L2 Buyer

4 days ago

Hatfield, United Kingdom Ocado Retail Full time

**Vacancy No**

VN759

**Job Type**

Permanent

**Location**

Hatfield

**Job Details**

**L2 - Beef**

**Contract type**: Permanent
**Location**: Hatfield, Hertfordshire - 3 days a week in the office
**Working hours**: 40
**Level**: Mid-Level
**Application closing date**: 29th November 2024

**About us**

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivalled service and reassuringly good value.

**About the role**

We're looking for a Buyer to cover our Beef category. In this role you will be responsible for ensuring your supply base and the product range is optimised, proactively using data and analysis to maximise performance to and drive sales, profitability, and share growth to support the overall Ocado Retail strategy and goals.

Based within the Meat, Fish, Poultry & Eggs buying team, this role is at the forefront of delivering great value & quality on key customer essentials. Most of the category is own label products and you will be working closely with our technical teams, a few strategic supply partners as well as the M&S Buying Team. This is an ideal opportunity for a great buyer to develop their own label end to end sourcing skills.

**What you’ll do**
- Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships
- Use insight tools to analyse and understand performance issues and opportunities
- Conduct regular competitor website visits and reviewing customer insight and food trends, helping shape our future product and range requirements for our customers
- Source customer/market insight-led ranges and product innovation
- Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver, market-leading joint business plans for your areas aligned to the customer plan & category strategy, as well as negotiating on supplier-funded media and delivering against the target

**Who you are**
- Substantial experience in a buying role
- Strong negotiation skills
- Good commercial acumen
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong planning and organisational skills
- Communicate and influence a wide range of audiences

**What’s in it for you**

By joining Ocado Retail you’ll have the chance to experience life at the world’s largest online retailer, work with an amazing bunch of people who challenge what’s possible each day and grow your skills and career in online retail.

If that’s not enough to tempt you, you’ll also get access to loads of great benefits to sweeten the deal. Here’s a taste of what we offer:
**Health & Wellbeing**: Private medical insurance with option to add your family, Digital GP appointments, market leading family policies, mental health support, discounted gym memberships, dental insurance and more.

**Spend & Save**: Annual bonus scheme split between personal and business objectives, recognition with reward platform, up to 7% matched pension contributions, 15% Ocado discount, 20% M&S discount, free breakfast everyday in the office, electric vehicle leasing scheme and free shuttle bus from Hatfield station to the office.

**Never miss the moments that matter**: Blended/Hybrid working, 26 days holiday plus 8 flexible bank holidays, options to buy extra holiday, 2 weeks work from anywhere and lifestyle break opportunities.

**Our Hiring Process**

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