Role overview:

Buyer (Data Storage)
London
Currys London Campus at Waterloo / Hybrid Working – approx. one day per week in the office

Permanent
Full Time
Grade 4

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 our Hardware Support Commercial team, you'll play a key role in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, working closely with the Go-to-Market and Merchandising teams and building strong partnerships with leading suppliers. As a Buyer responsible for Data Storage, Networking and Fixed Line Phones, you’ll lead supplier negotiations, manage product ranges and commercial agreements, and drive investment opportunities that support our category strategy.

With a strong commercial mindset, you'll ensure competitive pricing for our customers while maximising profitability and creating meaningful differentiation in the market. You'll collaborate across multiple teams, using your relationship-building and influencing skills to deliver business growth, while also supporting the development of Assistant Buyers to help build a high-performing team aligned to our vision of helping everyone enjoy amazing technology.

Role overview:

As part of this role, you’ll be responsible for:  

• Building and managing strategic supplier relationships, ensuring alignment with the overall commercial supplier strategy and category objectives.
• Developing sourcing strategies that deliver market-leading product ranges, strong availability, and the most competitive cost of goods.
• Working closely with suppliers to understand future technology roadmaps and market trends, translating insights into category plans and opportunities.
• Leading negotiations across product ranges, securing the best outcomes on pricing, trading terms, exclusivity, distribution agreements, and stock commitments.
• Negotiating and maximising commercial income opportunities, driving category profitability and EBIT performance.
• Managing category pricing to deliver competitive customer offers while achieving agreed margin and CPI targets.
• Resolving supplier issues relating to pricing, product availability, financial claims, contracts, and operational performance, ensuring minimal business impact.
• Coaching and developing direct reports, ensuring delivery against category targets and compliance with commercial processes and critical path milestones.

You will need:

• Proven buying experience within a fast-paced retail environment, ideally across FMCG, Fashion, Hard Goods or a related category.
• Strong commercial and negotiation skills, with the ability to build, manage and influence supplier partnerships to deliver business objectives.
• Highly analytical and numerate, with the ability to interpret trading performance data and develop actionable recommendations to drive sales, profit and cash performance.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, confident in presenting to senior leaders and collaborating across cross-functional teams.
• Customer-focused with a strong commercial mindset and understanding of how customer needs translate into category and ranging decisions.
• Strong planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise workload, manage multiple projects and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience of coaching, developing and supporting others, with the ability to identify capability gaps and promote continuous improvement.
• Previous people management or mentoring experience is desirable, with a passion for building high-performing teams.

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:

• Performance related bonus
• Competitive pension scheme
• Product discounts on the latest tech
• A range of wellbeing initiatives
• Hybrid working; our primary Currys Campus is at Waterloo (WeWork)

Why join us:

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.