Senior Buyer in High Wycombe

We are looking for a new Senior Buyer to join our Buying team based in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. In this role, you will be accountable for strategically sourcing, negotiating and developing new products, ensuring cost-effectiveness, quality and timely delivery are adhered to. You will work closely with and support the Director of Buying to deliver key initiatives for the Dreams group and provide cover at senior level when required. You will help provide support for other members of the team and have the ability to work across the business and manage complex projects and critical paths.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll be doing day-to-day:

• Help develop channel strategy.
• Manage and lead product and packaging innovation, ensuring compliance with channel requirements.
• Plan for quality to protect our brand equity, considering the anticipated returns % and, therefore, the returns agreement with the supplier.
• Work and support international and domestic sourcing strategies buying the right products from the right suppliers.
• Help maintain and develop a clear brand hierarchy across Dreams brands and group businesses.
• Accountable for the product set-up process to ensure accuracy in all Dreams systems and protect launch dates.
• Continually evaluate the range and supply base.
• Work with the Quality team to redesign products with unacceptable return rates, poor customer reviews and/or unsatisfactory quality.
• Control the Commercial Income process, working with Finance to ensure accruals are booked into accounts only on receipt and validation of the supplier confirmations/agreements and all payments are made by the supplier on time; manage the process to ensure all signed terms agreements, accruals and invoice back-ups are sent to the finance team.

This is the type of person we’re dreaming of:

• Experience: Proven Buying management experience gained in a fast-paced environment, ideally within Retail. Expert negotiator, with a proven track record of reaching successful outcomes and goals. Strategic ability to develop a product area. Ability to lead market/technical ability to build ranges. Strong financial acumen. International sourcing experience.
• People-first: Ability to coach, mentor and develop individuals.
• Communicator: Articulate with strong presentation skills. Confidence to build relationships across all levels of the business and ability to demonstrate effective influencing skills.
• Motivated: Self-motivated.
• Team player: Be able to deputise for the Buying Director when called on. Lead from the front when representing Dreams internally and externally. Be a ‘go to’ member of the team for product queries.

In your dream role, you’ll also receive:

• Bonus: Our discretionary annual bonus scheme recognises the hard work and dedication of our superstar dreamers.
• Discounts: Amazing staff discount on Dreams products, plus hundreds of brands including restaurants, holidays, and shopping.
• Buy-in schemes: You’ll have the opportunity to buy extra holiday, private healthcare, or savings and loans.
• Parking: Free onsite parking gives you peace of mind when you travel.
• Wellbeing: We partner with the Retail Trust to offer a 24-hour helpline with a variety of support services, as well as hosting an out of hours GP service.
• Electric Car Scheme: Our salary sacrifice electric car scheme is a budget-friendly way to cruise around in style and lower those emissions!
• New to 2024: Enhanced maternity & paternity pay.
• On-site gym: Step into our newly refreshed, free on-site gym, where you’ll find everything you need to stay fit and energised.
• Hybrid working: Whether you’re an early bird or night owl, we trust you to work your hours responsibly to suit you!

At Dreams, we know your bed is the best place in the whole world. But for the hours between precious sleep, we’d like to make work a special place to be too. We’re the UK’s most loved bed retailer, so it’s important our people feel the love as well. There’s over 250 of us at our affectionately named ‘Bedquarters’ in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, where every dreamer makes a difference.

We’re super passionate about our people-first culture, which means we like to keep things simple and celebrate every success, big or small! From a payday treats trolley to charity fundraisers and all-staff lunches, we know we do it best when we do it together.

And together we’ve been making bedtimes better since 1985, with no signs of hitting the snooze button. We’re owned by the world’s largest bedding provider, Tempur Sealy, and have our very own Bed Factory right here in the UK. You’ll even get a guided tour when you join and that’s part of our mission to get you fully bed-ucated during your induction.

With 208 stores nationwide, 6 central warehouses and 12 delivery centres, we sell 14,000 mattresses, bases and headboards every single week. Now that’s a lot of Zzzs.

So if you’re bonkers about bed, silly for siestas and keen on your kip, we think Dreams could be the perfect place for you.

Dreams. Love your job.