Senior Buyer Support Hardware

Currys; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Senior Buyer to lead a dynamic team in managing supplier relationships and driving category strategies. This role involves negotiating product ranges, enhancing customer adoption of innovative offerings, and collaborating with various channels to boost market share. The ideal candidate will possess substantial buying experience in a fast-paced retail environment, strong negotiation skills, and a commitment to customer satisfaction. Join a company dedicated to technology and sustainability, where your contributions can make a significant impact on both the business and the planet.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Colleague Discounts on Tech

Access to Wellbeing App

Qualifications

• Extensive buying experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong negotiation skills and management of supplier partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships and develop sourcing strategies.
• Negotiate product ranges and financial terms to maximize EBIT.

Skills

Negotiation Skills

Commercial Awareness

Customer Needs Understanding

Supplier Relationship Management

Leadership Experience

Education

Experience in FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods Retail

Tools

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Power BI

Job description

Senior Buyer - Support Hardware

London- Hybrid Working
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 5

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.

Positioned within the commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast-paced team, working hand in hand with the go to market team, building strong relationships with our supplier partners. As a Senior Buyer, you need to have extensive buying and management experience as you will be responsible for high turnover, complex categories leading a team of direct reports.

As a Senior Buyer you will be expected to support the development of the wider team ensuring we have a capable and committed team, who understand their role in delivering the company vision ‘we help everyone enjoy amazing technology’ and you will at times be expected to delegate for the Head of Category in meetings.

Looking after Print, Ink, Data Storage, Office Supplies and Networking, you must be able to easily prioritize time demands across a large and varied supply base.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Managing all category supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy.
2. Harness credible relationships with our suppliers and develop a sourcing strategy to both bring customers the best ranges, supported with availability but also to minimise our NET cost of goods.
3. Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap and product innovation, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes in customer trends and demand.
4. Work with our channels to create a trading strategy to grow our market share - particularly online.
5. Working with suppliers to expand customer adoption of the instant ink subscription offer across our channels.
6. Negotiating product ranges – cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability.
7. Negotiating additional fixed and variable financial terms related to ranging, activity and performance – maximising EBIT across the category.
8. Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets.
9. Working with merchandising to ensure that we are forecasting at the right level to maximise sales and stockturn.
10. Provide and regularly review team members’ objectives, priorities and performance via Personal Development Review and one to ones, supporting their professional and personal development, ensuring that the right talent plans are in place to support the talent pipeline for the business.

You will need:

1. Substantial buying experience working within a FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast-paced retailer.
2. Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage all supplier partnerships at differing levels of seniority.
3. Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs.
4. Working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
5. Management/leadership experience of more than 1 direct report.
6. Power BI reporting experience.

We know our people are the secret to our success. That’s why we’re always looking for ways to reward great work. You’ll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Life Assurance.
• Fantastic Colleague Discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile.
• Access to Champion Health (Wellbeing App).
• Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month).

Why join us:
Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.
Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.
Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application Apply careerscurrys and we'll do our best to help.