Buyer - Grocery Food

Our Grocery Food team plays a key role in shaping the products our customers enjoy every day. You’ll join a collaborative, commercially driven team working closely with major brands and cross-functional partners to deliver a distinctive, value-led offer for our customers.

As a Buyer for Grocery Food, you’ll own and deliver the commercial strategy for your category. You’ll analyse performance, build compelling customer-led ranges and identify opportunities for growth across branded and Own Brand ranges. You’ll implement pricing and promotional activity, and lead cross-functional projects that drive market share and profitability.

Your category will include major suppliers, giving you the chance to work with some of the biggest names in the industry. You’ll manage a sizeable category so prior buying experience is crucial in this role.

You’re a commercially minded buyer with strong negotiation skills and the ability to build productive relationships with major FMCG suppliers. You excel in fast-paced environments, make data-led decisions and can balance short-term trading delivery with long-term category strategy. You’re confident managing complex categories, optimising secondary space and delivering clear commercial results.

You collaborate well with cross-functional teams, communicate clearly and can adapt your style to influence stakeholders at all levels. You take ownership, stay curious and thrive on improving category performance.

• Ability to analyse financial, customer and market data to make commercial decisions.
• Experience managing supplier relationships and negotiating cost prices or terms.
• Capability to build commercially effective product ranges in a competitive market.
• Proficiency in implementing pricing and promotional plans.
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively across multiple projects.