Description:
We believe that a hybrid, flexible working approach offers you – and your colleagues – the best of both worlds. Face-to-face collaboration is an integral part of our warm, friendly culture, so you’ll work from our head office three days a week, working flexibly around our core working hours of 10am-3pm. Beyond that, how, when and where you work is up to you. With a subsidised canteen, free parking and a comfortable, relaxed environment, we’ve worked hard to build an office you’ll want to work in. We also know that, when it comes to school pick-ups and home deliveries, it’s nice to have the flexibility to do both.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities:
For assigned Trading areas:
- Support and oversee timely completion of annual vendor buying agreements by the Trading teams (c£750m+ branded cost of sales)
- Utilise suite of management information to identify opportunities and improve outcomes in Vendor Negotiations and Vendor Management.
- Share and maintain best practice on Buying approach and Ways of Working (aligned to legal team and KF guidelines).
- Develop and co-ordinate individual and set play negotiation opportunities.
- Create and own templates, and workshop best practice into Trading teams.
- Ensure latest commodity, currency and markets data is being pro-actively used to secure best buying price.
- Validate all major branded CPI requests.
- Coordinate programme of cost recovery where price investment is made.
Key Business Relationships:
- Collaborate closely with Trading teams to support vendor strategy and drive commercial improvement.
- Work in partnership with Category teams within Commercial to deliver business and cross-category objectives.
- Work with Finance business partners.
- Work in partnership across Commercial Operations teams to access relevant data and insight to support negotiations; and develop best practice ways of working.
- Work with Category and Trading Managers to support the delivery of BAU and ad-hoc projects on time.
Qualifications
- Ideally previous experience in Buying and/or commercial role, with strong understanding of multiple negotiation levers and negotiation planning.
- Strong partnership skills, able to influence, challenge and support across functions and levels.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills, able to interpret and analyse data to deliver meaningful value-add insight to key stakeholders.
- Strong team player who uses initiative and diplomacy when liaising with internal and external customers.
- Strong planning and prioritisation skills.
- Experienced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint user.