Senior Buyer - Retail Environment

​Duties: 

• To join the Global Commercial Services team within Indirect Procurement as the Senior Buyer for Retail on a 6-month contract covering parental leave.

• The Buyer will have procurement category responsibility for the look & feel of the Retail environment working closely with the Retail Operations team supporting how customers interact with our vehicles in retailers.

• The client is on an exciting project to deliver modern luxury across our global retailer network as part of Project Arch.

• This involves sourcing signage, furniture, lighting, joinery, etc to support our retailer network moving to new retail corporate identity.

• The role is for overall responsibility and leadership for all global and relevant local sourcing including project delivery, benchmarking costs, contract management, supplier relationship management activities and strategic development with a focus on sustainability to support the look and feel of our retail environment.

Skills:    

Essential:

• A Buyer with 3 years+ experience of buying goods

• Experience of working with colleagues across the globe with clear communication skills

• Commercial Awareness and Negotiation skills

• Understand category management principles

• Relationship management - internal and external

• Flexibility and agility to be able to adjust to changing business needs

Desirable:

• Previous experience in Retail Procurement

• Project management skillset

Education:           

• Degree and/or CIPS preferable but not a requirement.