Buying Manager – Citrus, Bananas, Stone Fruit

Overview

In this Buying Manager role, you will plan, source and negotiate a competitive product range across channels to drive sales and margin. You’ll translate customer insights into compelling propositions while strengthening supplier partnerships and ensuring quality and value. You will lead category plans for high-spend areas and push for continuous improvement in supplier performance. This is a customer-focused, fast-paced role at Morrisons Head Office, offering opportunities to shape ranges and contribute to business growth.

Pay / Benefits

• Private healthcare
• Car Allowance
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores
• Free parking

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver the category plan for a high spend, complex area
• Drive sales and profit by acting on customer insight to shape range and proposition
• Achieve margin targets through negotiation and robust supplier plans
• Deliver supplier promises (12 point charter) via strong supplier relationships and regular visits
• Leverage market and competitor insights to create compelling category strategies
• Support and promote high performance culture and personal/professional growth within the Buying team
• Contribute to delivering a great customer experience by enabling customers to buy with confidence
• Operate in full compliance with the Grocery Suppliers Code of Practice (GSCOP)

Key requirements

• Track record as a Buying Manager/Senior Buyer in a similar environment
• Passion for range selection and curation, driving customer satisfaction across all needs states
• Experience delivering category strategies in a complex, competitive market
• Strong customer centricity with a history of putting the customer first
• Ability to work at pace in a fast, flexible environment with energy and drive
• Strong commercial understanding with analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Experience building relationships at all levels to drive commercial benefits
• Experience implementing and driving unified strategies in a complex business environment

• customer centricity
• drive and energy
• relationship-building
• analytical skills
• negotiation and supplier management
• category management / strategy development

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