Junior Buyer
Description✓Responsible for one or more key areas.
✓Negotiating directly with suppliers building & developing the collection, ensuring it is in line within the offer in terms of sourcing/pricing structure/brand position/margin
✓Client Details
✓A great opportunity for a Junior Buyer to join a leading fashion retail business in their Leeds Office
✓As a company they have been trading for over 40 years and are now a multi-channel retailer selling via stores, ecommerce, wholesale etc
✓Due to strong trading figures, there are seeking to add a couple of key hires to their buying team.
✓Description
✓Develop a strong working relationship with key departments across the business i.e
✓merchandising - working the system and using the system to support buying decisions
✓Trading your area on a weekly basis
✓Monitoring sales reactions and adapting trading decisions accordingly.
✓Travel with buying/Design & QA team across Europe and Far East when required throughout the season - aiding the whole team to deliver the requirements for each trip and supporting as and when all product functions.
✓Demonstrates a clear understanding of the companies requirements for product standards in order to be able to communicate effectively with issues regarding product/price/quality
✓Attention to detail is a pre requisite.
✓Market position - have a clear understanding of both target market and how this then implicates the category mix
✓Aware of the companies competition and movement each week.
✓Actively conducts thorough benchmarking of competitors ranges to look for missed opportunities/price architecture and movement, sourcing activities - which retailer is using what COO
✓Marketing/web activity
✓Is able to work out margins accurately and have an understanding of costings required to do a buying job: i.e
✓margins/WSSI/budget build up/OTB/speed to market.
✓Optimising sales on best sellers and trading out of poor reactions
✓Working the system and hi-lighting good/bad reactions/ testers while making proposals/suggestions for future buys
✓Line management of Buying Admin Assistant , train and development of them
✓Profile
✓Demonstrates a "can do" attitude.
✓Experience as a acting Junior Buyer, Junior Buyer or similar
✓Manages the expectations of others and provides accurate estimates of the time it will take to complete work while minimizing delays and conflicting priorities.
✓Reacts well to stretching goals, striving to exceed previous standards and create new ones while improving own performance and team.
✓Makes appropriate improvements to own work methods to improve performance and meet objectives.
✓Have line management experience of BAA's / Assistant BuyersJob Offer
✓Travel Opportunities + Progression Opportunities + Stakeholder pensions + Generous discounts Show more →
✓Negotiating directly with suppliers building & developing the collection, ensuring it is in line within the offer in terms of sourcing/pricing structure/brand position/margin
✓Client Details
✓A great opportunity for a Junior Buyer to join a leading fashion retail business in their Leeds Office
✓As a company they have been trading for over 40 years and are now a multi-channel retailer selling via stores, ecommerce, wholesale etc
✓Due to strong trading figures, there are seeking to add a couple of key hires to their buying team.
✓Description
✓Develop a strong working relationship with key departments across the business i.e
✓merchandising - working the system and using the system to support buying decisions
✓Trading your area on a weekly basis
✓Monitoring sales reactions and adapting trading decisions accordingly.
✓Travel with buying/Design & QA team across Europe and Far East when required throughout the season - aiding the whole team to deliver the requirements for each trip and supporting as and when all product functions.
✓Demonstrates a clear understanding of the companies requirements for product standards in order to be able to communicate effectively with issues regarding product/price/quality
✓Attention to detail is a pre requisite.
✓Market position - have a clear understanding of both target market and how this then implicates the category mix
✓Aware of the companies competition and movement each week.
✓Actively conducts thorough benchmarking of competitors ranges to look for missed opportunities/price architecture and movement, sourcing activities - which retailer is using what COO
✓Marketing/web activity
✓Is able to work out margins accurately and have an understanding of costings required to do a buying job: i.e
✓margins/WSSI/budget build up/OTB/speed to market.
✓Optimising sales on best sellers and trading out of poor reactions
✓Working the system and hi-lighting good/bad reactions/ testers while making proposals/suggestions for future buys
✓Line management of Buying Admin Assistant , train and development of them
✓Profile
✓Demonstrates a "can do" attitude.
✓Experience as a acting Junior Buyer, Junior Buyer or similar
✓Manages the expectations of others and provides accurate estimates of the time it will take to complete work while minimizing delays and conflicting priorities.
✓Reacts well to stretching goals, striving to exceed previous standards and create new ones while improving own performance and team.
✓Makes appropriate improvements to own work methods to improve performance and meet objectives.
✓Have line management experience of BAA's / Assistant BuyersJob Offer
✓Travel Opportunities + Progression Opportunities + Stakeholder pensions + Generous discounts Show more →