We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join a UK retailer and develop their ever growing book offering. You must be a well seasoned buyer and be able to demonstrate commercial attributes and work with large scale stores and budgets.
Daily priorities will include:
- Manage and develop publisher and supplier relationships
- Liaise closely with finance and revise book budgets
- Curate and develop a new experience for customers and book readers across a high volume number of stores in the UK
You will ideally need to:
- Have a passion for all things literature
- Have extensive Buying experience
- Experience buying for multiple locations with large scale budgets
- Be an expert on buying trends across multiple categories
- Be creative to deliver ideas and make the customers love their book offerings
You will be based on site 5 days a week in their central London office.
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