Join us here at Poundland & Dealz as a Junior Buyer in our Commercial FMCG Retail Buying team. Based in our Customer Support Centre in Walsall, this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your buying expertise in a fast-paced, hands-on environment where your decisions make a difference every day to our customers.
As a Junior Buyer, you’ll support our Senior Buyer and Buyer in the FMCG Retail team to drive performance across your category - ensuring the right products land in store at the right time and the right price.
You’ll manage everything from supplier negotiations and sales analysis to range planning and sample management, all while learning what it takes to take full ownership of a product category.
The role offers flexibility to work from home up to two days per week.
Your Impact & Responsibilities:
- Support the full buying process across your category
- Monitor sales performance and use insights to drive decisions
- Manage product samples, pricing strategies, and supplier relationships
- Plan and implement new ranges across stores and formats
- Collaborate with Merchandising, VM, and Supply Chain teams
- Deliver strong commercial results using data, insight, and creativity
We are looking for someone with:
- Previous experience in a Junior Buyer role in a retail environment
- Ideally experience of FMCG retail buying (preferable but not essential)
- Commercial awareness and passion for products
- Strong Excel and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities
- Ability to thrive in a high-volume, fast-paced retail environment
- Full UK driving licence as the role occasionally involves visiting suppliers
We offer rewards that go beyond the payslip, including:
- 10% employee discount card with increased discount events over the year.
- Celebrate your birthday, you’ll get an extra day off for your birthday.
- 28 days holiday a year inc banks, rising by one day a year up to 33 days.
- Annual bonus scheme, with the opportunity to earn up to 10% of your base salary.
- Free parking onsite.
- We put wellbeing first through our partnership with Retail Trust which gives you and your family access to a fantastic range of resources.
- My Staff Shop, giving you an amazing number of discounts and shopping vouchers.
- For those unexpected moments, our partnership with stream enables you to access up to 50% of your monthly earned wages early, along with savings and financial advice.
- Training and development opportunities, we want you to grow your career with us, be that through one of the qualifications we offer or internal programmes, this role can be just the first step.
- Plus, life assurance, loyalty service awards and people's pension.
Bring your energy, teamwork, and get stuck in approach — and we’ll help you build your career with us!
We’re committed and proud to our inclusive culture, and that starts with the recruitment and selection process. If you require a reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process, please do share this with us on your application form and we’ll make every effort to meet your needs.