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United Kingdom , Birmingham

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Category:
Purchasing

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Contract Type:
Employment contract

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Salary:

28000.00 - 30000.00 GBP / Year
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Job Description:

The Category Buyer is responsible for owning, developing, and growing a product category, using digital channels and platform-based buying behaviours to maximise commercial outcomes. This role blends traditional category procurement with a strong emphasis on digital-first strategies, working with vendors and distributors to optimise content, pricing, and promotional activities across our digital procurement platform.

Job Responsibility:

  • Drive category performance through digital transactions, leveraging our platform technology
  • Promote your category to internal and external stakeholders using digital-first propositions
  • Support the vendor onboarding process to the platform
  • Collaborate with the Product Data team to increase platform visibility and client adoption of your category
  • Regularly liaise with Marketing and Vendor Marketing Co-Ordinator to create digital promotional campaigns and vendor spotlights
  • Actively manage vendor and distributor relationships, building credibility and ensure strategic alignment with our digital goals
  • Negotiate commercial terms, pricing, and exclusive promotions tailored for platform sales
  • Drive supplier engagement with the platform and ensure they are aware of the wider digital offering
  • Champion rebate terms and commercial funding to drive profit margin
  • Ensure category product content, descriptions, imagery, and specifications are accurate, complete, and optimised for digital search and conversion
  • Work closely with the Product Data Team to ensure product listings are kept up-to-date
  • Ensure pricing competitiveness and availability of key SKUs through regular benchmarking and price file audits
  • Be the internal champion for your category: delivering training, updates, and insights to sales and digital experience teams
  • Advise on and configure end-user specific catalogues for large or repeat-buying customers
  • Analyse buying patterns and market data to identify market opportunities for re-engagement through the digital platform
  • Ensure that quotes are accurate, competitively priced, and aligned to customer expectations, with a strong emphasis on delivering rapid response times and high-quality service
  • Negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best possible pricing, availability, and terms
  • Stay informed on emerging technologies, competitor activity, and customer behaviour within your category
  • Attend vendor events, training sessions, and exhibitions to maintain expert knowledge and raise platform profile
  • Maintain a high standard of data quality, system accuracy, and response times
  • Support escalations in returns or delivery issues within your category
  • To provide admin support when required to cover team holidays for: Post order admin queries
  • Back-order reports
  • Alternative supplier reports

Requirements:

  • At least 3 years previous experience in the IT and technology industry in a similar role
  • Knowledge of the IT market and channel structure
  • Holding existing supply chain relationships and can develop new supplier relationships
  • Experience in negotiation of pricing and commercial terms of IT and technology products/services
  • The ability to hold supplier meetings to discuss product category objectives and demonstrate our business digital capability
  • Use of initiative to drive focus and development of your category
  • The ability to analyse data to make strategic business decisions
  • Understanding accreditation levels of appropriate vendors and seek ways to improve this
  • Supporting sales representatives in the management of large project based deals
  • Experience of specialising in a specific product set
  • Holding strong commercial awareness

Nice to have:

  • Commercially Minded
  • Organised & Detail-Oriented
  • Resilient
  • Accountable
  • Confident Communicator
  • Innovative
  • Customer-Focused
  • Collaborative
  • Self-Driven
What we offer:
  • Pension scheme
  • Holiday trading
  • Life insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Discounted tech
  • Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
  • Hybrid working

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 03, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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