Buying Assistant

7 months ago


Dunstable, United Kingdom Savers Health and Beauty Full time

**Job description**

**An excellent opportunity for someone looking for a great launch into their buying career, ideally some retail experience would be great but not essential**

We currently have an exciting position for an Assistant Buyer to join our Savers Home, Health & Beauty team based in our Head Office in Dunstable. This is a fast paced, innovative environment and we are looking for a pro-active, motivated and commercially aware individual.

In this position you will be responsible for supporting the Household Category Manager to drive sales and ensure maximum profitability for this key household category. In return, you will become part of an energetic team working alongside our skilled and experienced buyers.

**What you’ll be doing**:

- Responsibility of selected suppliers and sub categories of Household with regards to sales, margin, income and joint business plans
- Build and maintain strong relationships with given suppliers to drive sales and total profitability
- Improving margin through generating income and working through cost price negotiations
- Work with the supply chain team to ensure all lines are delivered on time and in full
- Undertaking of in depth analysis of sales and margin to understand the trading position
- Generating new ideas, understanding market trends and new brands to continue to grow and innovate the category
- Leading projects to trial new concepts in store
- Supporting Category manager on all aspects of admin work

**What we are looking for**:

- Articulate and engaging communication style
- Entrepreneurial and very creative
- Ability to interact cross functionally and manage expectations
- Commercial acumen with excellent numerical and analytical capability
- Confidence to challenge, influence and persuade suppliers
- Excellent IT literacy including Excel and the ability to pick up bespoke systems quickly
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally within a business or retail-related discipline would prove advantageous

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Employee discount
- Sick pay
- Store discounts

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Canteen
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- No weekends

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Application question(s):

- Do you have any unspent criminal convictions?

Work Location: In person


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