Assistant Buyer

2 weeks ago


Redditch, United Kingdom Halfords Full time

As one of our Assistant buyers you will support the Buyer in delivering industry leading ranges of products, at the right time, priced and promoted accordingly to deliver the business financial and market share targets

In this role, you will cover a wide spectrum of responsibilities, starting with data entry and sku management, with time, right through to independent management of specific vendors and categories

You will need to work cross functionally to succeed: with the Customer team to provide insight into the planning cycle, the Procurement team to deliver the best value & drive ESG, the Stock team to maximise stock turn, and Store operations & Digital to deliver best in class channel execution

**Key Accountabilities**:

- Capturing data & setting up sku’s, prices and promotions accurately across all channels
- Ensuring maintenance of data across various systems
- Product expert - passionate and knowledgeable on your category
- Supporting the buyer:

- To implement effective category strategies in terms of managing the supply base, buying, ranging, margin mix, promotional framework, merchandising, planning and stock management, ensuring a true multi channel approach is taken.
- Monitor and manage the on-going trading performance of the category, ensuring we plan and forecast rigorously, to allow us to deliver our revenue, margin, profit and market share ambitions.
- Drive procurement benefits through developing supplier partnerships and buying alliances.
- Lead the charge on delivering ESG targets—packaging, product, science based targets and emissions data for all partners
- Deliver innovation across the categories.
- Monitor and manage the customer experience measures, ensuring tactical interventions are implemented where appropriate.
- Work with the channel and operational teams to ensure we are maximising the trading opportunities available.

**Key Skills and Experience**:

- Administration skills critical
- Good commercial acumen and analytical
- Strong execution and planning rigour
- Competent with Microsoft packages
- Ability and confidence to present impactfully to broad audiences
- Pragmatic and grounded / ability to drive delivery
- Detailed and comfortable working with data and data entry
- Collaborative cross functional working
- Hands on, and able to respond to fast moving market conditions; fail fast and learn quickly

**Flexible work from home options available but some travel to our support centre in Redditch Worcestershire will be required at times.


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