Senior Buyer

3 weeks ago


Swindon, Swindon, United Kingdom The National Trust Full time
About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Buyer to join our retail team to oversee our property theme ranges, 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

You'll be responsible for growing the business commercially in new and innovative directions, identifying and utilising new opportunities to meet budgets. You'll create ranges that link to our cause, engaging both the organisation and our supporters - in turn extending the Trust's reach and emotional connection to our audiences. Focusing on Theme product you'll curate ranges that relate to the place they are sold, extending and enriching the visitor experience in the retail environment. You'll be responsible for managing multiple categories in Theme and will need to bring strong negotiation and communication skills.

Requirements

We're looking for someone with knowledge of the UK retail market and worldwide supplier base for the relevant product areas. You'll need to have 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 is also essential. You'll need to have knowledge of buying planning systems and 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 are also required. Experience in analysing data to produce insight which drives performance is also essential. Resilience and tenacity, able to work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines are also necessary.

The Benefits

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. As a member of our team, you'll have access to a range of benefits, including a substantial pension scheme, free entry to National Trust places, rental deposit loan scheme, season ticket loan, EV car lease scheme, perks at work discounts, holiday allowance, flexible working, employee assistance programme and free parking at most Trust places.
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