Buyer (Commercial Department)
Role Summary
Farmfoods is a successful, independent retailer specialising in frozen food. We are renowned for excellent quality and outstanding value. There are over 340 Farmfoods shops in the UK and 4 distribution centres with a central commercial office based in Birmingham.
The Commercial Department is an essential part of our business and as a result of recent and forecasted growth, we have a requirement for a new full time Buyer to join our team. This is a dynamic role in a fast-paced environment, with every day presenting new opportunities to learn and develop.
Main duties will include:
- Managing your own categories; KPI’s centred around delivering growth and a balanced commercial plan
- Developing and maximising business trading relationships at various levels – from small family-owned businesses to global FMCG brands.
- Negotiating and agreeing supplier trading terms and marketing plans.
- Range reviews
- Developing and reviewing pricing and promotional plans
- Placing orders in line with demand, and to agreed supplier plans
- Administrative duties, such as setting up new lines, transferring of stock & answering incoming phone calls
The Successful Candidate
The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, great organisation skills, be a confident communicator, be able to work at a fast pace under pressure whilst having excellent time keeping, ensuring any given deadlines are hit. A positive, “can do” attitude is required.
As well as dealing with external stakeholders, such as suppliers and customers, the office is also home to many of the company’s directors and senior management team. The successful candidate must be comfortable, and confident engaging with people at all levels of seniority.
Criteria:
- Strong commercial and market awareness
- A confident communicator and relationship builder
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with a good working knowledge of excel
- Self-driven and motivated
- Ability to work dynamically in a fast paced and evolving business environment
- Strong problem solving skills
- Good negotiation skills
- Excellent organisational skills
- Previous experience working in a FMCG environment desired
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint
- Grade B or higher in GCSE English and maths (or equivalent).
- Further education; a degree (or equivalent) in any subject 2:1 level or higher would be beneficial, but not essential
Above all, the successful candidate should share and be able to demonstrate previous working examples of the Farmfoods values: Hard Work, Trust, Respect and a Positive Attitude.