Assistant Buyer

4 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Currys Full time

**Assistant Buyer (Gaming Accessories)**:
**London (Hybrid Working)**
Permanent
Full Time

Grade 3

Our passion at Currys is helping everyone enjoy the latest tech. We’re proud of the service levels we provide for our customers - online, in-store or in their homes. And it’s all down to our people, 30,000+ capable and committed colleagues, learning together, growing together, making us amazing and celebrating the wins.

Calling all PC Gamers and PC Builders who have the passion for Buying. As an Assistant Buyer in the Gaming Accessories team, you will support the Buyer across a wide range of products from Pre-built Desktops to our components business which includes Processors, GPU, PC Cases, and everything in between You will be working with some of the biggest brands in the world from Intel, AMD, Samsung to our partners in Asus, Gigabyte and MSI. There is huge innovation and growth within this category as limits are pushed. The category is extremely fast paced and requires a driven & proactive individual with excellent communication skills.

**As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for**:

- Support the buyer with management of supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
- Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes in customer trends and demand
- Support the buyer in Negotiating product ranges - cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability
- Negotiating promotional funding support to drive sales while maintaining margin in line with financial objectives
- Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets
- Management of the promotional plans and sales out allowances.
- Work closely with buyer and the category planner to secure supplier support to drive additional sales and margin where opportunity for upside exists, and particularly to mitigate risks against committed financial objectives
- Responsible for answering any store feedback specific to range and promotions

**You will need**:

- Gamer or more Experience working in Gaming Business
- Good planning, organisational and multitasking skill
- Good judgment and decision-making skills to enable the right actions for the category.
- Numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit and cash
- Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
- Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools

We’re one team and we celebrate all of the great things you do. One way we show our gratitude is by giving you access to a range of lifestyle benefits including:

- Competitive pension scheme
- Access to discretionary company bonus scheme
- Life Assurance
- Staff discounts and offers
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Hybrid working; arrangements will depend on your role and business requirements. You could be working from our primary Currys Campus at Waterloo (WeWork), meeting & collaborating at Currys regional workspaces or working from home

Beyond that, we'll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role. We're building a team that brings technology to people, making their lives better, easier and fuller, and you can be part of it.

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