Head of Hard Flooring Transformation

Head of Hard Flooring Transformation Location: Hybrid (UK) Salary: Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits The Opportunity We're looking for an exceptional Head of Hard Flooring Transformation to lead the commercial strategy for one of the UK's most successful retail businesses. This is a high-profile leadership role where you'll take full ownership of the flooring category, driving commercial performance, developing market-leading ranges and building strong supplier partnerships across the UK and internationally. Reporting into the Commercial Director, you'll lead a talented buying team while working closely with merchandising, product development, marketing, operations and supply chain to deliver profitable growth. If you're a commercially driven buying leader who thrives on combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution, we'd love to hear from you. The Role • Develop and deliver the long-term buying and category strategy for flooring. • Build commercially successful product ranges across carpets, laminate, luxury vinyl tile (LVT), engineered wood, vinyl and accessories. • Identify emerging consumer trends and translate them into market-leading product propositions. • Lead supplier selection, negotiations and contract management with UK and international manufacturers. • Drive margin improvement, cost optimisation and commercial performance across the category. • Work closely with merchandising to optimise range architecture, pricing and stock investment. • Use customer, competitor and market insight to identify new opportunities for growth. • Lead, coach and develop a high-performing buying team. • Collaborate with marketing and retail teams to ensure successful product launches and promotional activity. • Build strong relationships across the wider business, influencing stakeholders at every level. About You You'll be an experienced senior buying professional with a proven track record of delivering commercial success within flooring or a closely related category. You'll ideally bring: • Significant buying experience within flooring, home improvement, DIY, interiors or building products. • Previous experience leading and developing buying teams. • Strong commercial acumen with an excellent understanding of category management. • Exceptional negotiation and supplier management skills. • Experience sourcing products internationally. • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to drive decisions. • A customer-first mindset and passion for product. • Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills. • The ability to balance strategic planning with operational execution. Why Apply? This is an opportunity to shape the future of a major category within a growing business. You'll have genuine influence over product strategy, supplier partnerships and commercial performance while leading a talented team and working alongside an ambitious leadership group. If you're ready to take ownership of a significant buying function and make a real commercial impact, we'd love to hear from you. BH36669