Consumer Buyer

permenant

Citywest Office

Commercial Strategy and Category Management

Lead the development of the commercial strategy for the Front of Shop and Christmas categories
Develop and manage the promotional cycles across all categories.
Partner with the Consumer team to source and range best in-class products for the market.
Review category performance and provide actionable insights to the management team.
Ensure timely rollout of planograms and all associated support documents.
Build and manage supplier relationships to deliver JBP commitments and planogram compliance.
Utilise the BI reporting suite to generate insights into category and range performance to support decision-making.
Represent the Consumer team at weekly trade meetings, trade shows, and supplier events.
Work closely with Operations to drive cross-selling initiatives and support symbol and franchise members in growing their business.
Communicate all commercial strategies effectively to the Operations team.

Day to day responsibilities include:

Contributing to the day to day running of the Commercial buying team
Ensure our group sales, margin & JBP budgets are achieved
Manage stock levels across Healthcare categories in the owned estate, including dead, excess, and dated stock, and support store teams with sell-through activity.
Provide regular updates to the Commercial Director on departmental progress.
Play an active role in weekly commercial meetings.
Schedule and prioritise supplier meetings based on business importance.
Ensure retail pricing aligns with margin targets and market benchmarks.
Provide the database team with all relevant supplier and pricing information.
Build a robust promotional calendar incorporating JBP commitments.
Develop category plans and long‑term strategies.
Maintain and update planograms according to the planned schedule.
Attend trade shows as required.
Provide relevant inputs for board packs.
Ensure all Buying strategies are clearly communicated across internal channels.
Attend weekly trade meetings as a representative of the Buying/Consumer function.

Key Skills & Experiences

Minimum 2+ years’ experience in a similar buying role.
Pharmacy buying experience is desirable.
Strong numerical and analytical skills, with excellent computer literacy (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
Ability to perform effectively in a fast‑paced, diverse environment.

Uniphar Background

Uniphar Group is a rapidly expanding diversified healthcare services business with a global footprint and a proud heritage in Ireland. Since Uniphar became a publicly listed company in 2019, the Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions, which continue to strengthen Uniphar’s international reach. With a workforce of more than 3,000 spread across Ireland, United Kingdom, Mainland Europe, MENA and the USA, Uniphar is a trusted global partner to pharma and medtech manufacturers, working to improve patient access to medicines and treatments around the world.

Uniphar provides outsourced and specialised services to its clients, leveraging the strong relationships with 200+ of the world’s best known pharmaco-medical manufacturers across multiple geographies, enabled by our cutting-edge digital technology and our expert teams. Uniphar is organised into three key divisions: Uniphar Supply Chain & Retail, Uniphar Medtech and Uniphar Pharma

Please note that Uniphar is an equal-opportunity employer; we do not discriminate and welcome all responses.

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Consumer Buyer

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