Grocery Buyer | Premium WA Retail Business
$120,000 + Super | Applecross

Join a highly regarded, family-owned WA retail business and play a key role in shaping the grocery offer across a growing network of premium supermarkets.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Grocery Buyer to join a well-established and growing retail business with a strong reputation for quality, customer experience and an outstanding product range.
This is a hands-on, commercially focused buying role where you'll have genuine influence over what customers see, discover and purchase in-store.

You'll work closely with leading FMCG suppliers, local producers and emerging brands to build a compelling grocery range that delivers the right balance of quality, innovation, value and commercial return.

About the Role

Reporting into the senior commercial team, you'll take ownership of the buying and category performance across an allocated grocery portfolio.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Managing the end-to-end buying function across grocery categories
- Developing and optimising product ranges across multiple stores
- Identifying new products, emerging brands, local suppliers and market trends
- Building strong and commercially productive supplier relationships
- Negotiating cost prices, rebates, trading terms and promotional support
- Managing pricing and promotional strategies to maximise sales and GP
- Analysing sales, margin, stock turn and category performance
- Identifying opportunities to grow category sales and profitability
- Managing new product introductions, ranging reviews and SKU rationalisation
- Monitoring competitor pricing, ranging and market activity
- Working closely with store teams to understand customer needs and trading opportunities
- Partnering with Marketing, Operations, Finance and Supply Chain to execute the category strategy




- Managing stock availability while minimising excess and aged inventory
- Staying ahead of grocery, food and consumer trends to ensure the range remains fresh, relevant and competitive

About You

You'll be a commercially minded Grocery Buyer or Category Manager who understands that great buying is about much more than price.

You'll bring:

- Previous buying or category management experience within grocery, supermarket retail or FMCG
- Strong knowledge of the Australian grocery market and supplier landscape
- Proven supplier negotiation and relationship management skills
- Strong commercial understanding of GP, margin, pricing, rebates and promotional activity
- Confidence interpreting sales and category data and turning insights into action
- Experience managing a significant product range and/or multiple categories
- Strong understanding of ranging, stock management and forecasting
- A genuine interest in food, products and emerging consumer trends
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- A proactive, hands-on and solutions-focused approach
- The confidence to make commercial decisions in a fast-moving retail environment

Why This Opportunity?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and growing WA retail business where you'll have genuine influence over the customer proposition.
You'll have the opportunity to:

- Shape and influence a significant grocery range
- Work directly with leading and boutique suppliers
- Discover and introduce new and creative products
- Support local producers and emerging brands
- Make decisions that directly impact sales, margin and customer experience
- Work within a collaborative, entrepreneurial and people-focused environment
- Be part of an established business with an exciting growth trajectory

If you're an experienced Grocery Buyer who loves product, drives commercial results and wants the opportunity to make a genuine impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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