Buyer

The Role - **Buyer**

UR is a market-leading, UK eCommerce business established in 2010 and continuing to grow year on year. We have ambitious growth plans over the next few years, and we are looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Buyer to join a passionate and ambitious team.

We are an exception group of like-minded people, who are passionate about our products, services, ethos and obsessed with giving our customers the very best experience. We’re specialists at what we do and committed to charging change with every sale made.

We are a people-oriented Company which thrives on supporting its colleagues by providing them with the knowledge, tools, policies and procedures they need to excel in their role. We are committed to providing our colleagues with development opportunities, job satisfaction and of course some fun whilst working

We’re looking for next-level talent with grit and determination to join us on our journey to becoming No1 in our sector. So, if you already have experience of developing relationships with suppliers then we want to hear from you.

**Overall purpose and scope of the job**
An opportunity to join the buying team at UR.co.uk during a time of exciting growth. Reporting into the Head of Supply Chain, your role will be to drive category sales and profit in line with budgets. You will maintain and improve existing supplier relationships and help to build new ones. As a buyer, you will manage all aspects of your categories, presenting new product ranges and sourcing new opportunities for the business in line with category strategy.

**Main duties and responsibilities**:

- Responsible for a specific set of categories across all business channels, notably UR.co.uk
- Deliver sales, margin, stock and supplier terms budgets within your categories across all business channels
- Develop the buying strategy, in conjunction with the Head of Supply Chain, both long term and short term
- Provide weekly category analysis and propose actions to impact commercial performance
- To negotiate supplier terms and conditions, supplier retrospective and ad hoc monies in order to achieve budgeted targets
- Have a strong awareness of competitor activity and react accordingly to maintain a competitive commercial edge
- Review and analyse operational and financial reports to measure productivity and identify opportunities for cost reduction and process improvements within your categories.
- Continually look for new product opportunities to improve the offering to customers, both from stocked ranges and drop-ship opportunities, challenging the status quo to ensure business growth
- Work collaboratively with the Marketing, Finance and Ops team to deliver strong and effective promotions
- Manage and improve the supply chain within these categories to maximise profit and sales performance, ensuring that targeted levels of availability are maintained
- Visit relevant trade shows, exhibitions and suppliers, representing UR and The Group.

**Key Performance Measures**:

- Sales and Margin budgets.
- New product innovation & performance
- Stock turn and ROI
- Warehouse and Operations availability
- Supplier performance and faulty returns %
- To deliver promotions in line with the calendar and critical path

**What we would like to see in you**
All the teams in UR.co.uk, demonstrate how passionate about e-tail we are, by putting our customers first and sharing the vision to keep our customers at the heart of everything we do. We deliver results with energy, enthusiasm and passion. We are all resilient, entrepreneurial and adaptable team players. This exciting role would suit a Buyer or experienced Assistant Buyer / Junior Buyer with a strong ecommerce background, preferably in the Mobile Telecoms industry but not essential.
- Significant experience within a buying function
- Exposure to buying as part of an online retail environment beneficial but not essential
- Have a proven track record of delivering to a sales, margin and stock budget
- Ability to develop a category plan
- Strong communication skills with the ability to simplify complex information and deliver effectively across all levels of a business
- Strong attention to detail, sense of urgency and adaptability under pressure
- Positive mind set and can-do attitude; Reactive and customer-focused, with finger on the pulse of current trends
- Ability to work independently, or as part of a group, to prioritise multiple concurrent projects, and meet deadlines with a high level of personal organisation
- An understanding of the life cycle of a product in a seasonally reactive business.
- A proven understanding of Far East Sourcing (FOB), Manufacturing and QA/C - beneficial but not essential
- Sound numeracy and analytical skills

**We reward all our staff with a highly completive salary as well as**:

- Progression & ongoing development in a fast-growing business
- A great relaxed community environment
- Additional days holiday for length of service an