Buyer - Everyday Confectionery

Morrisons; Bradford Township (IA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus scheme

15% staff discount

Free parking

Career progression opportunities

Subsidised staff canteen

Pension and life assurance

Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits

Employee perks program

MyPerks discounts

Charity payroll donations

Job summary

Morrisons are seeking a Buyer to plan, source, select and negotiate a commercially priced product range across all channels. You will maximise sales and margin, delivering customer-led ranges for UK and export markets, and collaborate with suppliers to ensure quality and value.

Based at our Head Office, you’ll engage with cross-functional teams, manage development timelines and drive category growth in a fast-paced environment with strong commercial focus.

Qualifications

• Experience in a buying role within a retail and sales environment.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to influence across multiple work levels and stakeholders.
• Proactive, with excellent time management and organisational skills.
• Keen eye for detail and a customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Maximise sales and profit in line with the budget plan.
• Regular competitor analysis including range and price benchmarking.
• Market data analysis to inform ranges.
• Develop strong supplier relationships for a competitive range.
• Deliver a customer relevant range for UK and export customers.
• Manage the critical path and ensure on-time delivery of ranges to store.
• Continuously review sales to identify category growth opportunities.

Skills

Exceptional communication

Influence across levels

Buying experience in retail

Time management & organisation

Commercial awareness

Attention to detail

Job description

More About The Role

As a Buyer, you will be planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin for the department.

As a Buyer, you will be planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin for the department.

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 wholesale team by engaging with different teams across the business to translate customer buying insights into competitive customer propositions, ensuring quality and value.

Working within embedded business teams, our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience you won’t find anywhere else!

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Maximising sales and profit in line with the budget plan
• Regular competitor analysis, including range and price benchmarking
• Market data analysis
• Developing strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers
• Deliver a customer relevant for both UK and export customers, a commercially sound range
• Managing the critical path, engaging all key stakeholders to ensure smooth running of the development process, and on-time delivery of ranges to store
• Constantly reviewing sales and identifying opportunities for category growth

More about you

• Exceptional communication skills
• Ability to influence across several work levels
• Experience working in a buying role in a retail and sales environment
• Brilliant time-management & organisation with an ability to proactively manage a wide range of responsibilities throughout the development process
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Plenty of initiative and a passion for working in an ever changing fast paced environment
• Strong commercial awareness and acumen with excellent interpersonal skills together with a strong customer focused approach
• Have a passion for product and a keen eye for detail.

More about our perks

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

• 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!