Buyer - Argos
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: London Store Support Centre and Home, London, EC1M 6HA
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Argos
Closing date: 30 March 2026
Requisition ID: 400052779
Please note: if you are successful, the expected start date for this role will be July
About the team
You’ll join the Argos Commercial & Digital division, supporting high profile categories with significant growth potential. The tech and Apple aligned categories are some of the fastest growing areas in the business, offering strong visibility and the opportunity to influence one of our most strategic brands.
More about the role
As a Buyer, you’ll execute the category strategy across mobile, computing and other related product areas. You’ll support range architecture, trading decisions, pricing strategy and supplier relationships, ensuring ranges deliver commercial performance and meet customer needs.
You’ll collaborate with Product Development, Global Sourcing, Merchandising, Marketing and Digital to land commercially strong propositions. You’ll also partner closely with your Senior Buyer and support the Assistant Buyer to deliver trading performance and operational accuracy.
More about you
You’ll bring commercial awareness and buying experience within General Merchandise, with essential exposure to tech - particularly mobile and computing. Experience working with Apple or major tech brands is highly desirable and will enable you to hit the ground running in a unique, fast paced category.
You’re comfortable analysing data, making commercial decisions, influencing stakeholders, and working at pace in a changing environment.
Essential criteria
- Buying experience in GM and tech (mobile/computing)
- Ability to influence supplier relationships
- Strong analytical and negotiation capability
- Experience supporting/mentoring Assistant Buyers
- Ability to operate effectively in a fastmoving retail environment
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We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new-whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 10% of salary, depending on how we perform. Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an employee assistance programme. Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave. Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
