Assistant Buyer - Retail
Posted 12/09/2024 by Rise Resourcing
Buying Assistant - Retail
West Midlands - Hybrid
Up to £30,000 + Bonus & Benefits
I am currently recruiting for an experienced Buying Assistant to join an established and well-regarded retailer based within their West Midlands office. Working as an integral part of the Commercial department, within the Pricing team to develop & refine pricing strategy to optimise category performance & market position.
Your additional responsibilities will include -
- Create, refine & measure the commercial strategy for the pricing & promotional campaigns calendar
- Conduct regular pricing reviews to ensure the pricing is up to date, accurate and in-line with the pricing strategy
- Analyse & track category sales & margin performance
- Monitor key competitor in-store pricing and recommend price adjustments to ensure you are continuously competitive
- Understand the impact of price changes on basket/transaction trends, sales & margin performance as well as the impact on wider business metrics
- Review data to building insightful & actionable pricing recommendations to drive and increase profitability.
- Understand market changes, industry pressures, inflation, trends etc to help inform wider pricing decisions.
- Responsible for updating and maintaining various databases and systems.
- Assisting with streamlining & improving processes and overall efficiencies.
- Support with ad-hoc pricing & promotional initiatives and projects for the commercial team
Key requirements for the role -
- Must have previous experience of Pricing or data analysis within a FMCG or Retail environment
- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of promotions management.
- Highly numerate, with proven ability to manipulate and analyse data to resolve commercial issues.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to influence others and drive change.
- Strong IT skills with good understanding of MS Office, advanced Excel
If you think you have the relevant experience within pricing analysis and are looking for a new opportunity, then get in touch and apply today.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- RIS6502-1
- Job ID:
- 222310833
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