Buyer

Buyer | Fashion | High Growth Brand | Manchester | £38,000 - £48,000 | Hybrid & Reduced 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 team and 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 of the area
• 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 with collaborative, strategic range building
• 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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