Cotton Traders is a British clothing retailer established in 1987 by England rugby captain and legends Fran Cotton and Steve Smith. Supported by a growing online and offline (catalogue) presence, we have 85 stores nationwide in England, Scotland and Wales and employ 800 people across the country. We have an ambitious plan to grow the business across all touch points and we can only do this with the best people around us.
Our vision and our values are what make us unique, and they are deeply ingrained in everything we do here at Cotton Traders. Our people are part of the fabric that makes us what we are, and when you’re as passionate about your people as we are, job satisfaction and career progression come hand in hand.
What’s in the role and what are we looking for?
We are recruiting for an Assistant Buyer to join our Home Buying department. The successful candidate will work closely to support the Buyer and wider team to ensure that sales, stock and margin targets are achieved. You will have bundles of passion and energy to successfully drive and contribute to our ranges.
Some of the key responsibilities include:
* Assist the buyer to develop a range for our target customer, ensuring the best price and quality.
* Monitor competitor activity and demonstrate commercial awareness through regular comp shops and the maintenance of price baskets.
* Complete key administrative tasks, both day-to-day and ad-hoc including the management of the critical path, departmental diary and sample room
* Work to deadlines, creating and updating internal buying documentation to support the smooth running of the department and communicate completion to the wider teams.
* Work closely with the creative team to manage samples and hit all key dates for scheduled seasonal shoots
* Build strong external relationships with suppliers and manage the timely submission of all paperwork, samples & images.
* Build strong internal relationships with Merchandising, Technology and Marketing departments.
* Accurately input data for product into SAP systems
The Successful Candidate will have:
* 1 – 2 years’ experience at Assistant Buyer level.
* Good knowledge of the current market.
* Excellent organisational skills and a good eye for detail.
* Excellent communication skills and be able to build strong relationships both internally and externally
* Enjoy working as a team and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in responding to ad hoc, one-off jobs.
* Display accuracy and be thorough when inputting data and checking information.
* Microsoft office skills, especially Excel
* SAP data input experience preferred, but not essential as training will be provided.
What’s on offer?
We are protective and proud in equal measure of our culture and suggest you take a look at our values on our website to gain a better understanding of life at CT. Once you are a part of the team, you’ll be rewarded with, alongside other things:
* Flexible working culture, adopting a hybrid working approach
* 25 days holiday rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays
* Your CT, benefits, rewards and recognition platform
* Employee Assistant Programme
* Health cash plan
* Long service awards
Next steps
If you are interested in the excellent opportunity on offer, we would love to hear more from you! Please click apply and send your CV through, along with a covering letter on why you would be a great fit for the role.
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