Assistant Buyer - Newspapers and Magazines - 10 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment
Posted Today by Tesco
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Welwyn Garden City, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Assistant Buyer for Newspapers and Magazines is responsible for managing the Magazine promotional space to enhance customer value and maximize commercial income. This role involves preparing reports, sourcing products for collectible ranges, and maintaining relationships with magazine distributors. The position requires operational skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel, and the ability to negotiate effectively while working under tight deadlines.
Key Responsibilities:
- Achievement of Commercial Income targets
- Developing and managing Magazine promotional space for customer benefit and maximizing income from publishers
- Managing day-to-day operations with Magazine Distributors
- Implementing Magazine promotions in-store and gathering feedback for review
- Reporting Magazine performance and overseeing actions from that reporting
- Overseeing new product selection for the core magazine range
- Leading and managing the collectables range, such as Football Stickers and Trading cards
- Ensuring timely and accurate loading of category commercial deals
- Working with suppliers and technical teams to maintain product quality for Own Label Magazines
Key Skills:
- Microsoft Excel skills
- Basic negotiation skills
- Experience in building and maintaining complex business relationships
- Ability to work with short lead times and tight deadlines
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Welwyn Garden City
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
About the role
As the Assistant Buyer for Newspapers and Magazines, you’ll take ownership of our Magazine promotional space, ensuring it delivers great value for customers while maximising commercial income. You’ll support the smooth running of the department by preparing reports and analysis for the Manager, while staying close to customer needs, market trends and competitor activity. You’ll also play a key part in sourcing products for our collectible ranges, such as football stickers and trading cards.
You will be responsible for
- Achievement of Commercial Income targets
- Developing and managing our Magazine promotional space for the benefit of customers whilst maximising commercial income from publishers
- Owning our day to day working relationship and operation with our Magazine Distributors (In the main 2 large companies)
- Agreement with suppliers and Implementation of Magazine promotions in store, including gathering feedback and insight for the review process
- Reporting Magazine performance and overseeing resulting action from that reporting
- Overseeing of new product selection for the core magazine range
- Leading and managing of our collectables range. For example - Football Stickers and Trading cards
- Owning the timely and accurate loading and oversight of our category commercial deals
- Working with suppliers and technical team to ensure product quality is achieved and maintained on our range of Own Label Magazines
You will need Operational skills relevant for this job:
- Microsoft Excel skills
- Basic negotiation skills
Experience relevant for this job:
- Building and maintaining a broad and complex set of business relationships
- Working with short lead times and tight deadlines
Whats in it for you?
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Annual bonus scheme of up to 10% of base salary
Holiday starting at 25 days plus a personal day (plus Bank holidays)
26 weeks maternity and adoption leave (after 1 years’ service) at full pay, followed by 13 weeks of Statutory Maternity Pay or Statutory Adoption Pay, we also offer 6 weeks fully paid paternity leave
Free 24/7 virtual GP service, Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for you and your family, free access to a range of experts to support your mental wellbeing
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