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Working as part of the Commercial team, the successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the Senior Buyer in delivering the commercial buying strategy for our Beauty & Personal Categories for our 200+ retail pharmacy estate.
Key Responsibilities / Outcomes
* Development of the commercial strategy for our Beauty & Front of Shop categories
* Promotional cycle development for Symbol pharmacies
* To represent commercial team at the weekly trade meetings and to be an active participant.
* Working with Uniphar Consumer team to source and range best in class products for the Symbol pharmacies
* Reviewing promotions performance and providing insights to our management team
* Ensure the roll-out of planograms and associated support documents
* Responsible for the communication of all commercial strategies to our Operations teams
* Developing/managing supplier relationships in order to deliver JBP and planogram compliance
* Use of the BI reporting suite to provide greater insights into category and range performance to help support decision making
* To be a representative of the commercial support team at trade shows & supplier events
* Work closely with the Operations team to develop our relationship with our symbol & franchise members to support driving their business.
Day To Day Responsibilities Include
* Contributing to the day to day running of the Commercial buying team
* Ensuring our group sales, margin & JBP budgets are achieved
* Responsible for stock of FOC categories in owned estate, managing dead/over/dated stock and supporting the stores with sell through as required
* Updating the Commercial Manager regularly on department development
* Taking an active role in the weekly commercial team meetings
* Ensuring suppliers are met in a timely manner and prioritized according to importance
* Ensuring all retail pricing is aligned with department margin targets & market pricing on the database
* Ensure database team have all relevant supplier & pricing information for categories
* Building a robust promotions calendar, encompassing JBP agreements
* Development of the category plans & strategies
* Ensuring planograms are updated based on schedule
* Attending trade shows where appropriate
* Contributing relevant information for board packs for symbol updates
* Ensuring Uniphar link up commercial strategies are communicated through our channels
* Attending Uniphar commercial meetings weekly
* Working closely with the Operations team to deliver our commercial strategy to our owned, franchise & symbol members
Key Skills & Experiences
* Minimum 1+ years in a similar buying role or in a pharmacy setting
* Pharmacy or Beauty buying experience desirable but not essential
* Excellent numerical & analytical skills to include excellent computer literacy & comprehensive experience with all MS products such as Excel, PowerPoint, Word etc
* Ability to work in a diverse, fast paced environment
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Purchasing and Supply Chain
Industries
* Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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