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This is your chance to be part of something a bit different. Joining our Brand Buying team, you'll help drive the success of our brands and our business. We've big plans to become even bigger and better, and build on our health & beauty brand successes. It's about offering really wonderful products so our customers feel really good, to keep them coming back. We're passionate about offering fantastic quality at the best value prices in store. Together these elements will play a big part in making us No 1 for Customer Care.
Job Responsibility:
Reporting into the Category Manager
Be at the forefront of our development, sourcing and delivering consumer brands including our own brands
Help decide what products reach our in-store shelves
Get to know our customer favourites, analysing data and providing great sourcing recommendations to support our global consumer, and retail brand strategies
Be part of big projects with really high profile brands
Inspire the Brand Buying team, always put our customers at the heart of everything you do
Look out for new opportunities, and identify what we could be missing out on to set Boots apart from other retailers
Love our brands and be an ambassador for them
Build really great relationships with our vendors and suppliers
Help our customers get the best products at a really great price
Show off your negotiation skills, help reduce our costs and seek out a global source for raw materials at the best possible price
Find great opportunities for our brands, working closely with the Brand Buying team, focussing on our financial targets and monitoring our progress
Requirements:
Lots of great experience in either sourcing or buying, or supplier management, or negotiations skills from an FMCG or other business
Friendly personality
Ability to work as part of a team
Willingness to travel within the UK or internationally
What we offer:
Boots Retirement Savings Plan
Discretionary annual bonus
Generous employee discounts
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more
Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme