Senior Buyer - Gaming

Currys plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A major UK technology retailer seeks a Senior Buyer for its London Campus. This role involves managing supplier relationships, leading negotiations, and developing the buying team’s commercial skills. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in fast-paced retail, strong negotiation abilities, and excellent analytical skills. The company offers competitive benefits including hybrid working and a commitment to employee development.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance

Colleague Discounts

Access to Champion Health

Qualifications

• Extensive buying experience in a fast-paced retail environment.
• Proven negotiation capabilities with supplier partnerships.
• Strong analytical capabilities to inform commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships in accordance with category strategy.
• Negotiate financial terms to maximize sales and profit.
• Collaborate with cross-category teams on attach strategies.

Skills

Buying experience in FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods

Strong negotiation skills

Numerical and analytical skills

Customer awareness

Management experience

Knowledge of electricals market

MS Office proficiency

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Currys London Campus at Waterloo
Permanent
Full Time
Grade 5

At Currys we’re united by one passion: to help everyone enjoy amazing technology. As the UK’s best-known retailer of tech, we’re proud of the service our customers receive – and it’s all down to our team of 25,000 caring and committed colleagues. Working as one team, we learn and grow together, celebrating the big and small moments that make every day amazing.
Positioned within the commercial team, you will be right in the centre of a fast‑paced team, working hand in hand with the go‑to‑market team, building strong relationships with our supplier partners. As a Senior Buyer, you need to have extensive buying and management experience as you will be responsible for high turnover, complex categories leading a team of direct reports. You will be accountable for all supplier negotiations in line with the category strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Managing all category supplier relationships in line with our overall commercial supplier strategy and the category strategy
• Work with suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the future technology roadmap, enabling the category to adequately plan ahead for likely changes customer trends and demand
• Negotiating additional fixed and variable financial terms related to ranging, activity and performance – maximising sales & profit across the category
• Working cross‑category – with vision and other relevant categories to align on attach strategies
• Support development of an overarching small box strategy which addresses the specific challenges of categories predominantly sold online
• Introduce new processes and ways of working, actively seeking to simplify day to day activities across a complex trading area
• Work closely with the online trade team to understand the key levers to deliver the category strategy in an online dominant trading environment
• Develop the buying team in core trading skills and use of insight and data to make informed decisions

Required Skills & Experience:

• Substantial buying experience working within a FMCG/Fashion or Hard Goods fast‑paced retailer
• Strong negotiation skills and ability to manage all supplier partnerships at differing levels of seniority
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills to review data and provide recommendations/actions plans to drive sales, profit and cash
• Customer champion with excellent commercial awareness and understanding of customer needs
• Good working knowledge of SharePoint, Teams, Excel, Word and PowerPoint as well as MS Office workflow tools
• Management/leadership experience of more than 1 direct report
• Experience of both the electricals market and products

We know our people are the secret to our success. That's why we're always looking for ways to reward great work. You'll find a host of benefits designed to work for you, including:

• 25 days of annual leave (plus bank holiday entitlement) and a competitive pension scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Fantastic Colleague Discounts on Tech with Currys and iD Mobile
• Access to Champion Health
• Hybrid Working (with an expectation to meet in person 2‑4 times per month)

Join our team and we'll be with you every step of the way, helping you develop the career you want with new opportunities, on‑going training and skills for life.

Not only can you shape your own future, but you can help take charge of ours too. As the biggest recycler and repairer of tech in the UK, we’re in a position to make a real impact on people and the planet.

Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce. We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process, so if you need any additional assistance with your application please email [e-mail] and we'll do our best to help.