Strategic Procurement and Commercial Lead

2 weeks ago


Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom Dunelm Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Procurement and Commercial Lead to join our team at Dunelm. As a key member of our commercial team, you will be responsible for driving business growth and improving customer experience through effective procurement and commercial strategies.

Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and implement departmental strategies to drive sales and profit growth
  • Collaborate with the buying team to identify key insights and actions to improve performance and customer experience
  • Contribute to the commercial review meetings, balancing opportunities and risk
  • Provide historical data to inform new range direction and support decisions on product mix, option planning, and pricing
  • Lead weekly departmental trade with the buying team to maximize sales and profit
  • Conduct post-implementation reviews and implement actions to maximize best sellers and reduce risk in under-performers
  • Sign off purchase orders within your threshold, balancing stock/availability and warehouse capacity
  • Attend overseas trips to build relationships, negotiate with the supply base, and find new routes

Requirements
  • Advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel
  • Confidence in working with data and insights to enable data-driven decision making
  • Strong relationships with colleagues in the category and the wider team
  • Thorough understanding of critical path and supply chain management

About Us

Dunelm is the UK's Number One homewares retailer, offering over 70,000 products and building a consumer-focused total retail business that delights customers through our multichannel operation. We are ambitious in our plans to drive further expansion of the business to more customers, shopping more frequently, with more choice, enhanced digital and physical services, and new capabilities to innovate and operate at pace in a fast-changing landscape.
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