Responsibilities
- Create, review and execute a Purchasing Plan that allows for the delivery of the budget sales, incorporating units and ASP by each market, price point, brand and channel.
- Own updates to the plan at relevant milestones (budget and LE cycles) as required.
- Take feedback from the Commercial Performance function on how actual purchasing performance impacts sales and re-phase as necessary.
- Identify and set stock assortments by market based on internal and external data insight where available.
- Participate in defining a relevant set of stock KPIs to monitor gaps versus objectives.
- Monitor in real time the execution of the purchasing plan and liaise with UK and International Purchasing Managers to ensure the plan is delivered as intended, including re-forecasting when necessary.
- Propose corrective actions and solutions to align purchasing trends with objectives, working closely with the Pricing Team on matters of conversion and offer values.
- Plan and monitor procurement inquiries such as quotes, MSL, 1p, 2p.
- Ensure the Purchasing Plan is shared with all relevant department heads (Servicing, Purchasing, Logistics, Marketing) so they can plan accordingly and flag any concerns about resource gaps.
- Execute the "publish to purchase" lifecycle reporting and bring stakeholders together to monitor progress versus plan, identifying problem areas or bottlenecks.
- Collaborate with the Merchandising team to identify inventory areas for promotional campaigns, ensuring sales activities do not harm future coverage or sales.
- Analyse data, build dashboards and reports to monitor performance and deviations against objectives for Merchandise Planning & Purchasing.
- Own reporting of daily, weekly and monthly published output volumes and brand/price point/entity conversions.
- Address ad-hoc data requests related to merchandise planning, purchasing and inventory.
Qualifications
- Degree in engineering, mathematics, or an equivalent diploma.
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Supply Chain or Merchandising within an international, digitally active company.
- Strong people skills and excellent communication ability.
- Proactive and solution-oriented with a strong business sense.
- Comfortable with data and able to work with IT on ERP developments.
- Organised and efficient, able to maintain a top-down view while paying excellent attention to detail.
- Team player with the ability to multitask, work independently and meet deadlines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Private healthcare and dental
- Competitive pension scheme
- Holiday scheme - Increasing annual leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistant programme
- Income protection
- Life assurance
