Senior Buying Manager - Grocery - Booker Group

Senior Buying Manager - Grocery - Booker Group

Location: Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN8 1LTShift Hours: 38 hrs per week (Monday - Friday)Salary: Competitive

We are seeking a driven and commercially minded Senior Buying Manager, known internally as Category Manager, to join our Grocery team. In this role, you will play a key part in maximising the profitability of specified product categories, enhancing customer satisfaction, and driving cash profit across the business.

You will take ownership of category performance, using insight, analysis, and market understanding to shape strategy, optimise ranges, and deliver sustainable growth. Youll collaborate closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure our offer remains competitive, relevant, and aligned with customer needs.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who thrives in a fastpaced wholesale/retail environment and is ready to make a measurable impact.

This role can be based out of Wellingborough, Eccles or Watford.

• The development and implementation of category plans ensuring delivery of sales, margin and profit are met whilst maintaining continuity of product availability.
• Growth of own brand business, sourcing as appropriate to grow sales and margins.
• Annual negotiation with suppliers to ensure competitive terms year on year.
• Seek and react to customer feedback at every opportunity, shaping the category plan, whilst linking to the sell plan and customer satisfaction.
• Responds to customer queries and complaints professionally, at speed.
• Be able to communicate category plans and objectives for relevant product categories, ensuring understanding and buy-in is achieved.
• Ensure product area in the business centres reflect the principles of good, better and best.
• Working as part of the team to identify opportunities and develop or improve ways of working.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence championing diversity and inclusion.

Operational skills relevant for this job:

• Exceptional communication & stakeholder management.
• Be able to work independently, to problem solve and make commercial decisions.
• Attention to detail, writing of reports, interpreting data and keeping of accurate records.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant markets and market developments.
• Ability to flex work approach.

Experience relevant for this job:

• Previous experience buying fresh products desired
• Extensive experience in working in FMG
• Have a proven record of working autonomously.