Category Buyer

Placed: 14/06/17
Region: Bedfordshire
Location: Dunstable
Category: Jobs


Content of the advertisement:

Category Food Buyer - Costa Buying - Permanent - Dunstable
Contribute to the strategic direction of the Costa business
Good Food industry knowledge
Develop and implement buying/ sourcing strategies
Management, negotiation and implementation of supplier contracts
We're incredibly proud to be the nation's favourite coffee shop brand* Now, as we're expanding into new countries across the globe, we have even greater ambitions. We want to inspire the World to love great coffee! Showcasing our coffee credentials and putting our people at the front and centre of our business.
Who we are looking for
You're a respected Category Buyer who knows how to increase sales by keeping their finger on the pulse. Passionate about food, you can envisage what our customers want. Even when they don't know it. That's because you're used to analysing a category, assessing trends and have a keen eye about what's going to be popular. You've got plenty of commercial know-how, have strong numerical and analytical skills, can create a finely tuned category strategy, as well as negotiate and influence with the best of them. Your natural leadership and communications skills never fail you; the same can be said about your IT skills too. Along with your food related degree you will have extensive category buying and supply chain knowledge, preferably in a retail/food service organisation and or specific food & category management knowledge.
A bit about the role
The Category Buyer is responsible for creating and implementing the strategic direction for food buying for this category as well as strategic direction of the business through participation and engagement with the leadership team in the sweet counter category or in the wider food category work. Working closely with cross functional colleagues in Brand, Marketing, Operations and New Product Development you will manage and advise on buying and sourcing strategies for large financial/high profile categories - putting smiles on our customers' faces and setting us apart from the competition. You will ensure that realistic budgets are set with updated forecasts through informed use of market, customer, financial and economic data. You will also have a strong input into the decision making framework for new products ensuring all new products are launched to time, specification and margin targets.
So bring us your unique blend, together with ambition and experience and in return we'll give you a competitive salary, a very achievable yearly bonus, plenty of benefits and more coffee than you could dream of to enjoy in a supportive environment.
*Independent survey of 5000 people published in December 2016 by Allegra Strategies. For further details and to apply, please visit our website via the button below.

Price / Salary: Negotiable