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Buyer - Pet Food

Employer
Asda
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits
Closing date
14 Aug 2022

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Contract Type
Permanent
Function
Purchasing
Business Sector
Food Manufacturing

Are you looking to take the next step in your Buying career?

We have an exciting opportunity for a  Buyer to join our team! This role sits within the high growth Pet food category and you will be tasked with a diverse and challenging product portfolio across Cat and dog food. This role represents a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to the commercial teams and to engage colleagues across the business to land an integrated, best in class customer offer.

Your Role

As a Buyer within pet, you will work collaboratively with key suppliers and with internal stakeholders alike in order to deliver sales, pricing and growth ahead of the market while helping to manage the category P&L.

You will negotiate and deliver business plans as well as understand customers and implement strategies that meets their needs.

You will also need to understand, track & negotiate around key commodities and deliver cost to serve programmes with suppliers to ensure great value for our customers.

About you

  • Previous experience working as a Buying Assistant or a Buyer.
  • Strong commercial awareness and being highly numerate
  • A strong understanding of customer requirements, market trends and competitors

You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-

  • Discretionary company bonus
  • Company pension up to 7% matched
  • 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

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