Job Description
BUYER | NORTH WEST | FASHION RETAILER | HYBRID | SALARY £40,000 - £45,000
* Competitive Salary DOE £
* Car Allowance
* 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
* Hybrid working
* Flexi hours
You will need to be an experienced Buyer who has a proven track record of working well under pressure, the ability to lead & inspire their team whilst also executing ambitious strategies throughout each season.
In this role you will explore your love for product whilst being a part of a creative & collaborative environment.
AS THE BUYER:
* You will have developed Buyers Admin Assistants, Assistant Buyers or Junior Buyers through challenging and nurturing them in their roles to achieve promotions & key career highlights
* Examples of reviewing ways of working and improving efficiencies
* Range Building is critical
* On boarding new suppliers
* Supplier strategy
* Supplier visits
* Multi - product background is essential
RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
* Building lessons learnt presentations for your Head of's & Directors
* Clear ability to communicate Best & Worst indicators and building strategy points from these learnings with the wider, more junior members of the team
* Challenging and holding your direct reports accountable for the running & trading their own sub- categories
* Ensuring daily that your team feel motivated and supported with all tasks
* Review and build clear pricing architectures with merchandisers
* Plan with your Merchandiser all buys
* Build well-balanced ranges
* Ability to identify gaps within all ranges and capitalise on new opportunities
* Encourage junior members of the team to react to sales, always looking to make money for the business with new product
* Review colour, prints, shapes whilst protecting best sellers but at all times introducing newness to keep ranges moving forward
* Experience with trading from the Far East and closer to home (short & long lead) is essential
* Maintain supplier relationships whilst onboarding new suppliers to the business
* Ability to source new fabrics and trims as well as having experience sourcing more sustainable fabrications
* Experience of test and trial methods to drive newness and profit for your department
* Reputable trading performance at margin level and cash sales
* Experienced with OTB and seasonal budget management with your merchandiser
* Ability to dive into historical and new data for your department so that commercial decisions can be made from a trading point of view
* Manage Monday Trade reports and key actions for your department to take
* Ability to oversee the wider team for critical path and delivery schedule
* Manage and communicate any stock issues, delays, cancellations with the full team
* Manage and prepare for all product launches via the critical path you set for your entire department
* Manage campaign and trigger dates to ensure key styles launch on time successfully
* Work closely with Merchandiser to plan and prepare forecasting and projections for any volume programmes
* Conduct cross costing projects to protect and increase margin
* Attend trend and design meetings with internal & external stakeholders
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