Buyer 12 Month FTC

🌟Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!🌟

📍Location

🕒Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.

💷Salary: Competitive

🎉Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here’s the exciting bit… a day includes

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and exceptional Diet, Fitness & Drinks Buyer to join our close-knit team, based in our fabulous offices right by East Croydon station.

This is an exciting and fast-moving category covering Diet, Sports Nutrition, Fitness and Drinks, with the opportunity to shape the future of the range, identify new growth opportunities and respond quickly to changing customer needs and emerging health and wellness trends.

We’re looking for someone who is commercially minded, passionate about health and wellness, and constantly looking for the next big product, brand or trend. You’ll take ownership of the category, identifying new opportunities, building strong supplier relationships and delivering ranges, promotions and pricing that drive sales, profit and customer engagement.

You’ll use customer, market and performance data to understand what’s working, identify gaps and make confident commercial decisions. You’ll work closely with Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain, as well as meeting existing and prospective brands to ensure Superdrug stays ahead of the market.

A proven background in buying is key to this role, alongside strong commercial acumen, negotiation skills and an understanding of the retail market. Experience within Diet, Sports Nutrition, Fitness, Health, Wellness, Food or Drinks would be advantageous, but a genuine passion for the category, a strong product eye and awareness of current and emerging trends are just as important.

Key Responsibilities

Own and develop the Diet, Fitness & Drinks category strategy, identifying opportunities to grow sales, market share and profitability.

Develop, implement and deliver category plans including range reviews, promotions, pricing and stock, ensuring they are aligned with the overall commercial strategy and financial objectives.

Stay close to health, wellness, nutrition, fitness and drinks trends, proactively identifying emerging brands, products, ingredients and changing customer needs.

Identify and implement new product and brand opportunities that are competitively priced, commercially viable and meet customer needs, driving incremental sales and profitability.

Use customer, competitor and market insight to identify range gaps and future growth opportunities, ensuring Superdrug remains relevant and competitive.

Build strong relationships with both established suppliers and emerging brands, using appropriate negotiation strategies to secure the best possible commercial terms for the category and the wider business.

Collaborate with the Marketing team to develop and implement relevant marketing and promotional plans and strategies, ensuring activity clearly communicates with our customers and drives footfall, engagement and profitable sales.

Review and evaluate the effectiveness of promotions, using results and learnings to optimise future plans and sharing best practice with peers and key stakeholders.

Work in partnership with the Merchandising team to develop a merchandising strategy that delivers the right range in the right stores, supporting availability while effectively managing slow-moving and discontinued stock.

Manage and review pricing, ensuring Superdrug remains competitive while maximising category profitability and operating within the wider Company pricing strategy.

Work closely with the Supply Chain team to ensure base sales and promotional forecasts are adhered to, while maintaining strong in-store and online availability to meet customer demand.

Develop effective internal relationships across cross-functional teams to support and enhance category objectives and performance.

Develop, build and maintain effective external relationships with suppliers and brands to strengthen the Superdrug proposition and meet evolving customer needs.

Act as the category expert, continually developing your knowledge of products, brands, competitors, innovation and wider market activity.

Work cross-functionally to bring the category to life both in-store and online, ensuring our ranges are easy to shop, relevant, innovative and engaging for our customers.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Buyer within a retail environment.
• A genuine passion for Diet, Fitness, Sports Nutrition, Health, Wellness and Drinks, with a strong understanding of emerging trends and changing customer needs.
• A strong product eye with the ability to spot new brands, trends and commercial opportunities.
• Experience within Health, Wellness, Sports Nutrition, FMCG, Food or Drinks would be beneficial.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Very strong commercial awareness, problem-solving skills and proactivity.
• Proven negotiation skills with the ability to deliver strong commercial outcomes.
• Decisive and confident working within a fast-paced retail environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork and organisational skills.
• Excellent Excel skills and confidence using data and insight to inform commercial decisions.
• Ability to prioritise and delegate while effectively managing competing deadlines.
• Excellent time management skills, with the ability to perform under pressure and demonstrate resilience.
• A positive can-do attitude and growth mindset.
• Previous line management experience.
• Here’s what’s in it for you
• 33 days holiday, rising to 38 days with length of service, inclusive of bank holidays.
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend.
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand products, both in store and online.
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities, with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon station.
• Company pension matching and bonus.
• Access to Wagestream, a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it.
• Being part of more. We’re part of a group that works closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK.
• We’re part of A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, with over 15,700 stores across 25 markets.
• Unrivalled Learning & Development programmes.
• Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave, company sick pay, and pregnancy loss support.
• Come and be part of something special.