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Senior Buyer

2 weeks ago

Hatfield, United Kingdom Ocado Retail Full time

We’re an exceptional and mighty bunch of colleagues who are inspired by our three awesome values**:Always be curious**, **Bring your best self** and **Challenge what's possible**. We’re growing fast, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join us for the next step of this.

**About the role**

We're looking to recruit a Senior Buyer in our Fresh team covering Vegetables. This role has 1 direct report.

**What you'll do**
- Manage the category P&L and deliver against KPIs
- Complete category reviews to refine range and align to the business and category strategy, and support L1s in delivering their category reviews
- Plan and deliver trade, promotions, and events plan
- Identify opportunities to drive customer penetration
- Identify opportunities to improve all-in margin, negotiate with suppliers to deliver savings
- Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver market-leading plans aligned to the customer plan and category strategy.
- Analyse and assess performance issues and opportunities using data and reporting tools, devise and implement solutions
- Identify, analyse and source first-to-market / Ocado exclusive product innovation using customer, market and supplier insights to guide decision making
- Develop category strategy with support from SBM / HoB
- Ensure range changes are aligned with the category and business strategy
- Manage and review the performance of a complex supplier base through communicating and developing relationships with suppliers to drive engagement and performance
- Work closely with merchandise planning and the supplier base to ensure best-in-class availability
- Identify and create plans to mitigate potential issues/events that may impact the supply
- Work closely with suppliers and the quality team to ensure product quality meets Ocado requirements
- Manage and provide day-to-day coaching and feedback to category assistants to ensure they exceed their targets
- Adhering to all Ocado policies, storage, and handover protocols and successfully completing all of your training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches. Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

**Who you are**
- Significant retail buying experience and some management experience required
- Fresh produce buying experience
- Branded buying experience
- Excited about working in retail and food
- Proficient in Excel, with prior experience working with customer, transactional or financial data
- Leadership capability/people management
- Influencing and stakeholder management
- Very strong negotiation skills
- Project management capability
- Able to analyse complex sets of data

**Buying at Ocado Retail**

The Buying Team is responsible for putting the customer at the heart of everything we do, truly living and breathing what our customers want to see when they shop with us Our team of buyers curates their ranges to deliver the unique customer experience gleaned from the largest range in the industry. They analyse consumer buying patterns, predict future trends, and work alongside our suppliers to maximise our offering to our customers. All of this is coupled with regularly reviewing performance indicators and profitability to manage the performance of their categories. No day is the same as our Buyers continually work to ensure we offer the right products, at the right time in the right place
- **What We Offer You**

At Ocado, we value our employees and offer flexible/hybrid working, as well as being rewarded for your contribution through our fantastic benefits.
- Free onsite parking and free shuttle service from Hatfield station
- Regular socials, including Town Halls and Mixers & our ORL Summer Party
- Onsite canteen and coffee cart, as well as small kitchens (with unlimited refreshments and fresh fruit available every day) and vending machines on each floor.
- As part of our inclusive nature, help make change within the business and join any of our Networks

**Travel to Apollo**

We have free onsite parking at Apollo Court, as well as a free shuttle bus service that runs frequently from Hatfield Station - just remember to tell the driver ‘Apollo Court’ as the shuttle also drops at Ocado Groups Head Office

Driving: Apollo Court, 2 Bishop Square, Hatfield Business Park, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9NE

Train**: Hatfield station is accessible from mainline routes from London Kings Cross, London St Pancras, or Moorgate.

**A little bit more about us**:

- Our business is a joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S. It’s a successful combination of award-winning customer service and unrivaled customer data; world-leading technology and logistics from Ocado Group, and unrivaled product development from M&S._

**Equal Opportunity Employer**:

- Ocado Retail Ltd is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all p