Woven Buyer Lutterworth, England
Job description
Are you looking to take the next step in your Buying career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Woven Buyer to join our team! This role represents a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to commercial teams and to engage colleagues across the business to land an integrated, best in class customer offer.
Your Role
You will develop and source a commercial and fashionable product offer, meeting customer & market requirements whilst delivering maximum profit. You will collaboratively work with key suppliers and with internal stakeholders alike 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 meets 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 Buyer
- Strong commercial awareness and being highly numerate
- A strong understanding of customer requirements, market trends and competitors
- Experience in having a team or managing assistant buyers
- Understanding the impact of markdown on profit when reviewing markdown lists
Work Where it Works
Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to choose where you'll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team, as well as across our network of stores and depots. This role is based at George House, Lutterworth with the opportunity to work from home 2-3 days per week.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-
- £5,700 company car or car allowance plus 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.
