We’ve been the go-to for the freshest trainer and apparel releases since 2005, whether it’s big name brands or emerging bedroom labels we’ve got it covered. With over 65 high-street stores across the UK, we’re taking over the high street one step at a time.
Description
We are hiring an experienced Assistant Buyer or Buyer to work across our Women's wear department. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to impact buying opportunities across Footasylum stores, websites and ultimately contribute to the growth of the business.
Responsibilities
* Develop relationships with the existing supplier base, while seeking new ones
* Competently and confidently in managing brand relationships
* Maintain communication with the supplier base, identifying any issues and taking appropriate action
* Work closely with the wider buying teams across all categories to understand the department
* Ensure excellent communication and interaction with other departments within the business
* Supporting and coaching Buying Admin Assistants and interns
* Contribute towards the category buying strategy by informing consumer-centric decision making
* Having ownership & Accountability for own stable of brands – File/Orderbooks/Pricing/Distribution
* Initiating and researching new business opportunities
* Participate and contribute to trade and strategy meetings, citing observations and opportunities
* Researching and presenting brand, product group and tribe performance for internal insights
* Research trips to our Stores, competitors, and relevant events to provide key information on new trends to the rest of the rest of the team
* Providing support to the other Buyers and Senior Buyers when necessary
Why Footasylum?
We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills.
Our aim is to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.
Diversity
We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building products and services. We know that this will help us build useful and accessible things which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.
Recruitment Process
We’ll help make the interview process as transparent and stress-free as possible.
We review applications individually, and if we feel you would be a good fit, we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role and to see if we’re a good fit for you.