Buyer - Gifting (FTC) in London

Hi, we’re Bloom & Wild. We don’t just send flowers. We help our customers to care wildly. Caring wildly is celebrating the little things we all do for each other every day. Not just the big occasions. It’s being there for the highs. Stepping up for the lows. We care wildly about people and our planet. Which is why we’re so proud to be a certified B Corp™ – committed to making long-term positive change for our community, and the world around us.

Founded in 2013, our mission back then was to make sending and receiving flowers the joy that it should be, by harnessing technology, brand and letterbox delivery. We announced £75 million Series D funding in 2021 and that same year acquired bloomon in The Netherlands and Bergamotte in France. Together, we’ve fulfilled and delivered over 20 million orders (and counting!), making us the largest direct to consumer flower business in Europe. Now home to a family of 3 beautiful brands, we’re driven by our vision to create the destination for making life a little more thoughtful and beautiful. And we won't stop at flowers and plants. Starting with the Bloom & Wild brand, we're expanding our gifting offering to other categories like cakes, candles and cocktails. This is all part of our ambition to build Europe's #1 direct to consumer gifting destination.

Procurement Team @ Bloom & Wild Group

You’ll be joining the engine room of Bloom & Wild’s fastest-growing categories. While we are known for our flowers, our Procurement team provides the operational and supply chain foundation for our non-horticultural range. From fresh-baked treats and luxury hamper components to home, lifestyle, and the essential packaging that delivers the "wow" moment.

Our team is divided into two clear pillars: Strategic Procurement and Stock Planning. As a Procurement Manager, you will provide the critical firepower needed to grow and optimise our range quickly. You will proactively own the execution of sourcing new SKUs, supplier benchmarking, and contract negotiations. Setting up the products you own for commercial and operational success.

What you'll be doing:

• Source new SKUs and suppliers to rapidly scale our non-horticultural gifting range.
• Drive our margin ambitions by leading negotiations to deliver significant, measurable cost savings without sacrificing quality.
• Develop key supplier relationships, setting the tone for long-term strategic partnerships and managing their holistic performance.
• Act as the key commercial partner to our Range team, helping them select the best products by providing market assessments and supplier benchmarks.
• Negotiate, implement, and manage comprehensive commercial and operational contracts.
• Manage supplier and SKU onboarding, ensuring all new partners and products are commercially vetted, and operationally ready for our supply chain.
• Own the responsibility of updating and engaging internal partners, ensuring a “no-surprises” approach to range expansion.

You’ll love this role if you…

• Have 3+ years experience in a procurement, or buying role in FMCG or retail.
• Are a Strong Negotiator and Relationship Builder: You excel at developing supplier partnerships and have the commercial acumen to lead negotiations that deliver significant margin improvements and cost savings, ensuring we always achieve the best value without sacrificing quality.
• Work with Agility: You understand the broader business context and can identify problems with requirements up-front to keep the project moving at pace.
• Don't Need a Map: You learn quickly and make steady progress without the need for constant, significant feedback from your manager.
• Are an Outcome-Driven Specialist: You are capable of prioritising and avoid getting caught up in unimportant details; you focus on the highest-impact wins.
• Enjoy High-Pace Execution: You thrive in a "sprint" environment, where you get things done from start to finish and can be relied upon to manage your time effectively during peak periods.
• Are a Detail-Oriented Onboarder: You have a high bar for quality and a great deal of care, ensuring that every new SKU is operationally ready before it hits our warehouse.
• Are a Self-Sufficient Problem Solver: You rarely make the same mistake twice and can identify potential problems with requirements up-front to keep the project moving.
• Are a Natural Collaborator: You know how to bridge the gap between creative vision and operational reality, identifying and engaging the right stakeholders from day one.

Please note this is an FTC role with end date April 2027.

These are some of the skills and experience we think will enable success in this role, but please don’t worry if you are missing some of these. We’re committed to building a team made up of different strengths, skills and experiences, so if you’re excited about our values, passionate about what you do and would like to join us in doing things more thoughtfully, we’d love to hear from you.

Belonging @ Bloom & Wild

We know that we learn through our differences, and building a diverse team has always been central to creating the best experience for our customers. We value all backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and experiences, and encourage everyone to share their opinions openly within our caring and inclusive team. Our champions community actively advances our culture of inclusion and belonging, which is organised around 8 pillars of diversity. These cross-business networks offer additional opportunities for connection, education, support and celebration, and ensure that inclusivity continues to be embedded in our ways of working.

Our ways of working

We really believe in the power of connection. For us that looks different depending on the team you work in. Some of our teams work together in person every day, whereas others may connect in person every quarter. We also believe in flexibility that supports you, the work you do, and your team. How much you work from home and from our office depends on a balance of those needs, and you’ll agree this with your manager. Whether it’s through a shared project, a learning and development opportunity, or an afterwork social - we trust our teams to make the right decisions (for them and us) about where and how they work each day. We’re big on collaboration, empathy, knowledge sharing and growth, and our values drive our priorities every day:

• Lead change for good: we have the guts to try new things and step up to do what matters most.
• Think deeply, act swiftly: we make sure there’s thoughtful rationale behind our approach and always act swiftly to implement ideas.
• Care wildly: we pour care and creativity into everything we do and pay attention to the things that make a difference.
• Stay open, be curious: we’re open about what we’re doing and why, and we welcome challenges from each other.

Work that works for you

To care wildly for our customers, firstly we care wildly for our teams. We work hard to craft a culture of thoughtfulness and care, where there is a strong sense of inclusion and belonging, enabling all of our people to thrive and be successful each day.

Our perks and benefits include:

• Flexible working & work from abroad.
• 25 days holiday + your birthday + flexible bank holidays, & option to buy additional holiday each year.
• 1 Volunteering day each year.
• Enhanced family leave and a workplace nursery scheme.
• A flexible training framework for every stage of your career.
• Irresistible discounts on our products, blooms & subscriptions!
• Share in our success with a choice to take equity options from day 1.
• ClassPass membership: monthly credits to spend on fitness classes, yoga and much more!

For more information on our perks & bens, please see www.bloomandwild.com/careers.

Getting hired

We know that job searching can be daunting, and we want to do everything we can to ensure that your experience with us is a good one. Interviewing is a 2-way process, and we’re keen to answer all of the questions you have, so that you can be sure (and excited!) that we’re the right move for you. We believe in leading change for good, so if there’s anything that we can do to help you flourish throughout your application process with us, or if you have any feedback, please share this with us anonymously here so we can use this to improve your experience.