Asia Buyer

The job in a nutshell

To provide our global Private Client Team with a constant flow of fine wine offers sourced from secondary market trading. These offers will focus upon highly desirable, rare cases to supplement our campaigns & pre-planned sales activity.

A hunger to uncover the best wines possible, across all spending levels, whilst maximising margin. Consistently support offers with knowledge & market insight to help our Account Managers and wider teams capitalise upon opportunities.

Who you will work with

Internal:

·       Buying teams

·       Logistics teams

·       Finance team

·       International sales team

·       Commercial Manager

External:

·       Suppliers

What you will do

• Purchase cases/parcels of highly desirable wines.
• Be both proactive and reactive to Account Managers’ stock needs.
• Negotiate with suppliers to maximise margin.
• Managing stock holds with the sales teams and suppliers.
• Provide in-depth market insight to accompany offers.
• Making stock available on the systems and alerting the sales team.
• Liaising with the Fine Wine Admin team to raise PO’s.
• Liaising with Suppliers and FW admin Team to resolve stock issues.
• Working together with the other Fine Wine Buyers to ensure all offers are maximised and consistent across all channels.

Key Accountabilities

·       Systematically maintain all current offers and liaise with Commercial Manager to avoid over loading.

·       Managing your personal stock holding budget.

·       Achieving turnover and margin targets across all teams.

·       Ensure deadlines are met and stock is promptly reallocated to the required teams/channels.

·       Ensure all offers, sales restrictions, pricing and deadlines are communicated in advance in a template form to all UK and international teams.

·       Respond to Account Managers demand within the agreed time frame when they require a specific adhoc broking purchase.

·       Assist with making stock available for the sales team to process and confirm to their customers in an efficient manner.

·       Cover members of the buying team when on annual leave.

What you will bring to the role

The Person

• Proactive communicator, able to work with all areas of the business, at all levels.
• Highly numerate with great attention to detail.
• The ability to be flexible, decisive and quick-thinking.
• The ability to manage own workload, prioritise and meet deadlines.
• Have a sales mentality when offering stock to the sales teams.

Your Skills, Knowledge and Experience

• Passion for brand and an understanding of our customer.

• Buying experience within a retail or wholesale business.

• Existing strong network of suppliers.

• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills are essential.

• WSET Diploma or equivalent & knowledge of the finest wine brands.

• A demonstratable commercial focus and a strong negotiator.

**We support our colleagues with a wide range of benefits:**1 Personal Day, 2 volunteer days, Medical Insurance, Mandatory Provident Fund, generous Employee discount (up to 40% off products), and more.