Job Description

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Joining a Sainsbury\'s Buying Team means being part of a dedicated and friendly group working towards a mission that truly matters: Good Food For All of Us. As a Buyer, you will have the opportunity to own, deliver, and optimise the buying and selling strategy within a specific category, contributing to the sustainable growth of market share and cash profit. Collaborating across functions, you will leverage your commercial acumen and analytical skills to drive product improvement, develop new offerings, and identify cost savings. With a focus on customer-centricity, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the product range, influencing stakeholders, and making key decisions to enhance our customers\' experience. Join us and be part of a team committed to delivering quality and value, while enjoying a flexible work-life balance and a culture that fosters continuous learning and growth.

What you\'ll do

As a Buyer in our Produce team, you will play a vital role in ensuring that we get the best products at the best prices to deliver quality and value to our customers. You will develop and execute a customer-focused category plan in line with the Sainsbury\'s corporate Win in Food strategy and the Produce category strategy too. You will own, deliver, and optimise the buying and selling strategy for a specific buying area within the Produce category, with the responsibility of driving sustainable market share growth and cash profit through a competitive and distinctive customer offer. In this role, you will know and understand the Produce retail market across the multiple grocers. You will make key decisions in both the Buying Strategy and Selling Strategy, influencing stakeholders and using financial, market, and customer data to drive a market-leading product range. Additionally, you will optimise the supply base, developing strong relationships with your supply base, growers and service providers. With your strong commercial acumen, analytical skills, and effective communication, you will contribute to the overall success of the team and help us achieve our mission of Helping Everyone Eat Better.

Who you are

You are a highly experienced Buyer with ideally years of experience in Produce and with an understanding of farming/agriculture, volatile markets and commodities. You will have extensive commercial and trading experience, including negotiation, supplier management and category planning. Working with suppliers and optimising product ranges to deliver quality and value to customers will be paramount. With your strong commercial acumen, you develop and execute customer-focused category plans aligned with the company\'s strategy, aiming to sustainably grow market share and cash profit. Your ability to analyse financial, market, and customer data allows you to identify opportunities for product improvement, new product development, and cost savings. Collaborating cross-functionally, you review product ranges, make key decisions in buying and selling strategies, and effectively manage supplier relationships to achieve performance objectives. With excellent communication skills, adaptability, and resilience, you navigate complex information, influence stakeholders, and lead relevant projects to successful delivery.

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