Buyer - Retail FMCG

We're looking for a Buyer who has managed an FMCG category to join our team, based at our Customer Support Centre in Walsall on a hybrid working model, 3 days a week in the office. This role is a fixed term contract for 12 months.

You'll take the lead on your assigned category, ensuring its success through effective planning, budgeting and negotiating. Taking an essential role in our product journey, without you, our customers wouldn't be able to shop the ranges they love.

We uphold three core behaviours that guide all our actions:

Love Our Customers:
We strive to delight our customers, listening and responding to their needs because they are our priority.

Care for Our Colleagues:
We support each other to foster a workplace where everyone can thrive.

Protect Our Pounds/Euros:
We are committed to cost‑efficiency and value, ensuring every penny counts.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

• You'll be accountable for maximising the success of your FMCG category performance, along with the Senior Buyer. Seeking out opportunities or threats, resolving issues and making recommendations for action by working closely with the broader category team.
• Identifying, creating, and developing new range opportunities, taking the lead on constructing a robust and successful plan.
• Understanding and interpreting key customer insights and data to identify and react to market trends and shopping habits.
• Visiting suppliers and their factories to develop ranges, negotiate the cost of goods, and explore new opportunities.
• Be accountable for the development of category strategies, including research and analysis (spend analysis, cost benchmarking, etc).

For this role we need someone who is an experienced Buyer from a Retail FMCG background, is an expert negotiator, builds great working relationships and knows their way around a spreadsheet. Along with:

• Keeps one step ahead of the market, through calculated risks.
• Experience of delivering strategies and plans with associated targets, KPIs and performance monitoring, along with reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Comfortable with being agile to changing priorities.
• Strong understanding of the sector and competitor.
• Thorough understanding of the Supply Chain Process.