Buyer - Gardening/Seasonal
Posted 1 day ago by Zachary Daniels
£50,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Buyer - Gardening/Seasonal role involves managing category performance for garden and seasonal products within an online retail environment. The position requires a blend of strategic thinking and hands-on execution to drive commercial success and enhance the customer offering. The role is hybrid, requiring two days in the office and three days remote, providing flexibility for the right candidate. The ideal applicant will have a background in multi-category buying and a passion for product and customer experience.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver commercial performance across DSV sales, margin and returns, ensuring targets are consistently met or exceeded
- Lead the development and execution of the DSV range in line with category strategies, identifying and unlocking growth opportunities across priority categories
- Partner closely with Buying Managers to identify range gaps, customer needs and product opportunities
- Source, onboard and manage new DSV suppliers, owning negotiations from initial engagement through to products going live online
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, ensuring ongoing availability, competitive pricing and commercial alignment
- Negotiate supplier terms, cost prices and funding contributions to support margin targets and additional revenue streams
- Identify opportunities for supplier-funded activity and advertising revenue, contributing to agreed annual income targets
- Work cross-functionally with Buying, Digital, Merchandising and other teams to ensure product ambitions are delivered effectively online
- Follow established business processes to onboard new suppliers and products efficiently and compliantly
- Continuously review range performance, analysing results to identify root causes and implement corrective actions where required
- Maintain a deep understanding of assigned categories, market trends and competitor activity
Key Skills:
- Background in multi-category buying and/or drop-ship buying within an ecommerce business
- Passionate about product, customer experience and commercial performance
- Confident challenging constructively and influencing both internal and external stakeholders
- Proactive, commercially minded and comfortable working in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
- Strong communicator with the ability to manage multiple relationships effectively
- Detail-oriented, organised and capable of balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery
Salary (Rate): £50,000.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Buyer - Gardening/Seasonal | Online Retailer - Home and Garden | London/Hybrid | Salary up to £50K Basic Zachary Daniels Recruitment are partnered with a multichannel retailer, on the appointment of a Buyer - Gardening/Seasonal, to own category performance across garden and seasonal ranges, for the online business. Requiring 2 days a week in the office and 3 days from home, our client offers a high degree of flexibility for a commercially minded and passionate Buyer.
Overall Purpose Play a key role in driving the commercial success of a growing ecommerce business through the delivery of a competitive drop ship proposition. Own the development, execution and optimisation of cross-category DSV ranges in line with the wider category and trading strategy Support business growth ambitions by expanding existing ranges and introducing new suppliers and products that strengthen the overall customer offer
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver commercial performance across DSV sales, margin and returns, ensuring targets are consistently met or exceeded
- Lead the development and execution of the DSV range in line with category strategies, identifying and unlocking growth opportunities across priority categories
- Partner closely with Buying Managers to identify range gaps, customer needs and product opportunities
- Source, onboard and manage new DSV suppliers, owning negotiations from initial engagement through to products going live online
- Build and maintain strong supplier relationships, ensuring ongoing availability, competitive pricing and commercial alignment
- Negotiate supplier terms, cost prices and funding contributions to support margin targets and additional revenue streams
- Identify opportunities for supplier-funded activity and advertising revenue, contributing to agreed annual income targets
- Work cross-functionally with Buying, Digital, Merchandising and other teams to ensure product ambitions are delivered effectively online
- Follow established business processes to onboard new suppliers and products efficiently and compliantly
- Continuously review range performance, analysing results to identify root causes and implement corrective actions where required
- Maintain a deep understanding of assigned categories, market trends and competitor activity
To be considered for the position of Buyer - Gardening/Seasonal, you will offer the following:
- Background in multi-category buying and/or drop-ship buying within an ecommerce business
- Passionate about product, customer experience and commercial performance
- Confident challenging constructively and influencing both internal and external stakeholders
- Proactive, commercially minded and comfortable working in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment
- Strong communicator with the ability to manage multiple relationships effectively
- Detail-oriented, organised and capable of balancing strategic thinking with hands-on delivery
Apply today to be considered for the position of Buyer. BH35326