Senior Buyer Fresh Food

Our Client

• Extremely successful, fast growing online retailer based in Central London
• Highly commercial environment with a fast‑paced culture focused on delivering a best in class customer experience
• This role is ideal for an individual with fresh foods buying experience who wants to join a scale up business where they can play a part in the growth and expansion of the business.
• Location 4 days in the office (Central London) 1 day from home

• As Senior Buyer Fresh Food you will develop, implement, and review a branded buying strategy for a specific range of product categories delivering both customer and profitability objectives.
• The Senior Buyer Fresh Food will understand data driven insights and market trends to identify areas of growth and opportunity that will grow sales and profit.
• In the role the Senior Buyer Fresh Food will own supplier negotiations driving profitability and availability.
• Working cross functionally with marketing, e‑commerce, pricing and partnerships teams the Senior Buyer Food will lead the category strategy and vision that will exceed customers expectations and deliver financial objectives.

• This Senior Buyer Fresh Food role is ideal for a commercial customer buyer with experience from UK Food retail. Ideally you will have e‑commerce experience. This can be across protein, produce, diary etc.
• It is essential to be able to demonstrate hands‑on negotiation and supplier management experience along with commercial strategy development.
• You will have strong analytical skills and data skills and will be a proficient user of Excel.
• For the role it is essential to be a tenacious strong communicator who gets things done.
• You will thrive in a culture that is fast paced, high energy and growth focused. In addition you will be comfortable working with ambiguity and will take a solution‑driven approach.
• Must be a high energy self‑starter who is a fantastic relationship builder with the ability to work cross functionally.

• You will thrive in a scale up environment that has a growth mindset.
• Excellent package – depending on experience GBP 75,000.
• Location – Central London with flexible working (4 days in the office and 1 day from home).

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