Buyer, Full Time - Bristol

Salary Details: £39,000 - £44,000Location: County Gates Ashton Road BristolJob Reference: cardfac/TP/1411087/31480

Ready to help shape the future of gifting at Funky Pigeon?
We’re looking for a Buyer who loves spotting trends, creating exciting new products, and working in a place where ideas move fast. In this role, you’ll take the lead on some of our key gifting categories and really make them your own. If you’re commercially switched‑on, great with suppliers, and happiest in a creative, digital‑first environment, you’re going to feel right at home here.

 What You’ll Be Doing

In this role you’ll build ranges shaped by insight, trends, and data, and you’ll regularly review how the range is performing so you can spot opportunities, refine the assortment, and drive growth. You’ll also create smart pricing and promotional plans that help lift conversion, margin, and overall results.

You’ll play a big part in product assortment of trend led gifts that keep us ahead of the market. Working closely with design, merchandising, tech and suppliers you’ll bring new concepts to life and keep the range evolving based on customer behaviour and performance.

Strong supplier relationships are key in this role. You’ll negotiate costs and terms to maximise value while ensuring quality and ethical standards are met. And because our trading environment moves fast, you’ll keep a close eye on daily performance, respond quickly to opportunities or risks, and use data to guide confident, timely decisions. Ultimately, you’ll be the person driving your category forward and pushing for continuous improvement.

 Essential Skills

• You’ll need hands‑on experience as a Buyer and be confident managing your own categories
• Strong commercial instincts with the ability to blend creativity and data‑led decision making
• Confident negotiator with proven supplier management and commercial terms experience
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across multiple stakeholders
• Highly organised, able to manage several projects in a fast‑paced environment
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, comfortable interpreting detailed performance data
• Ideally, experience in gifting, FMCG, personalised products, or e‑commerce, plus understanding of supply chain/forecasting and a relevant degree

 No agencies please!

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Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.  

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Benefits

• Pension
• 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
• Save As You Earn scheme
• Financial Wellbeing Support
  • Financial Education Tools
  • Salary Advance
• Seasonal incentive schemes
• Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
• Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
• Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.

For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email) 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. 

No agencies, please.

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