Buyer Drinks

Our client:Extremely successful, market leading food retailer with significant turnover.Highly commercial environment with a fast paced culture focused on exceeding customer expectations. This Buyer Drinks role is a new position and is ideal for an individual who wants to progress their career in a growing retailer. Excellent Flexible working - 3 days a week in the office and the rest from home (offer flexible hours)The role:As Buyer Drinks you will develop, implement, and review a customer centric category strategy for the category developing innovative buying strategies which exceed customer expectations.The Buyer Drinks will create and deliver the category vision focusing on growing cash sales and margin delivery. As well as building long lasting mutually beneficial relationships with suppliers.Being an excellent negotiator the Buyer Drinks will negotiate JBP''s that deliver on category objectives In the role the Buyer Drinks will source new suppliers and products that will excite consumers and create value, choice and quality growing sales and margin.The Buyer Drinks will develop promotional plans and in store activations that drive footfall and consumer value perception. The Buyer Drinks will develop and manage a cost reduction strategy that delivers targeted margin and will have a strong understanding of market dynamics, commodities etcUsing data and insights you will work with internal and external stakeholders including merchandising, marketing and retail operations ..... full job details .....