OTC Senior Buyer

4 days ago

Borough of Halton, United Kingdom PHOENIX Medical Supplies Limited Full time

**OTC Senior Buyer**

**Minimum 12 month Fixed Term Contract - Runcorn**

**Competitive Salary**

The Phoenix Group is a European healthcare logistics and pharmacy retail company with circa 40,000 colleagues operating in over 30 different countries. In the UK we distribute to 5,600 dispensing points via our 13 nationwide distribution centres and own 500 community pharmacies.

Supporting longer, healthier and happier lives is at the heart of the service that we deliver to our communities and something that we are really proud of.

**About The Opportunity**:
This is a really exciting opportunity. We are now looking to recruit an OTC Senior Buyer, reporting to OTC Trading Manager. You will be responsible for taking the lead for particular categories and how that links to our retail strategy for the future.

This will provide you with the opportunity to make a real difference - you’ve got the chance to really develop our retail offering.

**Who We Want**:We are looking for someone who can:

- Assist the OTC Trading Manager with the creation & delivery of all OTC Category Strategic Plans.
- Deliver Sales, Margin & Income growth for OTC to meet financial objectives, to include, promotional planning, pricing, range, merchandising and supplier strategies.
- Develop solid supplier relations with manufacturers to generate incremental funding income across OTC whilst ensuring all business planning criteria are undertaken in full.
- Deliver a strong and balanced promotional programme across both retail and wholesale channels, which meets and supports the overall OTC promotional strategy; ensuring sales and profit are maximised, administration is undertaken effectively and accurately, full promotional analysis is undertaken and informs future decisions & quarterly promotional plans by category are created and worked towards.
- Ensure KPI’s are in line with budget and address any variances.
- Assist Supply Chain team in the attainment of service and stock level KPI’s in depot and with 3rd party suppliers.

This is a permanent contract, 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Although the role is office based and will require some attendance at an office, we will support you in working flexibly and support a hybrid model of working.

**Experience**
- Experience of working within a Category Management / Senior Buying role within a fast moving Wholesaler/Retailer
- Experience in negotiation of supplier promotional income for value adding activities
- Excellent supplier management skills with exposure to complex relationships
- Extensive knowledge of Retail and/or Wholesale buying and FMCG

**Desirable**
- Understanding of regulatory aspects of Pharmacy
- Wholesale experience

**Knowledge and skills**
- Strong commercial acumen
- Extensive knowledge of Retail / Wholesale buying and FMCG
- Highly developed negotiation skills
- Category management skills
- Strong Financial Awareness; ability to analyse and interpret complex data
- Excellent Communication skills

Phoenix Medical Supplies are an **equal opportunities** employer. We value, support and celebrate working with colleagues from all backgrounds. As part of our commitment to ensuring equal opportunities for all, we strive to support the residents in each and all of our local communities, gaining employment.

**The Package**

You will benefit from an excellent induction, training and support within a friendly and approachable team.

We pride ourselves on ensuring the wellbeing of our employees and providing a good working environment and benefits package, which includes:

- 22 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays, rising with length of service.
- Access to high street discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Contributory pension scheme
- Access to excellent training and development opportunities
- Medicash

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