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SalaryAre you looking to take the next step in your Buying career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a Buyer to join the George Home team! This role sits within the Home Textiles category and you will manage a diverse and challenging product portfolio. This role represents a fantastic opportunity to gain exposure to the GM commercial teams and to engage colleagues across the business to land a best in class customer offer.
Everything about Asda
We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone's input.
Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.
We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
“Everything you'll love ”
- Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. Flexible working meaning you work where it works to meet both your needs and the business needs
- Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts
- Company Pension Scheme matched to a limit – Looking forward to the future
- Minimum 24 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for your self and switch off
- 4 weekly pay – which means you get an extra payday a year
- Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us
- Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year
- Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)
- Free parking
"Lets find out about the role"
- As a Buyer within Home Textiles, you will work collaboratively with key suppliers and 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 do this by having a thorough understanding of current and future market trends, as well as the George Brand
- You will also need to understand, track & negotiate around key commodities and deliver cost to serve programmes with suppliers to ensure great value for the customer
"Let's find out about you"
- Previous experience working as a Buyer within a trend driven category
- Be passionate about product development & Home interiors
- Strong commercial awareness and being highly numerate
- A strong understanding of customer requirements, market trends and competitors
- Value strong relationships, with both internal colleagues and our suppliers
“Find your everything at Asda” - bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda."
