Category & Buying Manager

Ref: BBBH: 534627

Leicestershire

£65,000

• Permanent
• 3-month notice

About the candidate

The candidate has over 20 years’ experience as a Senior Buyer, Category Manager and Buying Manager for online retailers & multi-chain operations. With a passion for product development, team management and growing categories, the candidate would be an asset to any product driven operation. The candidate is dedicated to build a competitive product range which has led to viable growth throughout their career. 

What makes them great?

•    Delivered 100% YOY growth over 3 years.
•    Textile product development, sourcing, managing factories, competitor analysis, trend updates, and Textile Design.
•    Working relationship with well known brands such as Wilko, Next, B&Q, Sainsburys, etc. 
•    Direct Global Sourcing knowledge and demonstrable experience.
•    Strategic Category planning to deliver growth based on market/sales requirements.
 

Areas of expertise

•    Implemented buying strategy aligned with business objectives and growth ambitions with responsibility for over 5000 SKUs.
•    Category planning - working with key Stakeholders to deliver Strategic OB growth. Achieving Category sales of £165m.
•    Over 30 Suppliers onboarded in first 12 months, all terms aligned/implemented, with ongoing relationship growth management.
•    Planned Tenders/assortment rationalisation to ensure on going COGs and Terms improvements.
•    Tender experience and strategic price negotiation to deliver margin benefits.