At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the buying strategy for flooring and develop market-leading product ranges.
- Company: Join one of the UK's most successful retail businesses with a dynamic culture.
- Benefits: Excellent salary, bonus, and benefits with hybrid working options.
- Other info: Collaborate with a talented team and influence product strategy across the business.
- Why this job: Shape the future of a major category and make a real commercial impact.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in buying, strong negotiation skills, and leadership abilities.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Location: Hybrid (UK)
Salary: Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits
The Opportunity
We're looking for an exceptional Head of Buying - Flooring to lead the commercial strategy for one of the UK's most successful retail businesses. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll take full ownership of the flooring category, driving commercial performance, developing market-leading ranges and building strong supplier partnerships across the UK and internationally. Reporting into the Commercial Director, you'll lead a talented buying team while working closely with merchandising, product development, marketing, operations and supply chain to deliver profitable growth. If you're a commercially driven buying leader who thrives on combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, we'd love to hear from you.
The Role
- Develop and deliver the long-term buying and category strategy for flooring.
- Build commercially successful product ranges across carpets, laminate, luxury vinyl tile (LVT), engineered wood, vinyl and accessories.
- Identify emerging consumer trends and translate them into market-leading product propositions.
- Lead supplier selection, negotiations and contract management with UK and international manufacturers.
- Drive margin improvement, cost optimisation and commercial performance across the category.
- Work closely with merchandising to optimise range architecture, pricing and stock investment.
- Use customer, competitor and market insight to identify new opportunities for growth.
- Lead, coach and develop a high-performing buying team.
- Collaborate with marketing and retail teams to ensure successful product launches and promotional activity.
- Build strong relationships across the wider business, influencing stakeholders at every level.
About You
You'll be an experienced senior buying professional with a proven track record of delivering commercial success within flooring or a closely related category. You'll ideally bring:
- Significant buying experience within flooring, home improvement, DIY, interiors or building products.
- Previous experience leading and developing buying teams.
- Strong commercial acumen with an excellent understanding of category management.
- Exceptional negotiation and supplier management skills.
- Experience sourcing products internationally.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive decisions.
- A customer-first mindset and passion for product.
- Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
- The ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution.
Why Apply?
This is an opportunity to shape the future of a major category within a growing business. You'll have genuine influence over product strategy, supplier partnerships and commercial performance while leading a talented team and working alongside an ambitious leadership group. If you're ready to take ownership of a significant buying function and make a real commercial impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Head of Buying - Flooring employer: Zachary Daniels
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