Head of Buying

6 months ago


Burnley, United Kingdom The Original Factory Shop (Head Office) Full time

Established in 1969, The Original Factory Shop brings big brands at bargain prices to your local high street.

With stores nationwide, our colleagues work as one team and always have fun to bring our customers the thrill of a bargain. We care about our customers and colleagues and strive to get the job done; brilliantly to bringing you best big brands with up to 70% off across fashion, beauty, home & more.

We currently have an exciting new opportunity for a Head of General Merchandising Buying to join our commercial team.

**What will you be doing**:

- Overall responsibility for range development, sales and profit across fashion throughout the business
- Create and implement best practice purchasing vision, strategy, policies, processes, and procedures to aid and improve business performance.
- Ensure that purchasing strategies and processes are in place to meet business objectives and operational needs in terms of price, quality, and delivery targets.
- Responsible for managing relationships and negotiating with key suppliers at a senior and strategic level.
- Negotiate contract terms with key suppliers to ensure value for money, quality standards and delivery terms with technical and operational input from stakeholders if appropriate.
- Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer supplier power.
- Develop an overall vendor base which creates and sustains a competitive advantage utilising global market exploitation, leveraging spends and leveraging technologies.
- Leading the team & the workload by coaching, setting clear priorities, defining roles and responsibilities, and providing regularly feedback on progress & performance.
- Be an ambassador for company values (one team, care, job done, fun).

**What are we looking for**:

- Demonstrable experience of leading a Buying/Purchasing function with a proven track record in strategic purchasing leadership
- Ideally significant General Merchandising buying experience.
- Ability to add value, reduce costs and make business improvements.
- Proven contract and management and supplier experience.
- Experience of operating at a strategic level.

**Benefits of working at The Original Factory Shop**:

- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Birthday day off
- Colleague discount from your first day
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free life insurance
- Hybrid Working

We operate a hybrid working model, with the commercial team having set days in the office, so you will need to live within a reasonable commutable distance of Burnley, Lancashire.


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