Senior Buyer

4 days ago


London, United Kingdom Marks & Spencer Full time

M&S Food is changing, and fast We are undergoing one of the biggest transformations in retailing today to build a bigger, better, fresher food business.

From Percy Pig to the freshest M&S Select Farms produce, we grow, source, and develop our own products to give our customers family-ready food that's unbeatable on flavour and innovation.

We need motivated people who are ready to bring their whole self to work and give it their all in a fast-paced team committed to being the best. After all, this is not just foodThis is M&S Food.

At M&S we are all about providing our customers with great quality products, and our Ambient category is no exception. Ambient represents an exciting opportunity, with significant headroom for growth. We are looking for anexperienced buyer who will continue to drive our market share and who will work with the category product developer and technologist to deliver an exciting offering that constantly delights and engages our customers.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a category with ambitious growth plans and be involved in defining both the category and supplier strategy to deliver this.

key responsibilities include:

- Drive sales and profit in line with operating plan budgets
- Drive market share performance
- Lead category buying team in delivery of commercial objectives
- Lead relationship with suppliers through effective commercial management
- Prepare and agree category plan with Management Team through analysis of customer insight, sales and trends
- Set effective range strategies to optimise selling format and product choice, understanding space requirements
- Set clear range and price architecture
- Ensure commercial strategy is aligned to our M&S key values and compliant to legal requirements
- Set effective promotional and marketing plan aligned with Food Group plan
- Deliver targeted % of newness
- Drive efficiency improvements with supply base

To be successful in role you'll be an experienced buyer with a background in Food or grocery non-food. A confident decision maker with strong communication, and influencing skills. Analytically minded you'll use customer information to seize commercial opportunities. A team player who is able to build strong relationships both internally and with your supplier base.

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