Buyer - Nuts

About The Role:

Fancy working for Morrisons? We've got an incredible opportunity that doesn't come around everyday for a Nuts Buyer to be based 4 days a week at our Head Office in Bradford.

Proud of our roots, we've got a great story to tell and can look forward to a fantastic future which you can be a part of

We're a Yorkshire-based food retailer, growing from a market stall in Bradford to one of the UK's leading supermarkets, having 120,000 colleagues in just under 500 stores serving over 11 million customers every week.

Our trading teams are key to our success and we are looking for a commercial Buyer to join our busy, fast-paced and dynamic teams.

We are on the hunt for traders and future traders to join Fresh/Produce & Ambient categories and would love to hear from anyone with relevant experience.

The Buyer will assist the Buying Manager/Senior Buying Manager in planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin for the department.

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.

Not only are we the second largest manufacturer of fresh food in the UK, but we also ensure our traceability, in particular our meat products, to show it is ethically sourced, from which region of the UK and by whom, to help us paint a full picture for our customers from farm-to-fork.

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.

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

You will be responsible for:

• Maximising sales and profit inline with the budget plan
• Regular competitor analysis including range, visual merchandising and price benchmarking
• Market data analysis
• Developing strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers
• Deliver a customer relevant, 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

About The Company:

From a Bradford market stall to the UK's 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer.

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK at just under 500 stores and an online home delivery service.

Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.

We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.

Why not hear what our teams about got to say about life here at Morrisons: Click here.

About You:

So that you are set for success, we are looking for a self-starter, who is an exceptional communicator with the ability to influence at all levels.

You will work as part of a versatile team with a can-do culture, so it's important that you are tenacious and strive for excellence.

You will have experience and skills in:

• Experience working in a buying role in a retail environment
• Brilliant timemanagement & 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.

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