Senior Buyer (Smart and Imaging)

Positioned within the CE commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast-paced team, working hand in hand with the Go To Market team, building strong relationships with our supplier partners. As the Senior Category Buyer for Smart and Imaging, you need to have extensive buying and management experience as you will be responsible for multiple complex categories leading a team of 2 buyers and 3 junior buyers.,

• Managing all category supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
• Harness credible relationships with our suppliers and develop a sourcing strategy to both bring customers the best ranges, supported with availability but also to minimise our NET cost of goods
• Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes in customer trends and demand
• Negotiating product ranges - cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability
• Negotiating additional fixed and variable financial terms related to ranging, activity and performance
• Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets
• Working with merchandising to ensure that we are forecasting at the right level to maximise sales and stock turn
• Provide and regularly review team members' objectives, priorities and performance via Personal Development Review and one to ones, supporting their professional and personal development, ensuring that the right talent plans are in place to support the talent pipeline for the business
• Writing the category strategy to achieve a 3 year plan for the business area inline with company KPIs
  
  Substantial buying experience working within a FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast paced retailer
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage all supplier partnerships at differing levels of seniority
• Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
• Working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Management/leadership experience of more than 1 direct report, Educated to degree standard or equivalent
• Marketing/Merchandising/Retail/Business Degree
• Experience of both the Electricals market and products
• Buying/Marketing Experience
  
  At Currys we're united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK's best-known retailer of tech, we're proud of the service our customers receive - and it's all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.
  
  We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:
• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Fantastic colleague discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile
• Access to Champion Health (Wellbeing App)
• Hybrid working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)
Why join us: Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life. Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we're in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet. Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email and we'll do our best to help.