Equine Buyer

We are part of the Pinnacle Pet Group (PPG) – a pan European fully integrated pet insurance and pet health services provider. On a mission to help pets live happy, healthy lives with their pet parents, PPG are committed to supporting the diverse needs of their customers and colleagues with a clear ambition to become the world leader in pet insurance and healthcare services.

VioVet is one of the UK's largest and most trusted veterinary supplies retailers, outgrowing three warehouses before recently moving to Bedford, Bedfordshire. Now VioVet is owned by Pinnacle Pet Group, based in the UK. The company now employs over 100 staff members and distributes to thousands of pet owners each month.

So, what’s the job?

Buyer

What are VioVet looking for?

• Experience as a buyer or equestrian account manager

• Knowledge of the Equine market

• Strong commercial experience with proven track record of delivery of budgets and ability to manage multiple KPI’s at once

• Strong negotiation skills

• Problem Solver

• Be able to analyse complex sets of data

• Self-motivated, organized with excellent communications skills both verbal and written

• Highly organised, work well under pressure and to achieve targets and deadlines

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Proactive and able to use your initiative

• Able to manage a varied workload, conflicting deadlines and multiple projects simultaneously

• Proficiency in using retail software and advanced Microsoft Office Suite.

Some of the key responsibilities and duties need you to be:

• Ensuring key performance metrics relating to the overall category performance are measured closely and achieved. These metrics include sales and margin performance

• Manage supplier performance, identifying potential new suppliers, and support to build long term supplier relationships

• Analysis of data to understand performance and opportunities

• Conduct regular market and pricing reviews

• Negotiate with suppliers to agree and deliver joint business plans for your category

• Work with the supply chain team to ensure we have best-in-class availability, helping get our products to our customers on time

• Work in collaboration with cross functional team to define and execute a successful strategy for the category