Richard Murrell

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Head of Buying - Food to Go and Partnerships @ Sainsbury's
High Wycombe, GB
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High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
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About Richard Murrell

A commercial leader with proven track record of delivery and a large breadth of experience of a number of functions within Food Retail. I’m customer minded and driven to create compelling propositions that ultimately deliver commercial benefit. All of this can only be achieved through great people so I’m focused on the development of my teams, those around me and myself. I lead with authenticity, strong communication skills and by empowering my team, through support and coaching, to deliver great results.

Richard Murrell's Current Company Details
Sainsbury's

Sainsbury'S

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Head of Buying - Food to Go and Partnerships
High Wycombe, GB
Website:
sainsburys.co.uk
Employees:
67250
Richard Murrell Work Experience Details
  • Sainsbury'S
    Head Of Buying - Food To Go And Partnerships
    Sainsbury'S
    High Wycombe, Gb
  • Sainsbury'S
    Head Of Food To Eat In
    Sainsbury'S Feb 2024 - Present
    With a focus on the mission of "customers eating within our stores and channels" leading a new team which brings together operations of our Sainsburys Cafes with our third party food service partners - including Boparan Restaurant Group (The Restaurant Hub), Starbucks, Costa, Greggs and more - with cafes and restaurants in our supermarkets and kiosks in our petrol stations. I have a strong customer focus on having the right proposition in the right store and full management of the P&L down to EBITDA.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Head Of Buying - Food Ordering & Partnerships
    Sainsbury'S Apr 2020 - Feb 2024
    Leading a team of nine colleagues responsible for our Food to Order business (party catering and Christmas ordering), concessions in store (e.g. sushi counters) and Sainsburys Cafes. Full P&L accountability for each area down to EBITDA level and working closely with a number of cross-functional business areas including, but not limited to, marketing, customer experience, digital, tech, innovation, supply chain, food safety, finance and retail operations.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Buying Manager - Kiosk
    Sainsbury'S Feb 2017 - Apr 2020
    Leading a buying team of five to manage the £2.1bn Kiosk category, working across a number of complex industries including Tobacco, Newspapers & Magazines, Gift Cards, Lotteries and Sainsburys Business Direct (B2B Gift Cards & Reward). Focused on setting the strategic direction and delivering bottom line commercial performance in a very challenging marketplace. Within this time I spent 6 months stepping up as acting Category Manager which meant taking on additional accountability for the Petrol business, during which time I was responsible for >£7bn sales and a team of 20 commercial and operational colleagues.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Category Planner - Frozen Food
    Sainsbury'S Jun 2016 - Feb 2017
    Holborn
    Responsible for the value and ranging strategy of the £650m Frozen Food category, as well as owning the Category Plan and delivery of the objectives within this. Led a team of three to support the buying function with insight, range management and project management. I led a large change project working cross-functionally to deliver great execution in retail and to support commercial category strategy.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Convenience Trading Manager
    Sainsbury'S Mar 2014 - Jun 2016
    London, United Kingdom
    Accountable for the customer proposition and commercial performance of General Merchandise and Grocery categories within over 700 convenience stores. Sitting within the Convenience division I would set the commercial strategy for the channel and work with the category buyers to deliver this through levers of core ranging, promotional planning, retail pricing and seasonal events management.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Retail Support & Operational Planning Manager
    Sainsbury'S Feb 2012 - Mar 2014
    London, United Kingdom
    Acting as the operational link between our stores and the various divisions within our Store Support Centres, I managed governance, planning and communication of retail facing activities ultimately accountable to the Convenience Board.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Supply Chain Analyst
    Sainsbury'S Aug 2009 - Feb 2012
    London, United Kingdom
    Managing the supply chain of Dairy, Canned Goods and Frozen Foods into Convenience stores. Key measures of success were delivering great availability in store whilst managing wastage and stock holding to budget, as well as management of seasonal events and range reviews.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Supply Chain - Retail Support Team Profiler
    Sainsbury'S Sep 2008 - Aug 2009
    London, United Kingdom
    My role was to support stores and focus on where we could improve KPI performance. This was done through a mix of pro-active work, responding to store issues and coaching and developing colleagues.
  • Sainsbury'S
    Retail Manager
    Sainsbury'S Jul 2006 - Sep 2008
    London, United Kingdom
    Having worked in Sainsbury's stores prior to attending university, I returned after getting my degree to a Department Manager position. I worked in a number of stores in West London managing different departments including Produce, Bakery and Stock Control with teams of up to 20 colleagues. As well as running my department I was often running the store acting up as a Duty Manager responsible for everything that was happening in store and up to 100 colleagues at a time.

Richard Murrell Skills

Fmcg Grocery Industry Retail Multi Channel Retail Convenience Stores Supermarkets Non Food Items Project Management Supply Chain Operational Planning People Management Virtual Teams P&l Management Profit Maximization Sales Range Development Retail Buying

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Richard Murrell works for Sainsbury's

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Richard Murrell's current role is Head of Buying - Food to Go and Partnerships.

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Richard Murrell attended Southampton Solent University.

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