Buyer

The Perfume Shop; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

BUYER | HIGH WYCOMBE

We’re looking for a fabulous Buyer to join the team. The purpose of this role is to establish and maintain strong working relationships with our suppliers, working collaboratively to create competitive marketing plans to maximise sales and to deliver on key business KPIs.

What You’ll Do

• Be responsible for managing the day to day relationship with our direct suppliers.
• Take responsibility for negotiating and agreeing a trade, marketing and promotional plan that sets the Perfume Shop apart from its competitors and meets The Perfume Shop’s customer needs.
• Take ownership for delivering key sales, profitability and market share KPI’s.
• Maximise the sales of your fragrance houses in line with the business KPIs.
• Create a strong 360 commercial plan that is truly Online and Offline (O+O), encompassing promotional strategy, creative new launches, experiential in store events and digital activations across e-comm, CRM and social platforms.
• Negotiate improved terms and retros with your suppliers annually.
• Continue to build a product range that gives The Perfume Shop a point of difference to remain one step ahead of the competition and to seize opportunities first.
• Take joint responsibility with the Merchandiser to ensure stock remains healthy and all KPIs are met, including but not limited, appropriate stock cover to maximise sales, slow-moving stock, on shelf availability (O+O) and promotional volumes.
• Supporting the Buying Assistants where required, assisting in their development through coaching, mentoring and training them, whilst driving engagement within the team.

What You’ll Bring

• Have a passion for retail underpinned with strong commercial acumen.
• Enjoy working cross-functionally with other departments.
• Thrive when working in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong commercial awareness and negotiation skills.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
• Demonstrable planning, organisational and prioritising skills, with the ability to schedule your workload to support the business objectives.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to convey clear information.
• Ability to build relationships to support team members, share resources and knowledge and collaborate with others to achieve goals.
• Experience of building a digital support strategy across eCommerce, CRM and Social platforms.
• Proven performance of achieving key KPI’s including sales and margin growth.

What You’ll Gain

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional days.
• Discretionary Bonus – We love to share our success with you!
• Access to Wagestream, to support your financial wellbeing needs, giving you more control and flexibility with your pay.
• Hybrid Working! 3 days office and 2 days off-site.
• Access to our TPS Perks which offers you a variety of saving and discount options.
• Buy & Sell Holiday scheme and Life Assurance.
• 20% staff discount, as well as discounts at Superdrug and Three Mobile.
• Round the clock support from our partnership with RetailTrust.
• Cycle to work scheme for those who don’t mind riding up the hills of High Wycombe.

OUR HIRING PROCESS

• You find or get sent this job advert, read it, and feel like you’re the perfect person.
• You send in your application to let us know you’re interested.
• We see your application, get excited, and give you a call.
• You’ll meet us twice, and we’ll get to know each other.
• You’ll begin your journey with us and let everyone know how great your new job is.

“We’re a sociable bunch of down-to-earth people, who enjoy our work and each other’s company.”

Agencies: We are not accepting speculative CV’s or profiles and kindly request that you refrain from contacting us.

The Perfume Shop is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion within our work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

The Perfume Shop is part of AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 16,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 28 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2022, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$22 billion. Every year, we are serving over 5.5 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms.