Assistant Buyer (Mobile Accessories)
Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Fixed Term Contract - 12 Months
Full Time
Grade 3
At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.
Positioned within the commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast paced team. The Assistant Buyer role will support the Buyer to bring the most compelling range and great value products to our customers.
You will help select and negotiate product ranges and pricing. You will need to have great relationship building skills, working closely with our supplier partners, the go to market team, online and operations teams.
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to kickstart their career in Buying. It is ideal for a candidate who is passionate, organised and has an interest in Technology. Someone who is ambitious and wants to develop their career within Buying in a key category for the business.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support the Buyer with day to day running of the Mobile Accessories category. Mobile Accessories is a wide area covering everything from phone cases to power products
- Support the Buyer in developing a best in class eco-system proposition (e.g Headphones, Smart Watches) liaising with other Buying squads and suppliers
- Support with management of supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
- Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes in customer trends and demand
- Support in Negotiating product ranges – cost pricing, additional terms, exclusivity, distribution, stock availability
- Pricing the product range in line with agreed category CPI targets
- Responsible for daily competitor checks to ensure that CPI targets are met but also ensure that the buyer is aware of any additional promotional activity in the market
Key skills:
- Experience working as an Assistant Buyer withing FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast paced retailer
- Good judgment and decision-making skills to enable the right actions for the category
- Numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit and cash
- Good inter-personal and communication skills, capable of working cross functionally to achieve the desired results
- Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
- Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools
Why join us:
We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:
- 25 days annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement)
- Life Assurance
- Staff discounts and offers
- Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2-4 times per month)
Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on-going training and skills for life.
Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.
Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email careers@currys.co.uk and we'll do our best to help.