Overview

As the GAIL’s Buying Manager, you will be responsible for the category we call ‘The Pantry’. This is a collection of branded and un-branded third party produced products, including our jams, butter, honey, coffee and drinks such as Momo Kombucha and Rapscallion.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives to outperform vs budget and remove cost where it doesn’t add value.
• Own the use of merchandising space and work in partnership with Operations & Creative Studio to drive more relevance to customers and stronger commercial performance.
• Own the GAIL’s Craft Community and the supplier partnership strategy. Be the face of GAIL’s to many of our most special relationships.
• Manage the full procurement process including market research, competitive pricing, supplier selection and negotiation, contract implementation and supplier performance review.
• Actively maintain live knowledge of supply markets and develop/ im...