Assistant Buyer (Kids Bikes & Scooters) 2025

Halfords • Full-time • Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom • 3d ago

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. As a specialist retailer, we lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range. We are dedicated to providing our customers with an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e-bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions. Our commitment is to foster customer loyalty by offering compelling reasons to keep coming back to our stores, ensuring a lifetime of motoring and cycling enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work with every other area of our business, putting them at the heart of the action and playing a key role in our success and growth. Everyone brings their individual knowledge and experience to work every day, working as one team to keep things moving smoothly.

If you’re willing to get stuck in, you’ll love it here too. So put yourself at the heart of a dynamic, fast-paced working environment where expertise and focus take people far.

About the role

We’re looking for passionate, detail-driven individuals to step into a key role at the core of our commercial engine. As an Assistant Buyer, you’ll play a vital part in building and delivering market-leading product ranges that hit the right price, at the right time, in the right way – helping us reach our financial and market share goals.

Working alongside an experienced Buyer, you’ll collaborate across the business – from providing customer insights to influencing planning cycles, driving value with Procurement, supporting ESG ambitions, and partnering with Stock, Digital, and Store Operations teams to ensure seamless execution across all channels.

If you’re ready to bring your commercial edge, collaborative mindset, and love for product to a role that truly makes an impact – this is your opportunity.

Key responsibilities

Implement effective category strategies covering supplier management, buying, ranging, margin mix, promotional planning, merchandising, and stock management with a true multi-channel focus.
Monitor and manage trading performance through rigorous planning and forecasting to meet revenue, margin, profit, and market share targets.
Develop strong supplier partnerships and buying alliances to deliver procurement benefits.
Drive progress on ESG targets including packaging, product sustainability, emissions, and science-based commitments
Ensure accurate and timely product setup and data capture.
Champion innovation across the category to keep the offer fresh and competitive.
Monitor customer experience metrics and implement tactical actions when needed.
Collaborate with operational and channel teams to maximise trading opportunities.
Act as the product expert, working with proposition, procurement, and suppliers to deliver a market-leading, financially robust range.
Support the customer team in shaping category strategy and propositions through insight and analysis.

About you

Transferable experience in a similar Buying / Category role.
Cycling/bike industry experience or a passion for cycling / an interest in this area.
Commercially savvy and highly analytical, with a sharp eye for data and detail.
Driven, hands-on, and results-focused, with the energy and agility to thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment.
A natural collaborator with a “can-do” mindset and the ability to work cross-functionally across teams and channels.
Strong in planning and execution, with a pragmatic approach and relentless focus on delivering against targets
An excellent communicator—clear, persuasive, and confident in influencing at all levels of the business.
Ambitious and self-motivated, eager to grow, learn, and progress in a high-performance retail environment.

Reward benefits

A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market data, annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.
Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.
We offer hybrid working in our Support Centre, you will be based at our Support Centre 3 days a week with an optional 2 days working from home.
You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suite of products and services.
Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources and ongoing support to enhance your wellbeing at work and active Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.

Not sure you meet all the criteria? We'd encourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our colleagues. We're an equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.

At Halfords, we operate a hybrid working policy with 3 days per week on-site at our Support Centre in Redditch Worcestershire.

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