Buyer
Are you a highly experienced Buyer with a passion for sourcing and developing merchandise ranges, that excite customers? Well, here is your chance ...
Summary about this job
Buying
Company: Officeworks Ltd
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
Salary: n\a
Phone: +61-2-7367-8731
Fax: +61-7-9121-9618
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Detail information about job Buyer. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Passionate about making bigger things happen?
- Enjoy leveraging your commercial acumen to create buying stratigies?
- Sick of the city hustle? East Bentleigh location
Officeworks is Australia's leading retailer and supplier of office products for home, business and education and is committed to helping make bigger things happen for our customers every day. As part of the larger Wesfarmers group, Officeworks has an extensive national footprint of more than 166 retail stores and employs more than 7000 team members. We have a strong values platform, which underpins the way we do business, and is focused on our community, the environment and our people.
About the Opportunity
Reporting to the Buying Manager, you will manage the buying process for one of our largest portfolios – FILING. In this influential role, you’ll stay engaged by:
- Developing our range, creating and communicating business plans for the product ranges
- Conducting advertising/ promotional activity
- Closely liaising with planning and inventory staff to enable monitoring and management of stock and budgeted financials
- Liaise with store support functions to ensure all initiatives are implemented & communicated to maximise sales & margin, whilst minimising impacts on our store and CSC teams.
- Focusing on the sustainability & ethical sourcing of our products that we buy and the high standards that we work towards.
Why join?
Our Merchandise team love the ‘non-hierarchical’ structure where everyone’s ideas and opinions are valued and contribute towards the company’s strategic direction. You will enjoy accessing our leading training programs and overseas study tours that will inspire you to implement fresh ideas based on best practice. It's a supportive and collaborative culture where you will have access to a range of benefits including Team Member discounts, the opportunity to participate in the Wesfarmers Employee Share Acquisition Plan, ongoing training and development opportunities along with realistic career progression within Officeworks and the wider Wesfarmers Group.
About you:
Your well-honed cross-cultural communication skills will enable you to effectively liaise with suppliers in Asia, whilst your leadership skills will see you coach a Buyers Assistant, as a direct report.
To be successful, you will possess:
- Minimum 5 years merchandise buying experience managing a high level of SKU's in a retail environment
- Commercial acumen with the ability to interpret and act on market trends
- Strong influencing and negotiation skills
- Previous experience managing and developing a buying team
- Innovative with a keen eye for detail, whilst working in a team that drives continuous improvement.
- Ability to build and establish strong relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers locally and also internationally
Why us
When you join Officeworks you will become part of a team who are making bigger things happen…We are an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce. We welcome enquiries and applications from everyone in the communities which we serve.
No recruitment agencies please.