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Job Title: Buyer
Location: Covent Garden, London
Salary: Up to £55,000


We are looking for an experienced Buyer to join our Head Office in Covent Garden. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to take responsibility for the margin of one of the UK’s leading Coffee Houses and their partner brands, through great supplier negotiation and category management.   You will also build a balanced and innovative product range, suitable for the needs of the business.

If food is a professional passion and you have a strong background already a buyer in a food & beverage background, be it high street, restaurant group, hotel group or food/catering services  and want to move into a role where you can really see the difference what you do makes to our customers and stores, this could the opportunity for you. 

Key accountabilities include:
  • Executing our sourcing and selection strategy for a given range of products across the whole business
  • Developing clear category plans including tender dates, range refreshes and supplier strategies
  • Negotiating optimum product costs with suppliers
  • Implementing pricing, promotional & ranging strategies
  • Knowing and understanding the relevant market and the category performance, including monthly updates by category
  • Liaising with internal teams, including Supply Chain, Food, Marketing and Operations to drive the product range
  • Liaising with the Product Technologist/Food Developer in setting the quality criteria for products, ensuring the optimal balance between quality and price is maintained
  • Taking accountability for category plan and theoretical margin
  • Securing additional funds to support instore and marketing activities as well as rebates.
  • Responsibility for the development and maintenance of supplier relationships and representing the brand to the external supplier base
  • Making decisions on retail pricing, costs and product characteristics that directly impact sales, theoretical and actual margin (accounting for wastage) across our stores
  • Responsibility for margin and cost maintenance for the business

To be successful in this role you will:
  • Have a minimum of 2 years food and beverage experience in purchasing/buying
  • Have strong negotiation skills and a real focus on results orientation
  • Have experience of category management (preferable)
  • Be an excellent communicator, negotiator and deal maker – gaining value for money and making great use of budgets
  • Be able to run reports and analyse complex data to make category decisions to drive sales and margin
  • Be a great brand and cultural ambassador

You will be joining a fun, growing business with strong family values. On top of that you’ll receive the following:
  • 25 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday (which increases with length of service)
  • 50% employee discount on handcrafted drinks
  • Private Medical care through Vitality
  • Cashplan Healthcare scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Pension
  • Length of service recognition


Sounds good? Then we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT US 

This role is being handled by McCarthy Recruitment, an award winning behavioural leadership recruitment consultancy covering the whole of the UK. McCarthy is like no other recruitment agency you will have worked with, our difference is our commitment to providing a professional and personalised recruitment service of the highest quality.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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