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Category Buyer
2 months ago
Salary up to: Competitive
It was 1987 and Robbie Brozin and Fernando Duarte opened their first chicken restaurant. Then another. And then another. Fast forward five years and Nando's landed in the UK. Now, with over 460 restaurants (and counting), our PERi-PERi is a bestselling hot sauce and Nando's has become as big a part of culture as drinking tea.
We've got a growing family of 20,000 Nandocas (what we call our employees), fuelled by our values: Pride, Passion, Integrity, Courage and Family. We care as much about them as we do our legendary, flame-grilled PERi-PERi - because it's the people that make the chicken.
Inspired by our Southern African heritage, we know and value the richness diversity brings. So we're committed to creating an inclusive and respectful culture for all. We've even been recognised as one of the industry leaders by the Financial Times.
As a Category Buyer for restaurants your role is to support restaurants in strategically sourcing and managing great products and services that drive the company forward at a commercial price that gives Nando’s a competitive advantage.
**A day in the life...**
- Devising long-term improvement and development strategies for the category within our brand guidelines.
- Managing supply so that our restaurants are never short of your products.
- Spotting opportunities within your category to improve customer/Nandoca satisfaction, pricing and operational efficiency.
- Understanding the supplier and commodity markets so price negotiations are informed and competitive.
- Developing your suppliers over time in a way that improves product price and innovation.
- Building strong relationships with stakeholders to understand their plans at an appropriate stage to influence those plans commercially.
- Managing NPD / EPD through our development and trialing process.
- Analysing and understanding data sources in order to make informed decisions in the category.
- Influencing the operational teams to execute the right operational standards consistently.
- Working with our sustainability partners.
- Improving the quality of our restaurant products.
- Improving the operational ease of our products for restaurants.
- Informing and constructing trials to move us forward with agility.
- Bringing commercial acumen into the Category function.
- Strong data analysis skills to help the Indirect team in identifying savings opportunities through Nando’s spend data.
**Hot Skills**
- Procurement experience is required (1 - 2 years minimum)
- An understanding of the food service or general FMCG industry would be an advantage.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to use BI tools, Excel and PowerPoint, with advanced Excel skills being a must
- An ability to think strategically and execute that strategy consistently over time
- The ability to influence internal stakeholders and external suppliers to achieve the best commercial result
- High commercial acumen, focussed on accuracy of reporting and quality decision making
- Experience in managing suppliers, building relationships with them, managing conflict, driving those relationships forward
- An ability to analyse data and insights to determine industry and consumer trends to inform strategic development
- An ability to negotiate, including negotiating contractual terms
- Naturally calm under pressure, able to distinguish the critical from the chaos
- Open-minded & collaborative, with sound judgment and a creative edge
- Able to manage own time and operate without close supervision
**Extra Hot Benefits**
- Company bonus
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- Free Nando's when you're working (and 40% discount when you're not)
- Annual team trips, AKA a free holiday
- Perkbox membership and access to great discounts
- Four-week sabbatical every five years you've been with us
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