ABOUT US

Our mission is to deliver joy in every shop, through unbeatable choice, unrivaled service, and reassuringly good value.
We’re Ocado Retail, a market-leading joint venture between Ocado Group and M&S, and the world’s largest dedicated online supermarket ocado.com. Not only is Ocado.com the only place to shop a full range of M&S food online, but it’s also the home to the widest online supermarket range in the UK and champion of small, independent brands. We’re also the brains behind Zoom by Ocado, our same-day grocery delivery service.

ABOUT THE TEAM AND THE ROLE

As a Senior Buyer, you will have accountability for a specified category within the commercial buying team. You will be responsible for curating and buying your range of lines for our customers. Day to day, making sure it is optimised with your supply base, proactively using data and analysis to maximise performance to drive sales, profitability, and share growth to support the growth of the overall Ocado Retail strategy and goals.
Wine in total is one of our largest categories, and it is going well for us, and we’re looking for a senior buyer to raise the bar even further. The area specifically selects and sells our White Wine (still) assortment. With loads of room to innovate and be at the forefront of trends, major key brands, and work with the M&S team on their range on Ocado. This role sits in our wider Beers, Wines and Spirits Buying team – a fast paced & dynamic team where there is a fun and collaborative culture, and one that is gathering major industry recognition for ability to spot trends in range and champion online selling, recent awards include IWSC Online Retailer of the Year, Drinks business Awards, multiple wins, including Retail Buying Team of the Year and recently as a wider buying team Ocado has come out top ranked (or won) the annual Advantage Group Survey as the top ranked retailer to work with.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Manage the category P&L and deliver against KPIs
• Complete category reviews to refine range and align to the business and category strategy, and you work with our fellow Senior Buyer in Red Wine, Buyer in Sparkling, and manage Buyer for Rosé and Commercial associate in delivering their category reviews.
• Plan and deliver trade, promotions, and events
• Identify opportunities to drive customer penetration
• Identify opportunities to improve all-in margin, and negotiate with suppliers to deliver savings
• Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver market-leading plans aligned to the customer plan and category strategy.
• Analyse and assess performance issues and opportunities using data and reporting tools, devise and implement solutions
• Identify, analyse, and source first-to-market / Ocado exclusive product innovation using customer, market, and supplier insights to guide decision making
• Ensure range changes are aligned with the category and business strategy
• Work closely with merchandise planning and the supplier base to ensure best-in-class availability
• Identify and create plans to mitigate potential issues/events that may impact supply
• Work closely with suppliers and the quality team to ensure product quality meets Ocado’s requirements
• Adhering to all Ocado policies, storage and handover protocols, and completing all of your training so that you have zero GSCOP breaches. Ensuring all agreements are recorded in writing, reporting GSCOP complaints to Legal within 48 hours of receipt
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence