Buyer

**Join Superdrug Head Office
- Make a Real Difference Every Day**

**Location**:East Croydon
**Hours**:37.5
**Salary**:Competitive

**Why Superdrug?**

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people - they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

**Here's the exciting bit a day includes**:
The Buyer will be working within the Fragrance team, seeking to maximise sales and profit for the category whilst working with market-leading luxury beauty brands to jointly develop launch plans and promotional strategy.

As a Buyer you will be accountable for your own supplier relationships, have a strong understanding of the market and the ability to work cross functionally with various teams such as Marketing, merchandising, supply chain, insights, finance and stores.

Strong commercial acumen, and superb Excel skills are key to this role, as well as the ability to work independently, efficiently and with initiative.

**Key Responsibilities**:
You enjoy a fast paced, evert changing environment where you can own the strategic decision making for your categories
You are a strong negotiator and able to secure the best outcomes for Superdrug
You are decisive while able to critically analyse information to make decisions.
You are motivated by achieving results in line with the business’ strategy.

**What you’ll need to succeed**:
Minimum 5 years’ experience as a buyer in a retail environment (Grocer, Fragrance, Healthcare)
Strong analytical skills
Very strong commercial awareness and creative skills.
Proven negotiation skills.
Decisive and able to work in a super fast paced environment
Strong communication, analytical and organizational skills.
Display delegation skills, priorities within delegated tasks and manage deadlines.
Practice excellent time management skills and ability to cope under pressure.

**Here's what's in it for you**:
33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
Company pension matching and bonus
We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
Being part of more We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets
Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

Come and be part of something special.
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

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