Senior Buying Manager
My client, Ireland's leading food retail and wholesale business is seeking a commercial and passionate Buying Manager to join their highly reputable business. In this role, you'll collaborate with suppliers, marketing, category planning, finance, sales, and operations to create and implement business development plans. You'll oversee everything from product range and pricing to promotions and supply chain. Dublin based.
Package
1. Generous salary doe
2. Bonus
3. Pension
4. Agile Working
5. Life Assurance
6. Pension
7. Staff Discount
Responsibilities of this Buying Manager include:
8. Lead the overall design, development, and execution of your category's planning and scheduling
9. Develop and implement comprehensive business development plans.
10. Assess the commercial performance of the current range and identify market trends and opportunities.
11. Conduct competitive analysis, reviewing competitor offerings and price positioning and evaluating current pricing and margin performance to ensure profitability.
12. Develop and implement targeted promotional strategies to drive revenue and profitability.
13. Ensure inbound service levels meet targets and that the business effectively leverages group buying power.
14. Gather customer feedback and insights to inform future strategies.
Experience required for this Buying Manager includes:
15. Strong commercial acumen and interpersonal skills including strong influencing /negotiation skills.
16. Minimum of 2 years experience working within a buying/trading team with responsibility for managing categories or product portfolios
17. Experience in data analysis and interpretation
18. Team player with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Aoife Clarke is handling the recruitment for this role in complete confidentiality. Please upload your CV below and she will be in touch should you have the correct experience for the position.