Commercial Buyer
3 weeks ago
We're seeking an experienced Buyer to join our retail team at the National Trust. The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and delivering the National Trust's product and supplier strategy, managing sales over £30m per year. This is a challenging and exciting role that will be responsible for prioritising our long-term commercial growth plans and ensuring our offer is competitive and matches current market trends.
Key Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of the UK retail market and worldwide supplier base for the relevant product areas. They will also have experience of property theme range building, product management, and understanding of the drivers for customer satisfaction, repeat business, spend, margins, and profitability across multiple sites and online. Additionally, they will have excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to build relationships in a multi-stakeholder environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating ranges that link to our cause, engaging both the organisation and our supporters, and extending the Trust's reach and emotional connection to our audiences. They will also be responsible for managing multiple categories in Theme and will need to bring strong negotiation and communication skills.
Requirements
The ideal candidate will have:
- Knowledge of the UK retail market and worldwide supplier base for the relevant product areas
- An understanding of product design, product development, and manufacturing processes
- Experience of property theme range building, product management, and understanding of the drivers for customer satisfaction, repeat business, spend, margins, and profitability across multiple sites and online
- Knowledge of buying planning systems
- Experience in ensuring policies, frameworks, and standards are fully implemented
- Excellent communication and influencing skills and the ability to build relationships in a multi-stakeholder environment
- Experience in analysing data to produce insight which drives performance
- Resilience and tenacity, able to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines
What We Offer
The National Trust has the motto 'For everyone, for ever' at its heart. We're working hard to create an inclusive culture, where everyone feels they belong. It's important that our people reflect and represent the diversity of the communities and audiences we serve. We welcome and value difference, so when we say we're for everyone, we want everyone to be welcome in our teams too. The successful candidate will receive a substantial pension scheme of up to 10% basic salary, free entry to National Trust places for them, a guest, and their children (under 18), rental deposit loan scheme, season ticket loan, EV car lease scheme, perks at work discounts, holiday allowance up to 32 days relating to length of service, plus holiday purchase scheme, subject to meeting minimum criteria, flexible working whenever possible, employee assistance programme, and free parking at most Trust places.
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