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Our Head Office department is in the heart of Piccadilly and occupies the 5th & 6th floor of our beautiful flagship store. This central London location offers so much to explore including restaurants, bars, cultural sites, shopping and more, and only a short walk from the Green Park Tube Station and plenty of bus stops. The Buyer for Fresh & Deli is accountable for the overall development and delivery of our Fresh food offer, achieving the highest quality across all channels and management of the buying for their relevant department/category. The role is key to the delivery of the department/category sales and profit forecast. The candidate will demonstrate strong product development and sourcing expertise, industry knowledge, with an ability to identify and create market/product trends and realising new opportunities.
Job Responsibility:
Accountable for the delivery of the business’ strategic vision across all channels
Drive sales, profit and growth, through analysis of sales and stock performance (supported by merchandising)
Delivers the Fresh Food buying strategy for their product group working closely with the Merchandising team and other stakeholders
Demonstrate an understanding of the customer profile and be able to anticipate customer needs and expectations in a multichannel environment
Demonstrate an authentic and passionate understanding of Food groups, products and the competition within the market
Input to sales and stock planning and forecasting cycle
Define and agree pricing strategies with multiple suppliers
Collaborates with the chefs to develop food offer, building strong relationships
Ability to input into negotiation of complex business terms and agreements with suppliers and other third party service providers
Delivery of new product development in line with the Fortnum own label strategy
Source new brands and products in line with Fortnum’s strategy and commitment to quality
Ensure all suppliers meet the Fortnum & Mason compliance standards
Undertakes the delivery of seasonal product calendars to capitalise on key events / holidays throughout year
Creates, maintains and manages the departmental range plan, each season, ensuring it is under taken effectively across Retail, Online, Wholesale and Satellite Stores
An effective people manager with the ability to train, develop and retain team members
Demonstrate an authentic and passionate understanding of the brand and brand values
Requirements:
The candidate must have experience in food buying, ideally in fresh food
Awareness of how to create an impact in store
Ideally the candidate will come from a luxury multichannel Food Retailer
They should have an ability to manage time and workload with often-competing priorities and varying demands of the business
Ability to create and manage range planning across a multichannel business
Exceptionally high level of verbal and written communication skills
Ability to influence and negotiate, effectively, with all team members at all levels including Senior Management & Board Members
Ability to effectively relationship manage the supplier base
Be able to influence and manage multiple internal and external stakeholders
Ability to work under pressure, be able to prioritise and manage own and direct team’s workload to meet deadlines and manage expectations
Self-motivated, and a proactive attitude to work
Robust experience of the CRM systems and processes and reporting mechanisms to enable a function that is growing and maturing at speed
Digitally savvy
An ability to challenge, build credibility with a wide range of audiences and work with integrity/confidentiality at all times
What we offer:
Competitive salary
A generous store and restaurant discount of up to 40%
25 days holidays (excluded bank holidays) and an extra day off for your birthday
A fantastic subsidised staff restaurant which uses Fortnum’s ingredients
A range of opportunities to develop and grow personally and professionally