Buying Manager- Pharmacy & AOD

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About the role

Are you an experienced Buying Manager looking for an opportunity to shape and grow a unique and fast evolving category? We have an exciting opportunity for a Buying Manager to join our Healthcare/Pharmacy team here at Asda House.

As a Pharmacy Buying Manager, you will be responsible for designing and delivering a patient focused commercial strategy that drives sustainable growth and delivers against business plan targets. You will work collaboratively with key suppliers, wholesalers and internal stakeholders to deliver sales, pricing and market share growth, while maintaining full ownership of the category P&L.

This is a highly strategic and commercially complex role, requiring strong understanding of the pharmacy landscape, including NHS reimbursement and evolving customer needs. You will lead supplier negotiations, develop compelling customer propositions and ensure Asda Pharmacy continues to offer great value and accessibility for patients.

You will also play a key role in growing our Asda Online Doctor proposition, with a particular focus on expanding the weight loss (GLP-1) category and strengthening our market leading position.

What you’ll do

• Own and deliver the Asda Pharmacy commercial strategy, ensuring a patient focused offer

• Deliver sales and profit performance, including full P&L ownership, forecasting and business planning

• Lead and develop a small team, including Pharmacy Stock Analyst and Trading Assistant

• Drive availability through strong collaboration with Supply teams and supplier partners

• Define and execute supplier strategy, including relationship management, tenders and commercial negotiations

• Maintain a strong external perspective on the pharmacy market, including NHS changes, to identify risks and opportunities

• Own ranging, pricing and marketing plans for Asda Online Doctor, with a focus on accelerating growth in GLP-1 and expanding market share

• Partner with Marketing to deliver impactful campaigns that drive performance and brand awareness both in store and externally

• Deliver EDLC (Everyday Low Cost) initiatives to improve efficiency and profitability across commercial decisions and store processes

• Support innovation and growth through new store development and trial initiatives, working closely with Change and Operations

• Collaborate cross functionally with Compliance, Operations and Field teams to ensure safe, effective delivery

About you

• Preferable previous experience in a Buying Manager or similar commercial role

• Preferable but not essential knowledge of the pharmacy industry, including NHS reimbursement and wholesaler models

• Proven commercial trading experience with strong P&L management capability

• Strong awareness of patients needs, market trends and competitor activity

• Ability to identify strategic opportunities and develop innovative propositions

• Strong negotiation and influencing skills, with experience managing branded supplier relationships

• Experience leading and developing teams

• Highly analytical, with the ability to manage complexity and make data led decisions

• Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to navigate a fast moving and complex category

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices. Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus

• Company pension up to 7% matched

• Company Car allowance of £5,700

• 15% colleague discount in store and online

• Free access to wellbeing services such as Stream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.

• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated

• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves