Assistant Buyer

2 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Currys Full time
Assistant Buyer Role Overview

As an Assistant Buyer at Currys, you will play a key role in supporting the Senior Buyer to deliver a compelling range of products to our customers. This is a fast-paced role that requires strong analytical and communication skills, as well as the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the Senior Buyer in managing the SharkNinja partnership, ensuring alignment with the overall commercial supplier strategy and category strategy.
  • Develop a deep understanding of the future technology roadmap with SharkNinja, enabling the category to plan ahead for changes in customer trends and demand.
  • Support the Senior Buyer in negotiating product ranges, including cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, and stock availability.
  • Collaborate with the Go To Market manager to develop in-store activations and above-the-line campaigns.
  • Negotiate promotional funding support to drive sales while maintaining margin in line with financial objectives.
  • Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets.
  • Manage promotional plans and sales out allowances.
  • Work closely with the Senior Buyer and category planner to secure supplier support to drive additional sales and margin where opportunities exist, and mitigate risks against committed financial objectives.
  • Address store feedback specific to range and promotions.
  • Conduct daily competitor checks to ensure CPI targets are met and inform the Senior Buyer.

Requirements:

  • Established experience in buying or a similar role within a commercial function.
  • Strong planning, organizational, and multitasking skills.
  • Good judgment and decision-making skills to enable the right actions for the category.
  • Numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit, and cash.
  • Excellent inter-personal and communication skills, capable of working cross-functionally to achieve desired results.
  • 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.
  • Marketing/Merchandising/Retail/Business degree or equivalent.

Why Currys:

We're a company that's passionate about helping people enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best-known retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive – and it's all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. We're building a team that brings technology to people, making their lives better, easier, and fuller.

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 don't hesitate to reach out.

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