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WH Smith is a leading global travel retailer with over 1,700 stores across 30 countries worldwide. WHSmith North America, incorporating Marshall Retail Group (MRG) and InMotion, represents over half of the Company’s international store estate, with a collection of attractive, successful specialty retail stores located in airports and resorts across North America.

Marshall Retail Group prides itself on creating unique experiences for customers by developing distinctive retail store concepts that feature and highlight the local culture, community, and lifestyle of the cities in which they are located. InMotion Entertainment Group is the largest airport-based electronics retailer in travel locations globally, with access and insight into the latest technologies for business and leisure travelers, InMotion offers lifestyle products and electronics that include a wide breadth of headphones, mobile power, Bluetooth speakers and travel accessories.

Job Summary: The Buyer of the consumable category is responsible for curating the optimum assortment for our customers with responsibility for a category with complexity and scale.

  • Deliver and track against Sales and Profit targets
  • Ownership of category strategy and autonomy on buying decisions
  • Generate a continuous pipeline of value creating initiatives to deliver sales and profitability
  • Ownership for department supplier income delivery & responsibility for reporting performance to the DMM
  • Manage own category pricing including working with pricing and promotion manager on development of pricing elasticity trials
  • Have a long-term supplier strategy in place covering annual deals, payment terms, cost prices, marketing spend & conduct regular grow/hold/decline reviews
  • Negotiate with and manage the supplier base, including a clear supplier strategy and the ongoing maintenance/improvement of terms
  • Define the pricing and promotional strategy for the category

Qualifications:

  • Minimum 3-5 years of buying experience preferably in the consumer packaged industry
  • Understanding of retail math and commercial analysis
  • Ability to build effective relationships with business partners
  • Proven negotiation experience and skills required
  • Strong organizational and time management skills
  • Computer literacy including Microsoft Office (WORD, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)
  • Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required

Benefits & More:

  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • FREE Life Insurance
  • Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • 401k with company match
  • Amazing Employee Discount at all our stores
  • Career Advancement Opportunities

We can’t wait to meet you so apply today at www.JobsatMRG.com!

EEO/ADA/DFWP

WHSmith North America is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin/ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, military/veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law. At WHSmith North America, it’s about each person bringing passion and skills to a dynamic and inclusive workplace

WHSmith North America

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