Assistant Buyer (Mobile Phones)

Assistant Buyer (Mobile Phones)

London (Hybrid Working)
Permanent
Full-time

Grade 3

Positioned within the commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast paced team. The Assistant Buyer role will support the Buyer to bring the most compelling range and great value products to our customers.

You will help select and negotiate product ranges and pricing. You will need to have great relationship building skills, working closely with our supplier partners, the go to market team, online and operations teams.

This is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate, organised and has an interest in Technology. Someone who is ambitious and wants to develop their career within Buying in a key category for the business.

Responsibilities:

• Support the Buyer with day to day running of the Mobile category
• Support the Buyer with management of supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
• 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
• Support the Buyer in negotiating product ranges – cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability
• Negotiating promotional funding support to drive sales while maintaining margin in line with financial objectives
• Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets
• Responsible for answering any store feedback specific to range and promotions
• Responsible for daily competitor checks to ensure that CPI targets are met but also ensure that the buyer is aware of any additional promotional activity in the market

Key skills:

• Minimum 1 year experience in a similar role
• Good judgment and decision-making skills to enable the right actions for the category
• Numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit and cash
• Good inter-personal and communication skills, capable of working cross functionally to achieve the desired results
• Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
• Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools
• Educated to degree standard or equivalent preferred

We’re one team and we celebrate all of the great things you do. One way we show our gratitude is by giving you access to a range of lifestyle benefits including:

• Competitive pension scheme
• Access to discretionary company bonus scheme
• Life Assurance
• Staff discounts and offers
• Hybrid working; arrangements will depend on your role and business requirements. You could be working from our primary Currys Campus at Waterloo (WeWork), meeting & collaborating at Currys regional workspaces or working from home

Beyond that, we'll be with you every step of the way, enabling you to get the most out of your role. We're building a team that brings technology to people, making their lives better, easier and fuller, and you can be part of it.

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