Are you a commercially driven Category Buyer looking for your next challenge? Do you thrive on negotiating the best deals, building strong supplier relationships and making a real impact on business performance?
ACR are pleased to be working exclusively with a successful wholesale business to recruit an ambitious Category Buyer to join their procurement team. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a product category, influence commercial decisions and work with suppliers to deliver the very best value, quality and service for our customers. If you're passionate about procurement, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and have a talent for identifying opportunities that drive sales and margin, we'd love to hear from you.
Category Buyer's Key Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver category and procurement plans that achieve sales, margin and profitability targets.
- Negotiate supplier contracts, pricing, payment terms and service agreements to secure the best commercial outcomes.
- Build, develop and manage strong supplier relationships through regular performance reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Analyse market trends, pricing, inflation risks and supplier performance to identify opportunities for cost savings and category growth.
- Manage the end-to-end procurement process, ensuring accurate product and supplier information is maintained across business systems.
- Source, evaluate and onboard new suppliers to strengthen the supply base and support growth.
Skills & Experience Required as a Category Buyer
- Previous experience in a Category Buyer, Buyer, Purchasing or Procurement role.
- Proven negotiation skills with the ability to secure commercially beneficial supplier agreements.
- Strong commercial awareness with the confidence to make informed buying decisions.
- Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting data, market trends and supplier performance.
- Knowledge of supply chain, inventory management or FMCG environments.
Benefits Package
- Salary of up to 50k (depending on experience).
- Company pension scheme.
- Life assurance.
- 29 days holiday including bank holidays.
If this Category Buyer sounds like a role that would match your skills and experience, we would love to hear from you and look forward to discussing your application in more detail.
Category Buyer employer: Anne Corder Recruitment
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