It’s a great time to join our team, as a growing and scaling retailer with a twist, working and innovating together helps us realise our purpose to ‘make every cruise better’. Here at Harding we are currently looking for an experienced Fashion Buyer to join our team on a 9 month FTC with the possibility to extend, in this role you will lead the team to delivery category strategy through optimised vendor relationships and develop comprehensive ranges under preferential terms. About the role: We are looking for someone with proven experience as a Buyer or Senior Buyer, creatively delivering product development of multi-category men’s and womenswear. You will have significant responsibility for a sizeable and fast-growing product area within Harding. Reporting to the Category Manager you will ensure category performance is optimised, working collaboratively with Merchandising to ensure ranges meet sales, margin, and profit KPI’s. Based in Avonmouth on a hybrid working basis – 3 days per week on site Compensation – competitive salary, pension, 4 x life assurance, healthcare cash plan, 26 days annual leave (plus the opportunity to buy an additional 5 days) What you will be doing: Build a commercial multi-product range that matches guests needs across a number of different demographics Deliver a range of products that meets the departmental KPI’s Drive new initiatives and product innovations particularly across sustainability Analyse and report on range performance weekly; working with Merchandising to actively trade the profitability of the department, identifying risks and opportunities Lead and manage a team who are focused on critical path management, delivering consistent product availability and system accuracy Encourage creative and innovative thinking on product and in store product presentation Present and support external stakeholder meetings Implement sourcing strategy and manage supply base to deliver new requirements and source solutions to protect route to market Identify risks and opportunities within supply chain and conduct supplier reviews Maximise key trading periods ensuring critical path is in place to potentialize sales Ability to present with confidence to internal and external stakeholders at Director and Board level Build marketing calendar in collaboration with Marketing function About you: Excellent creative buying ability coupled with strong analytical and commercial skills Proven team leadership, management, and development skills Strong range planning skills Ability to work autonomously Confident presentation skills Must have an existing right of eligibility to work in the UK Key Attributes – trust, collaboration, respect, passion, drive, resilience About us: Harding is the only 100% dedicated cruise retailer, proudly partnering with 12 cruise line operators globally, across more than 80 cruise ships either in operation or under contract. Our mission is simple: make every cruise better. We operate over 300 retail shops across 80 ships, covering 17,000m² of retail space and handling 6.6 million transactions annually. Our team includes over 1,300 onboard team members and more than 270 landside employees, we stay at the forefront of retailing and consistently provide outstanding customer service, culminating in winning the Cruise Retailer of the Year award for 2022 and 2023. Harding is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Harding. li-hybrid