Head of Buying

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Currys Group Full time

Head of Buying | Non-Hardware, Sold With & Subscriptions

London
Currys London Campus at Waterloo (LHO002)
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 6

We are seeking an innovative and ambitious leader with a proven track record of delivering results, developing high-performing teams, and driving growth to join our dynamic 'New Business' super squad as the Head of Category.

This senior leadership role is accountable for all aspects of category performance, acting as the business thought leader for your squad, galvanising your team and supporting functions to develop and deliver the strongest strategy and plans to maximise customer satisfaction and EBIT.

A successful candidate will have extensive management/leadership experience to drive a fully capable and committed team who understand their role in delivering the company vision 'we help everyone enjoy amazing technology'.

Key Responsibilities:

  1. Develop and own the category strategy, ensuring a balanced delivery of KPIs across colleague and customer satisfaction, and financial metrics.
  2. Own the performance of the squad, anticipating risk and opportunity, decisively resolving issues, and setting a framework to enable self-sufficiency.
  3. Build effective recruitment, development, and succession plans to support the talent pipeline, respecting and embracing diversity within the team.

Requirements:

  1. High level of operational performance management experience.
  2. High level of planning and organisational capability.
  3. Experience in creating a strategy and adding value by building on an existing strategy.

Benefits:

  1. 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme.
  2. Private Medical Insurance.
  3. Life Assurance.
  4. Fantastic Colleague Discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile.
  5. Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month).

We are committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance, please let us know.

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