Buyer

2 weeks ago

Auckland City, New Zealand The Warehouse Full time

Company Description

The Warehouse Group (TWG) is an iconically Kiwi business and home some of New Zealand’s most beloved retail brands - evolving from a single The Warehouse store to become the largest general merchandise retailer in NZ. With our customers top of mind, aiming to excite, inspire and bring great value, our teams collaborate purposefully together, “Helping Kiwis live better every day”.

To ensure we can adapt quickly to ever-changing customer needs, we’ve adopted an agile structure with a focus on collaboration, productivity, and speed-to-market.

**Job Description**:
Our Buying Chapter is a big part of driving sales and commercial success and we’re looking for a Buyer/Category Manager (Buying Chapter Member) with technical expertise in green gardening to take ownership - cultivate, tend and achieve growth in our category

This role is exciting, complex and challenging - work with a short lifecycle product, creating strategies, selecting a compelling product range, negotiating competitive pricing and delivering customer-driven category and promotional plans, delivering the financial outcomes whilst creating value and excitement for our customers. You’ll understand the intricacies of working with a living product range, creating and implementing buy plans and sell through management to ensure solid delivery on sales and the bottom line.

Your key responsibilities will include:

- Building and growing strong commercial relationships with plant suppliers across NZ.
- Working closely with both suppliers and store operations to ensure quality is maintained throughout the products lifecycle through order planning and correct care in store.
- Planning and delivery of activations of a green gardening range
- Deep-diving into sales data, analysing trends, and drawing actionable insights.
- Regularly reporting findings to stakeholders, providing valuable information that shapes our business strategies.

**Qualifications**:
This role is critical to our success. We are looking for someone with:

- Extensive multi-store retail buying/category management experience within the retail industry
- Experience in either fresh produce buying from a supermarket environment, or proven horticultural experience will be highly beneficial
- Strong financial and commercial acumen
- Ability to build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders
- Thrive working in a cross-functional environment
- Decisiveness in a fast-moving environment
- A strong drive and the right attitude to develop growth in this category

Additional Information

Come work with us When you join us, we offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career which include:

- Team member discounts across most of our brands
- Hybrid working approach - 3 days in the office and up to 2 days working from home
- Paid birthday day off (for permanent team members)
- Free parking at our North Shore Support office
- On-site café and gym at our Support office
- 26 weeks paid parental leave (for permanent team members)
- A range of wellbeing support

You will love being part of this collaborative and busy team who are passionate about what they do - work with like-minded individuals

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