Title: Buying Manager - Vitamins, Nutrition & Home

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

About us

Chemist Warehouse is one of Australia's largest retailers, growing continuously year on year. With over 600 stores in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, China, and Dubai, and many more exciting locations to come, the secret to our success lies in our exceptional customer service paired with competitively priced quality products. We take great pride in being innovative and responsive to the changing needs and challenges of the current market.

About the role

The Team Leader – Vitamins, Nutrition & Home is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of the Vitamins, Nutrition & Home Buying Team, driving category excellence and ensuring operational, financial, and compliance objectives are achieved. This role plays a key part in delivering commercial outcomes, optimising supplier partnerships, and maintaining executional discipline across all Vitamins, Nutrition & Home categories.

Role Responsibilities

Buying

Embed best-practice buying standards across Vitamins, Nutrition & Home.
Align with suppliers on lifecycle priorities, promotions, and strategy.
Contribute to long-term category planning and resource allocation.

Procurement & Stock Management

Negotiate and evaluate suppliers to secure optimal pricing, quality, and service.
Maintain strong supplier partnerships to support innovation and reliability.
Oversee accurate, compliant procurement workflows and product data integrity.
Manage receivables, coop marketing, promotional funding, and rebate programs.
Improve stock management, reduce aged inventory, and optimise supply continuity.

Metrics & Compliance

Track and analyse key metrics (sales, margin, stock, supplier performance).
Ensure compliance with procurement policies, trading terms, and audit standards.
Drive continuous improvement through data insights and process optimisation.

Leadership & Collaboration

Lead and motivate the Buying Team to achieve commercial and operational KPIs.
Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and collaboration.
Partner cross-functionally to support aligned execution of business priorities.
Represent the team in strategic and cross-functional forums to achieve objectives.

Qualifications and experience

Experience working as a Buyer or Category Lead in similar categories, ideally within an online trading environment.
Highly organised and action orientated, with an ability to prioritise, multitask and manage teams to execute within deadlines
Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with a professional approach
Demonstrated ability to apply critical thinking and problem solving
Proven track record for high level of attention to detail
Demonstrated capacity to perform well, problem solve and brainstorm in a collaborative environment
Technical aptitude with web-based tools and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
Track record for managing strong resource workload with capacity management skills
Proven track record of managing multiple products, priorities and large volume of business
Demonstrated ability to analyse and react to quality and performance metrics, to drive quality and efficiencies
Demonstrate good business judgment, and ability to influence others

What you should know

Aside from the usual things you should expect from any organisation, we also offer our team the following:

Discounts across all our brands. Plus, access to the "gift shop" at our Head Office with exceptional discounts on end-of-line products.
Discounted hot/cold food and drink at our Head Office on-site cafe.
Free flu vaccinations.

We have a hybrid working arrangement, so you'll need to be based in Melbourne. Our office is in Preston.

If this role isn't quite right for you but what we're up to sounds interesting, please keep an eye out for future roles on our LinkedIn page and consider adding a job notification. We expect this role to be one of the many incredible team members on our journey ahead!