Working Hours: 08:00 – 16:00pm - Monday to Friday with the opportunity for remote working up to 2 days per week (Moving to 1 day remote working from January 2027)
Reporting to the Director of Buying and leading a team of Assistant Buyers, the successful candidate will help to drive sales, profitability and category management working with the national and international suppliers.
Role overview
- People management: manage and foster the development of Assistant Buyers.
- Supplier Management: manage the day-to-day supply partner relationships.
- Category Management: have a detailed understanding of the product range both internally & externally.
- Produce timely and accurate business forecasts, including financial forecasts to enable targets to be met.
- Presenting: prepare and deliver presentations utilizing data from multiple sources concisely.
- Decision Making: be capable of making quick decisions based on complex information.
- Negotiation: plan, prepare and carry out negotiation to secure exciting products at the best price.
- Range management: aid the Buying Director on existing and future ranges through utilising several data sources.
Personal attributes
- Exceptional levels of organization
- Hard working & flexible
- Open & honest in communication
- Ability to lead through others and manage a team
- Personal interest in the category
- Preferred candidates would need to have demonstrated the expected levels of aptitude, motivation, and performance within their existing role to date.
- Effective leadership, motivation and people management.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
- Being comfortable having challenging conversations with supply partners.
- A strong level of resilience and the ability to operate under pressure.
- Intellectually curious and takes initiative.
- Self-starter must be productive with minimal direction in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work with cross functional departments to ensure food safety as a priority.
- Influential and natural leader in an environment with a large supplier base.
Aldi are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Having a diverse workforce enables us to continue to represent the demographics of our customers, whilst promoting equality, respect, and inclusion.
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