Head of Buying

Head of Buying | Consumer Products Based near St Albans | On-site | Executive Package + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Do you enjoy making commercial decisions that genuinely shape the success of a business?

Perhaps you've built a successful career within Buying, Merchandising or Inventory Planning and are now looking for an opportunity where you'll have a genuine seat at the table.

If you'd enjoy working alongside an ambitious and entrepreneurial Managing Director who values commercial thinking, backs good ideas and empowers people to make decisions, we'd love to hear from you.

Bond Moran Recruitment is delighted to be partnering with an impressive, market-leading business operating within the licensed consumer products sector.

This is a genuine Senior Leadership Team appointment where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the company's buying strategy, inventory investment and commercial performance as the business continues its exciting growth journey.

This isn't simply about buying products or managing stock.

It's about making commercially intelligent decisions that improve profitability, maximise product availability, strengthen supplier relationships and support the long-term success of the business.

Working closely with colleagues across Sales, Finance, Operations and Product, you'll take ownership of buying strategy, forecasting, inventory planning and supplier management across multiple product categories, ensuring the business continues to deliver outstanding products whilst maintaining excellent commercial discipline.

We're particularly interested in speaking with individuals who have built their careers within licensed consumer products, branded goods, retail, toys, gifting, apparel, accessories or other fast-paced product-led environments .

You'll bring: Significant experience within Buying, Merchandising, Inventory Planning or Supply Chain leadership.

A strong commercial mindset with responsibility for forecasting, purchasing, stock investment and margin optimisation.

Experience building and managing international supplier relationships.

Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to make commercially sound decisions.

The ability to influence stakeholders across multiple business functions and contribute at Senior Leadership Team level.

More than anything, we're looking for someone who enjoys improving businesses.

Someone who is naturally curious, commercially astute and motivated by making a measurable difference rather than simply maintaining the status quo.

In return, you'll join an ambitious organisation that combines the agility of an entrepreneurial business with the scale and ambition to continue investing in its future.

You'll enjoy genuine autonomy, direct access to senior leadership and the opportunity to make a visible impact on the continued growth of the business.

Due to the confidential nature of this appointment, further details will be shared during initial conversations.

To express your interest, or to arrange a confidential discussion, please contact Bond Moran Recruitment or apply today.

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We have been candidates too and we work hard to treat you in the same way that we would want to be treated.

Therefore, we try not to rely on a generic advert disclaimer as this is something that is important for us and the businesses we partner with.

Given the high volume of responses we receive from the combination of job boards, social media and other sources and despite our best efforts, many of our responses will be via email as we simply can’t call every application - We know that may not quite what you want to hear but we hope you’ll understand and that you like our approach.

We work with great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes us, and our clients stronger, more creative and ultimately better at what we all do.

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