Senior Category Buyer

4 weeks ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Currys Full time

Senior Buyer (Small Domestic Appliances)

At Currys, we're committed to helping everyone enjoy amazing technology. As a leading retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive, thanks to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues.

This newly created position will maximize the growth opportunity to bring new SharkNinja's product development to market and ensure Currys is at the forefront of their innovation.

As a Senior Category Buyer, you'll be part of a fast-paced team, working closely with the Go To Market team, building strong relationships with our largest SDA supplier partner. You'll need to have extensive buying and management experience, as you'll be responsible for high-turnover, complex categories, leading an Assistant Buyer and Go To Market Manager.

You'll require great relationship-building skills, working closely with the Go To Market team, Planning, and using your influencing skills to secure support to drive the business forward. Commercial acumen is essential, as you'll be required to support our analysis of trading performance, providing recommendations for actions to drive our business.

As a Senior Buyer, you'll be expected to support the development of the wider team, ensuring we have a capable and committed team who understand their role in delivering the company vision 'we help everyone enjoy amazing technology.' You'll also be expected to delegate for the Head of Category in meetings.

Working closely with SharkNinja to understand their NPD roadmap and develop the right ranges and promotions to capitalize on their launches and full product ranges. Ensuring we have the best proposition in the market and supporting their biggest launches with in-store activations, colleague training, and engagement, as well as above-the-line activity to drive customers to Currys as the No.

Negotiating product ranges - cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability. Negotiating promotional funding support to drive sales while maintaining margin in line with financial objectives.

Working closely with the category planner to secure supplier support to drive additional sales and margin where opportunity for upside exists, and particularly to mitigate risks against committed financial objectives. Using customer and market data provided by the Go To Market team to ensure correct ranges and promotional plans are in place to drive customers for life, improvements in market share, and net profitability through development of exclusive products/plans where appropriate to address customer needs.

Remedy all supplier issues relating to cost price, product, stock, financial claims, contractual issues, and other. Manage, coach, and develop direct reports to deliver category targets and ensure compliance with the Commercial critical path and processes.

Substantial buying experience working within a FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast-paced retailer. Excellent numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit, and cash. Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs.

Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools. 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme (for permanent colleagues). Private medical insurance. Life Assurance. Hybrid working.

At Currys, we're 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 email careers@currys.co.uk and we'll do our best to help.


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