Consumer Buyer

Uniphar Group; Dublin; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniphar Group is seeking a Commercial Buyer to drive the Front of Shop category strategy and collaborate with Retail, Sales, and Operations to source and range leading products.

You will review category performance, manage supplier relationships for JBP and planograms, and use BI tools to support decision-making. Strong Excel and MS Office skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in a purchasing/buying role is required.
• Strong numerical and analytical abilities with MS Office proficiency.
• Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Word suites.

Responsibilities

• Development of the commercial strategy for Front of Shop categories.
• Represent Consumer team at weekly trade meetings and participate actively.
• Collaborate with Retail and Sales to source and range best-in-class products.
• Review category performance and provide insights to management.
• Roll-out planograms and supporting documents.
• Drive cross-selling with Operations and manage supplier relationships for JBP.
• Communicate commercial strategies to Operations.
• Use BI tools to provide insights on category and range performance.
• Represent Consumer team at trade shows and supplier events.
• Develop relationships with symbol and franchise members to support their business.
• Support day-to-day running of the Commercial buying team.
• Ensure group sales, margin & JBP budgets are achieved.
• Manage stock for Healthcare categories and assist stores with sell-through.
• Update the Commercial Director on department development.
• Participate in weekly commercial team meetings.
• Coordinate with suppliers regarding timing and priority.
• Ensure pricing aligns with margins and market pricing in the database.
• Provide supplier and pricing information to the database team.
• Build a robust promotions calendar, including JBP agreements.

Skills

2+ years in a similar buying role

Numerical & analytical skills

MS Office proficiency (Excel, Power...

Job description

Responsibilities

• Development of the commercial strategy for our core Front of Shop categories
• To represent Consumer team at the weekly trade meetings and to be an active participant.
• Working closely with the Retail and Sales team to source and range best in class products for the market
• Reviewing category performance and providing insights to our management team
• Ensure the roll-out of planograms and associated support documents
• Actively driving cross-selling, working closely with our Operations team
• Responsible for the communication of all commercial strategies to our Operations team
• Developing & managing supplier relationships in order to deliver JBP and planogram compliance
• Use of the BI reporting suite to provide greater insights into category and range performance to help support decision-making.
• To be a representative of the Consumer team at trade shows & supplier events
• Work closely with the Operations team to develop our relationship with our symbol & franchise members to support driving their business.
• Contributing to the day to day running of the Commercial buying team
• Ensuring our group sales, margin & JBP budgets are achieved
• Responsible for stock of our Healthcare categories in owned estate, managing dead/over/dated stock and supporting the stores with sell through as required
• Updating the Commercial Director regularly on department development
• Taking an active role in the weekly commercial team meetings
• Ensuring suppliers are met in a timely manner and prioritized according to importance
• Ensuring all retail pricing is aligned with department margin targets & market pricing on the database
• Ensure database team have all relevant supplier & pricing information for categories
• Building a robust promotions calendar, encompassing JBP agreements
• Ensuring planograms are updated based on schedule
• Attending trade shows where appropriate
• Contributing relevant information for board packs
• Ensuring strategies are communicated through our channels
• Attending meetings weekly

Key Skills & Experiences

• Minimum 2+ years in a similar buying role
• Excellent numerical & analytical skills to include excellent computer literacy & comprehensive experience with all MS products such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc
• Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced environment