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Jersey Buyer

Zachary Daniels
Posted 14 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Warrington, Cheshire WA12DS, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Buyer position at a fashion retailer in the North West offers a competitive salary ranging from £40,000 to £45,000, depending on experience, along with additional benefits like a car allowance and 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.
  • Candidates are expected to have a proven track record and a minimum of three years of experience in a similar role, demonstrating the ability to work under pressure and lead a team effectively.
  • Key responsibilities include developing junior buyers, building product ranges, maintaining supplier relationships, and ensuring efficient trading practices to maximize profitability.
  • The role requires experience with trading from both the Far East and local suppliers, as well as the ability to source sustainable fabrics and manage seasonal budgets.
  • The Buyer will also be responsible for managing product launches, conducting trend meetings, and analyzing data to inform strategic decisions for the department.

BUYER | NORTH WEST | FASHION RETAILER | HYBRID | SALARY £40,000 - £45,000

  • Competitive Salary DOE £
  • Car Allowance
  • 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
  • Hybrid working
  • Flexi 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 Head of's & 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 their own sub- categories
  • 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
  • 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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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.

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