Buying Director

International Retail | Negotiations | Buying / Purchasing

For an international buying alliance, backed by several leading European retailers, we are looking for an International Buying Director.

• The International Buying Director is responsible for converting the combined purchasing scale of the alliance into sustainable commercial value. 
• The role owns a portfolio of major international A-brand FMCG suppliers and leads the complete negotiation cycle: from analysis and stakeholder alignment through negotiation, agreement and operational handover. 
• The Buying Director works with senior buyers, CPOs and commercial stakeholders across several European markets, bringing different interests, cultures and commercial realities together in one clear negotiation strategy. 
• The role requires the credibility and judgement to engage experienced international supplier teams at a senior level. 
• This is a senior individual-contributor position without direct reports. The Director title reflects the commercial weight, autonomy and stakeholder exposure of the role not responsibility for managing a team. 

The ideal candidate has a strong track record in negotiations with international FMCG A-Brands and a thorough understanding of supplier economics, commercial terms and purchasing value levers. He or she combines analytical rigour with commercial instinct, reads negotiation dynamics well and can form and defend a clear position on how to negotiate. The position requires an established buying professional who does not need a large team or organisational hierarchy to define the seniority of the role. Its attraction lies in the scale and complexity of the negotiations, direct access to senior international stakeholders and the opportunity to help build a new European buying organisation from an early stage. The organisation offers generous hybrid working options.

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