Buyer

4 months ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Boots Full time

Job Reference: 209139BR

Nottingham Support Office

Fixed Term

Full-time
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**Buyer**

**Secondment / Fixed Term Contract - 18 Months**

A wonderful opportunity for an experienced Sourcing, Procurement or Commercial professional operating at buyer level to join our Global Sourcing team within the EU Sourcing division in Nottingham. The role offers hybrid working and may involve some international travel.
- **About the opportunity**

This is an exciting opportunity to support the Buying Manager to deliver an exciting project as we look to move key Boots Brand Healthcare lines to an alternative source whilst ensuring we have a customer offering for the consumer at all times whilst the transfer is taking place. This is an ideal opportunity for a buyer who is looking to stretch themselves with opportunity to manage stakeholders at more senior levels and take responsibility when ready for managing key areas of work. You will report into a Buying Manager who has a broader area of responsibility who is part of the EU sourcing team with responsibility for suppliers operating in that region.
- Key responsibilities include:
- Accountable for driving profit and margin for the retailer
- Support the management of on-going and new vendor relationships and supplier performance
- Ensure regular supplier meetings takes place to set up new relationships for ongoing success and to ensure streams of work remain on track
- Supports business recommendations through performing the initial research and analysis and providing clear input in the selection of suppliers in collaboration with a cross-functional team
- Support the development and optimisation of a supply base which enables differentiated New Product Development (NPD)
- Lead the generic product workstream ensuring regular updates on progress and ensuring stock is secured at pace.

**About you**
- A strong cross functional player with excellent stakeholder management skills
- Experience managing negotiations for spend categories >$5m million dollars ideally on a global level
- Experience implementing category sourcing strategies with a proven track record of delivering exceptional results
- Knowledge of the strategic sourcing/procurement lifecycle and procurement best practices
- Strong commercial acumen
- Experience working with Profit & Loss (P&L) concepts, such as revenue, COGS, gross profit margin, operating expenses and cash flow with a view to identifying and delivering profit enhancement opportunities

**Benefits**

We have a great range of benefits* that go beyond salary and offer flexibility to suit you:
- Competitive holiday allowance (with the option to buy more days)
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan pension scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus scheme
- Enhanced Maternity / Paternity / Adoption leave pay
- £100 gift card for colleagues expecting/adopting a baby
- Flexible benefits scheme (via salary sacrifice) including financial wellbeing support, gym membership, holiday buying, dental cover, life assurance, restaurant discount cards, activity passes and much more (exclusions may apply, eligible roles only)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme offering free, independent and confidential counselling and support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Generous staff discount (with enhanced discounts for Boots brands, Boot Opticians and Boots Hearingcare)
- Access to corporate third-party discounts, including retail, cinema, holidays and more (UK only)
- Access to the Boots Benevolent Fund, a registered charity that offers support to eligible current and former colleagues in the UK, as well as their immediate relatives, at times of financial hardship.
- Access to a range of learning and development resources and programmes
- Excellent onsite facilities including: staff shop, opticians, gym, coffee shops, cafeteria, outdoor seating spaces, dry cleaning service and excellent travel links including on campus bus stops

**Why WBA Global Sourcing**

Our sourcing team brings a broad and diverse range of products to life for our retailers, brands and most importantly, our customers.
- Our global sourcing operation is the power behind WBA’s retailers and brands.
- Our team of more than 400 people are located throughout Asia, the UK, Mexico and the U.S., putting us at the heart of the markets we serve and close to our suppliers. The combination of the team’s expertise and the breadth and diversity of our supplier base enables WBA Global Sourcing to bring to life an extraordinarily broad range of products from beauty and healthcare, to groceries and toys, with a specialty in the development of owned brand and consumer brand products.
- With a razor-sharp focus on product quality, the Global Sourcing team supports delivery against our ambitious WBA sustainability targets through initiatives such as packaging reduction and the eradication of single-use plastic. We also reduce the volume of goods shipped around the world by manufacturing products locally in th

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