Buyer - Own Label Grocery

Job Description

Buyer- Own Label Grocery

Up to £50,000 DOE

North London

I am currently recruiting for an experienced Buyer / Sourcing Manager to join a leading national retailer within their Commercial team in the central office in North London

You will be responsible for driving the Buying strategy to ensure the growth in both sales & profitability while maintaining a strategic business focus to ensure continued development within the own brand buying department. As a Sourcing Manager some of your duties will include :

• Take full end to end ownership of the commercial & sourcing strategy for the cost of goods sold (COGS) for own brand categories
• Building & maintaining strong relationships with suppliers
• Understand key cost drivers (and impacts) within your category and continuously identify opportunities for improvement
• Full responsibility of negotiation of cost price increases and ensuring timelines are communicated throughout the process.
• Continue to work collaboratively with current suppliers on reducing COGS and expand the range opportunities
• Maintain outstanding levels of supplier service and work seamlessly with internal departments to resolve and issues promptly.
• Always seeking new suppliers to deliver a stronger commercial offer than current suppliers, or to supply new / alternate products and categories to the business

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