Head of Buying - Flooring

Head of Buying - Flooring

Location:

Hybrid (UK)
Salary:
Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits

The Opportunity

We're looking for an exceptional Head of Buying - Flooring to lead the commercial strategy for one of the UK's most successful retail businesses.

This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll take full ownership of the flooring category, driving commercial performance, developing market-leading ranges and building strong supplier partnerships across the UK and internationally.

Reporting into the Commercial Director, you'll lead a talented buying team while working closely with merchandising, product development, marketing, operations and supply chain to deliver profitable growth.

If you're a commercially driven buying leader who thrives on combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, we'd love to hear from you.

The Role

• Develop and deliver the long-term buying and category strategy for flooring.

• Build commercially successful product ranges across carpets, laminate, luxury vinyl tile (LVT), engineered wood, vinyl and accessories.

• Identify emerging consumer trends and translate them into market-leading product propositions.

• Lead supplier selection, negotiations and contract management with UK and international manufacturers.

• Drive margin improvement, cost optimisation and commercial perform...