Job Description:

Job information Buying Manager - Pet Nutrition and Accessories from the Company Pharmacy2U Ltd, this latest Buying Manager - Pet Nutrition and Accessories job vacancy is located in the city Hybrid work in Leeds LS located in the country United Kingdom . This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate GCSE . Job Vacancies in this Buying field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Job Responsibility:

Role: Buying Manager - Pet Nutrition and Accessories

Location: Leeds, LS15 or Bardon, LE67 (with hybrid working after completion of training)

Salary: £ Competitive Salary DOE plus extensive benefits

Contract type: Permanent

Employment type: Full time

Working hours: Monday - Friday, 40 hours per week

Do you want to work for the nation's largest online pharmacy ensuring excellence for all our patients? We're a market leader in the pharmacy world, with 25 years' experience, helping over 1.4 million patients in England manage their NHS prescriptions from request through to delivery. We are Great Place to Work certified as we consider colleague experience a top priority every day. Our people are fundamental to our success and ensuring we achieve our vision to be a world leading, patient-centric digital healthcare provider. We are committed to continuing to develop a positive, open and honest working environment for all.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Buying Manager to join the e-script commercial team and take responsibility for buying pet nutrition and accessories for our newly acquired animal health business. This is a new and critical role as we look to rapidly scale a successful start-up.

What's in it for you?

Occupational sick pay

Enhanced maternity and paternity pay

Contributory pension

Discounted insurance (Aviva)

Employee discount site

Discounted gyms (via our blue light card and benefits schemes)

Employee assistance programme

In-house mental health support

Free onsite parking

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Social events throughout the year

Cycle to work scheme

Green car scheme

Long service bonus

Refer a friend bonus

Blue light card

Hybrid working

25 days annual leave increasing with service

Annual leave buy and sell scheme

Discounts & Exclusive offers at The Springs, Leeds

25% Discount & health & beauty purchases

What you'll be doing?

Building a clear and cohesive range strategy for pet nutrition and accessories, identifying which competitors to benchmark against for both range and pricing

Negotiate and implement the lowest possible cost prices with direct suppliers forming new relationships and drawing on past relationships to ensure the right supplier base to underpin the commercial strategy

Negotiate marketing support on appropriate brands to support planned campaigns and agree opportunities for funding new campaigns and co-branded onsite collateral in collaboration with the marketing team

Build the supplier base, acquiring the new suppliers needed to deliver the commercial plan and growth plan

Manage retail pricing on the website to optimise margin and price competitiveness against our peers in the market, including (if appropriate) the development of an automated pricing report using a third party to scrape competitor websites and present the data each week

Agree, own and deliver the trading P&L for pet nutrition and accessories (buying margin, gross margin, rebates and retros, marketing support)

Where appropriate and legal, build and execute a promotional/activity plan with suppliers that drives revenue and cash margin, in conjunction with the marketing team and merchandising team

Build and agree a cohesive strategy for stock hold and supply of pet nutrition, including consideration of drop ship opportunities to minimise cube and stock holding value, whilst maximising choice and revenue

Who are we looking for?

Proven experience of winning in a commercial environment with the results based evidence to back it up

Proven experience of veterinary supply chain/buying/commercial would be preferred, but other industries and backgrounds will be considered

Experience of working in a pressured environment, delivering against tight deadlines

Knowledge of and ability to use back office systems e.g. AMO, SAP and others as required

Ability to use Excel at intermediate level (Vlookups, pivot tables, calculations, sort and filter etc)

Ability to negotiate effectively with suppliers as appropriate in order to achieve margin targets

What happens next?

Please click apply and if we think you are a good match, we will be in touch to arrange an interview.

Applicants must prove they have the right to live in the UK.

All successful applicants will be required to undergo a DBS check.

Unsolicited agency applications will be treated as a gift.

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Keywords : Leeds jobs

Closed Date : 2024-11-29