Category Buyer - 12 Month FTC

About The Role

As a Category Buyer at AO, you’ll plan, source, and manage a defined range of branded products in-line with market trends and competitor activity!

You’ll take ownership of your category - managing external relationships with our suppliers, negotiating deals & margins, checking out their new stock and you’ll also de liver successful and demanding promotional strategies with our trade marketing team!

Our people are our superpower, and we’re unstoppable when we’re together! We want your ideas to flow, and what better way to make that happen than being based onsite, 5 days a week, where our culture fuels creativity, collaboration and growth. If a £1 bet in the pub between two friends can become the UKs most trusted electrical retailer, imagine what else can be achieved when we we’re together!

Here's What You Can Expect To Be Doing

• Manage & negotiate terms of contract with suppliers
• Maximise sales & profit margin for defined categories
• Negotiate product support in a fluctuating market
• Optimise products
• Analyse & report sales figures
• Source and implement ranges from branded key suppliers
• Manage and deliver a successful and demanding promotional strategy
• Track and react to competitor activity, whilst monitoring market fluctuations and trends
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with key manufactures & suppliers
• Manage stock holding & aged stock within agreed KPI’s
• Work cross-departmentally to deliver best strategy

A Few Things About You

• Currently working in a Buying capacity with retail experience
• Analytical understanding of numbers
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to an exceptional standard
• Ability to successfully negotiate trading and extended ranges
• Ability to successfully negotiate incremental marketing funds
• Supplier management - strong professional relationships with all Account Managers

A Bit About Us

When it comes to appliances and electricals, we’ve got the lot. Washing machines? Yep. TVs? Check. Laptops? Absolutely. Everything except doorbells (just kidding, we’ve got those too).

We’re known for helping our customers brilliantly - and it’s no different for AOers. We care about more than what’s on your CV, because together we can do extraordinary things.

Our Benefits

Our benefits are designed to cover the moments that matter to AOers. From health and wellness to giving back - you’ll be rewarded inside and outside of work.

• Our Value Creation Plan; We've created a unique long term bonus plan for every AOer to share in our success, giving you the opportunity of an exceptional reward in return for exceptional business performance.
• Holidays; 25 days, plus bank holidays (increasing to 27 days after 2 years with us!)
• Pension; Contribute 5% of your annual salary and we'll do the same, giving you a little extra support for the future.
• Be a VIP at the AO Arena; we have loads of opportunities to win free tickets and pre-sale access!
• Health & wellbeing; discounted gym membership, an onsite spa and our Help @ Hand scheme giving you access to virtual GP’s, Mental Health support and much more.
• Discounts; exclusive discounts across our product range.
• Family leave; Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
• Making a difference; 2 fully paid days a year to donate your time to any charity of your choice.
• On site perks; start your day with free on site parking, grabbing a complimentary breakfast and a coffee at our subsidised Starbucks!

To see all our benefits and perks, visit our AO Benefits page.

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