Head of Buying

2 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom Sainsburys Full time

**Head of Buying - Produce**
- 2300032C)

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Sainsbury's Trading team as a Head of Buying for Produce in our Fresh Food division. Produce sits at the forefront of our Sainsbury’s Food First strategy, and the Head of Buying is critical to the ongoing success of this. This is a pivotal role within the category leadership team. You’ll be a proven leader as you’ll lead the team (5-7) through long-term vision, category strategy, short-term goals and tactical strategies.
This role is both a multi-functional and a cross-functional leadership role, where strategic thinking ability and skill are needed to find innovative commercial ways to land value for Produce; after all our customers are at the heart of what we do With your proven expertise and extensive knowledge of the Produce market, alongside your strong commercial background and an ambition and drive to continually improve and change our offer to deliver Produce that’s best in the market.

**As a Head of Buying you'll**:

- Develop and implement a customer-led selling strategy that grows volume market share and delivers our internal financial metrics
- Evolve the sourcing strategy for the area, selecting the suppliers that will best support the selling strategy and leading through supplier business plans to deliver ranges at the best cost and quality, while maximising supplier service and availability
- Work with our cross-functional teams to drive Quality, Freshness, and Innovation
- Recruit, Develop and coach a highly effective cross-functional team
- Develop a strong future supplier strategy that optimises both Quality and Surety of supply
- Lead a team of high-performing Buyers
- Build strong relationships cross functionally in planning, supply chain, technical and development and all work together to deliver the category vision of best in market
- Implement a successful value and promotional strategy
- Identify commercially viable new product opportunities
- Optimise across a variety of channels including both online and convenience

**Our Produce Team would love to see**:

- Knowledge, experience and understanding of the Produce market and the ability to successfully manage the immediate challenges in the area
- Experience of developing and delivering effective strategies in complex and ambiguous environments with mínimal guidance
- Demonstrable experience in a leadership role, setting vision, goals and objectives for the team
- Supporting and coaching a high-performing team
- Sound judgement and ability to take a longer-term perspective
- Strong commercial and analytical thinking
- Broad business and industry knowledge; ideally in Produce
- Experience of managing and negotiating effectively with suppliers
- Strong experience in long-term contracting and supplier development
- Resilience in the face of pressure and setbacks, ability to bounce back and continue to motivate yourself and your team
- Competitive and motivated to drive the highest performing team in the grocery market
- Ability to build strong relationships including engaging and influencing key stakeholders
- Problem solving under pressure, well organised and working at pace

**Why Sainsbury’s?**

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.

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**Primary Location**: GB-GB-London

**Work Locations**: Holborn Store Support Centre and Home Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd 33 Holborn London EC1N 2HT

**Job**: Buying

**Schedule**: Full-time

**Advertised Salary** Competitive plus benefits


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