Commercial
The Beauty, Toiletries and Convenience team's are headed by a Category Director, with a Head of Department running the Health team. All teams include Senior Buyers and Buyers. The Merchandising team is lead by a Head of Merchandising and includes Senior Merchandisers and Merchandisers.
Beauty - This includes the following market groups:
Cosmetics • Skincare • Fragrance • Nailcare
Toiletries - This includes the following market groups:
Haircare • Sanitary Protection • Personal Wash • Oral Care • Deodorants • Men's care
Health - This includes the following market groups:
Medicine and Vitamins • Suncare
Convenience - This includes the following market groups:
Food • Household including Stamps, E-Top Up and Mobile Phones • Christmas Gifting
The Commercial team is responsible for delivering the key performance indicators of the business. These are sales, cash margin and other income. Cash margin is also known as profit. Other income is money which Superdrug is paid by suppliers for things such as secondary location in store and features in marketing. Merchandisers work with the Buyers to ensure correct forecasts for promotional stock, and that stock is managed. They also run the range review process, which involves making decisions on products and the stores in which they will be sold. Also, they manage the introduction of new products to the market and the withdrawal of slow moving products from stores.
In order to deliver the key performance indicators, the Buying teams use levers such as the right range in the right stores, building promotional plans, maintaining our price position and driving new product launches. They are also responsible for managing our relationship with the suppliers of our products, including big household names such as L'Oreal, Unilever, and Proctor & Gamble.
Own Brand & Private Label
The Own Brand team is headed up by a Category Director. The team is made up of Brand Managers, a Technical Quality Assurance team and a Design team.
Responsible for developing and managing the Superdrug Own Brand, the team is involved in identifying products to develop, working with suppliers on formulations and packaging and launching and marketing the products. Also, the Own Brand team works closely with the Commercial team to grow sales and ensure we have an up to date and exciting range of Own Brand products which our customers will love.