Senior Buyer - Homeware, DIY, Gardening, Home Fragrance & Seasonal

Since 2009, United Brands has been a powerhouse in the wholesale trading arena, renowned for sourcing and distributing leading Branded Products. With a visionary team boasting over 40 years of combined experience, they’ve ascended to become global leaders in the discount supplier industry. Specialising in end-of-line, closeouts, and clearance products from top-quality brands, United Brands offers an unparalleled range across all home categories.

At United Brands, integrity is their cornerstone. Their dedicated team ensures a tailored experience for every client, prioritising transparent communication and a seamless process from start to finish. With a focus on discretion, logistics support, and unwavering commitment to financial transparency, they guarantee an exceptional level of service for both suppliers and customers alike.

As a Senior Buyer, your primary responsibility will be to build on the existing supplier relationships and source stock from new suppliers & manufacturers of national and international household brands. This is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded Buyer who wants to drive their earning potential by forging long term, commercial relationships and ensure competitive pricing to drive revenue.

A background in products from gifting, furnishings, gardening, outdoor, accessories, homeware, seasonal products, and DIY is essential. However, it’s the person that really matters. The company are wanting you to seize the opportunity to be yourself and grow in an environment where that empowers entrepreneurialism.

The Senior Buyer is a unique role to Buying, taking on a more traditional approach of building new relationships with suppliers to secure supply. No one day will be the same!

Here’s what you can expect:

• Work with the owners to drive the P&L and own the profit centre.
• Directly reporting into the Owners you’ll be an integral part of the business to grow its product offering to customers and overall turnover.
• Cold calling is a form of sourcing solicitation; new suppliers who’ve never interacted with United Brands will be integral to building new product supply.
• Full responsibility of key accounts with suppliers from Global supply chains.
• Developing new and existing relationships.
• Interface with Senior Directors to Middle management to secure product.
• Researching and identifying product opportunities across new supply routes to purchase clearance products, partnering with major brand manufacturers for new business.
• Attend Domestic and International exhibitions and trade fairs.
• Seek to drive your relationships with manufacturers and other suppliers of brand products.
• Be a commercial lead for the business.

To be successful in this role, these are the key attributes and commercial mind-set needed:

• Experience in stock clearance and/or discount wholesale trade is required.
• Establishing and maintaining progressive relationships with suppliers.
• Be a fantastic communicator with strong interpersonal skills and have the confidence to speak to people at different seniority levels.
• You should understand sales behaviour and be able to consult with suppliers to gain their product at the right price.
• Develop an understanding of how suppliers work in order to determine who the decision-makers are and have the ability to build a successful relationship and value proposition to meet their and your needs.
• Make contact and form productive and profitable relationships.
• Delivering a service, from the initial conversation, negotiating to inbound of inventory.
• Have strong negotiation skills with a proven ability to secure competitive prices and favourable terms.
• High degree of commercial acumen.
• Be a driven, tenacious individual with a will to succeed.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a Stock Clearance and/or Discount Buyer, Clearance Buyer, Senior Buyer, Buying Manager, Trader, Trading Manager, Product Sourcing, Purchaser role.
• Have experience with products from gifting, DIY, garden, homeware, seasonal products.

Package: £50-60k depending on experience inclusive of Bonus - Realistic first year trading up to £10k Bonus. Expected OTE £70K in your 2nd year, but this is an uncapped bonus structure. Expenses include 28 days holiday inclusive of BH – 9-5 Mon-Thurs, Fri Finish at 4pm on Friday, Free on-site parking, Pension - Nest, International Travel required.