Buyer - Tableware
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
Responsible for purchase and bringing to market of restaurant and catering tableware - crockery, cutlery and glassware - from UK, EU and Far East sources for profitable sale to end users. Role was a combination of Buyer and Product Manager seeing through product lifecycle from end to end.Managed the categories in order to drive profitable sales, identifying current and emerging trends through trade fairs and market review, reviewing ranges to optimise profitability, expanding and deleting product where necessary and making recommendations to the Commercial Director and other departments.Developed category by direct contact with and influence on Marketing, Stock Control, Sales, and Contact Centre departments.Regular visits to Far East and Europe in order to negotiate with current suppliers, identify new ones and monitor current trends.Responsible for bringing product to market via printed catalogue, e-commerce website sales and training internal sales staff at launch and ongoing.Responsible for annual cost price negotiation with c.75 suppliers and point of contact between internal sales and supply base therefore drove tender negotiation or one-off sale discount.
