Junior Buyer

**Full Job Description**

**JUNIOR BUYER | Ice Cream & Frozen Food | International | London | £30,000 OTE**

Are you the person we have _**bean**_ looking for?
Fun and enthusiastic, just looking for a _**pizza**_ the action?
Is buying your _**Bread & Butter**_?

**Key Objectives**

Creative and innovative with a strong ability to spot future trends. Enthusiasm and a love for **Ice Cream & Frozen Food** with a strong commercial and strategic approach is essential for you to be successful. Excellent negotiation and supplier management skills are essential to build a strong range, with emphasis on additional growth through promotion and seasonal events.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Create and deliver a category strategy, working across own brand development, branded ranges and with concession partners to achieve sales, margin and cash profit budgets.
- Establish thorough product & market knowledge gaining a full understanding of the suppliers & competitors operating in the marketplace, identifying new product or market opportunities;
- Continually monitoring ranges and performance of products and reacting on any lines necessary.
- Analyse sales, cash and margin on a weekly basis by store level to understand how to continually grow sales;
- Source, select and range new product in both own brand and branded ranges;
- Working closely with the Sales Manager, Director and Company Group Directors on product development and selection;
- Manage all product approvals to ensure timelines are hit on the critical path, including responsibility for all necessary product data to be passed to the administration team for actioning.
- Cultivate exceptional Supplier relationships with planned negotiation for price and other partnership terms in order to maximise both margin and contributions to windows and promotions;
- Working closely with Merchandiser on forecasting sales and stock;
- Develop effective and positive communication with sales manager and close relationships with the telesales team and carry out regular visits to the team; and
- To be adaptable to meet the ever-changing demands of the business.

**People Management**
- Work with the Senior Management team of the Group to develop and implement key supplier agreements and growth plans;
- Ability to communicate and influence effectively across multiple levels and departments;
- Grow strong relationships with other vital departments within the group;
- Support the development of space planning within the business and ensure communication with store teams is clear and timely.

**Personality**
- Demonstrates standards of excellence;
- Uses initiative in situations and can work alone and also as a part of a team;
- Excellent inter-personal skills;
- Professional and logical approach to problem solving;
- Demonstrates a high level of professional integrity;
- Strong initiative and self - motivation;
- High levels of enthusiasm and energy;
- Innovative and creative;
- Ability to work to deadlines;
- Flexibility in approach to work;
- Promotes personal credibility through working productively;
- Works independently with effective time management
- To show a willingness to learn and self-develop; and
- **Most importantly have fun and be yourself.**

**Specific Job Skills**
- Experience working at a Junior Buyer level for one (1) year or more;
- Previous experience in a wholesale/retail food environment;
- Proven adaptability to new product areas;
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office365.
- Ability to analyse data on excel.

Please note that due to the nature of this role, there may be requirement to work outside of normal office hours on occasion.

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- London, N18 3PR: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Buying: 1 years (required)

**Salary**: £27,000.00-£30,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Edmonton, N18 3RP: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Buying: 1 year (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: DWF_Buyer