Buyer - Food Leeds, England
Job description
Are you looking to take the next step in your Buying career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join our team! This role sits within the highly important Core Grocery team and you will be tasked with a diverse and challenging product portfolio across core grocery. This role represents a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to different commercial teams and to engage colleagues across the business to land an integrated, best in class customer offer.
Your Role
As a Buyer within Core Grocery, you will work collaboratively with key Branded and Own Label suppliers and with internal stakeholders in order to deliver sales, pricing and growth ahead of the market while helping to manage the category P&L.
You will negotiate and deliver business plans as well as understand customers and implement strategies that meet their needs.
You will also need to understand, track & negotiate around key commodities and deliver cost to serve programmes with suppliers to ensure great value for our customers.
About you
- Previous experience working as a Buying Assistant or a Buyer.
- Strong commercial awareness and being highly numerate
- A strong understanding of customer requirements, market trends and competitors
If flexible working is important to you, then look no further! At Asda we are proud of our culture and our commitment to flexible working. This role is based at Asda House, Leeds with the opportunity to work from home 2-3 days per week
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-
- Discretionary company bonus
- Company pension up to 7% matched
- 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.
