Buyer Designate
Vacancy at a glance
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Overview
The purpose of a Buyer Designate is to support and execute buying activities for a defined product category within the OK Franchise portfolio by maintaining product ranges, managing supplier interactions, and administering pricing and promotions, ensuring availability, competitiveness, and alignment to Group guidelines and franchise requirements.
Requirements
- Degree or Diploma in Business, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, or a related field
- +3 years’ experience in a buying role, with demonstrable experience executing all aspects of the buying process for a large retail organisation or similar
- Demonstrable experience with sourcing and supplier management along with complex vendor / supplier negotiations
- Well-developed understanding of supply chain concepts, processes and systems
- Comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing a product’s cost and selling prices
- Knowledge of commercial and financial trade-offs in category sales
- Understanding of the retail value chain and profitability drivers
- Proficiency in MS Office 365 with advanced Excel skills
Responsibilities
- Implement approved category ranges in line with Group and OK Franchise requirements
- Monitor range performance and recommend adjustments based on sales trends and store feedback
- Maintain accurate product listings, specifications, and records
- Support range rationalisation activities to ensure relevant and commercially viable assortments
- Maintain product cost prices in line with approved pricing structures
- Monitor and review competitor pricing and market movements
- Support supplier negotiations by preparing data and analysis for decision-making
- Assist in the coordination of promotional activities and campaigns
- Monitor stock availability to support promotional execution
- Provide and validate product and pricing information to marketing teams
- Track promotional performance and highlight risks or gaps
- Liaise with suppliers to track orders, resolve queries, and ensure delivery timelines
- Maintain supplier information and documentation
- Support onboarding of new suppliers in line with procurement processes
- Escalate risks related to supply, pricing, or service delivery
- Monitor stock levels in the DC and identify potential shortages
- Work with distribution centres and suppliers to resolve supply issues
- Monitor customer trends, competitor activity, and product performance
- Identify gaps or opportunities and recommend improvements to the category
- Maintain awareness of franchise store requirements and trading conditions
- Maintain accurate records across buying systems and documentation
- Ensure compliance with procurement policies, pricing governance, and audit requirements
- Support reporting and data analysis for category reviews
- Contribute to continuous improvement of buying processes
Prepare for this opportunity
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Match your background to the requirements
Compare the qualification named in the requirements with your completed studies. Use the exact qualification title and completion date in your CV. If your studies are still in progress, say so clearly. Check the source before assuming that a different qualification will be accepted.
Check the type and length of experience requested. Make relevant roles easy to find with consistent start and end dates, then explain your own responsibilities. Label internships, practical training and volunteering accurately so the recruiter can distinguish them from other employment.
Use the duties to tailor your CV
For Buyer Designate, use the responsibilities above to decide which examples deserve space in your application. Choose a relevant task or project, explain what you personally did and describe the outcome. Use a measurable result where you have one, without inventing figures or sharing confidential information.
You do not need to repeat the whole advert in your CV. Help the reader connect your evidence to the advertised work. If you have not performed a duty before, describe relevant learning or transferable experience honestly rather than presenting it as a task you have already done.
Plan your submission
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