans that ask you what you want to achieve and when you want to achieve them by, tracking progress and keeping development at the forefront of conversation is easy.

Find your path

The scale of group functions within Kingfisher is huge. That means you have the chance to build different career paths within multiple areas of the organisation.

Sharing is caring

We aren't selfish here at Kingfisher. Whatever your level of experience, you'll work with colleagues who are always welcoming and ready to share their knowledge whenever you need it.

Reach for the stars

So your ambitions are high? Good thing we have opportunities to find experiences in line with more senior roles and responsibilities. Here, you can evolve your career, no matter your level.

Why Kingfisher

We’re an innovative, international retailer on a journey to actively make a difference. Always striving to take that next step. You can be part of the difference. From bottom to top you can progress in a collaborative environment. So, why not Kingfisher?

Application Process

What to expect from our application process...

Step 1: Application

Send in your application via our Kingfisher Careers website.

Step 2: Review

A member of the Talent Acquisition team will then review your application let you know if you have progressed to the next stage of the process.

Step 3: Interview 1

You’ll then have a telephone interview/one to one conversation with a recruiter.

Step 4: Interview 2

As you progress, you’ll be invited to attend a face to face or virtual interview.

Step 5: Feedback

Your recruiter will be in contact with feedback and, if successful, the details of your job offer!