Buyer - Confectionery

More about the role

As a Buyer, you will be planning, sourcing, selecting and negotiating a commercial and competitively priced product range across all channels, whilst maximising sales and margin for the department.

You’ll help to deliver exceptional, customer-led ranges which drive sales and margin across a specific category. You will build on the capability of our wholesale team by engaging with different teams across the business to translate customer buying insights into competitive customer propositions, ensuring quality and value.

Working within embedded business teams, our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience you won’t find anywhere else!

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Maximising sales and profit in line with the budget plan Regular competitor analysis, including range and price benchmarking

Market data analysis

Developing strong, collaborative relationships with suppliers

Deliver a customer relevant for both UK and export customers, a commercially sound range

Managing the critical path, engaging all key stakeholders to ensure smooth running of the development process, and on-time delivery of ranges to store

Constantly reviewing sales and identifying opportunities for category growth

More about youFor this role, we’re looking for someone who has:

Exceptional communication skills

Ability to influence across several work levels

Experience working in a buying role in a retail and sales environment

Brilliant time-management & organisation with an ability to proactively manage a wide range of responsibilities throughout the development process

Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.

Plenty of initiative and a passion for working in an ever changing fast paced environment

Strong commercial awareness and acumen with excellent interpersonal skills together with a strong customer focused approach

Have a passion for product and a keen eye for detail.

More about our perks

We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:

Generous holiday entitlement

Discretionary bonus scheme
15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member

Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here Subsidised staff canteen

Free parking

Competitive pension and life assurance

Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more Optional payroll charity donationsA range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave"Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant.

We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!

At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.

There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
Starting as a Bradford market stall, we are proud to be the Yorkshire retailer now serving over 11 million customers nationwide each week. We’re unique: both food makers and shopkeepers, processing our own fresh produce and preparing more food in-store than any other supermarket.

We offer real opportunities to build your career across our stores, sites, and support teams. We’re a…