asp retail

£80,000 - £100,000 + Executive Level Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Our client is a market leading ecommerce retailer and they are currently looking for an experienced buying professional to join their head office team.

It is essential you are a strong negotiator and have extensive product buying experience in a fast moving retail environment. This is a management position and it is essential that applicants have man-management experience and a strong commercial outlook.

Key Accountabilities:

• To deliver or exceed budgeted margin, sales and profit targets

• Supplier relationship management

• Creation and delivery of category strategy

• To deliver products and develop the range to meet the needs of the customer

• Undertake range reviews to maximise performance

• Promotional planning

• Customer Insights

• Pricing

• Building partnerships and cross functional working

• Team Leadership

Skills/Knowledge Required:

• Buying experience gained for a leading retailer/ecommerce business

• Articulate, persuasive negotiator with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels

• Superb analytical skills

• Enjoys working in a fast paced commercial trading environment

• Able to handle a pressurised working environment

• Commercially aware, with strong intellectual, analytical and numerical skills

• Ability to coach and manage team members

To be successful in this role you will enjoy working in a fast paced and dynamic retail environment and be comfortable liaising with board level colleagues. Applications are welcomed from candidates educated to degree level or higher and can demonstrate a track record of successful category development.

This position offers excellent career progression and training.

If this role sounds of interest to you then please forward a copy of your CV to ASP Retail quoting the reference number: 10885.

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