Global Fashion Buyer - Data-Driven & Branded

KIVARI; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Monthly team lunch

Confidential EAP support

Employee discount

Uniform allowance

Job summary

KIVARI, founded in Sydney, is seeking an experienced Head Buyer to lead the seasonal buy across owned-label and branded product for Australia and the US. You’ll own option counts, margins and delivery schedules, working with Planning, Design and Production to navigate two hemispheres.

In this hands-on role you’ll translate data into buy decisions, manage supplier negotiations, and present trade rationale to leadership. Based in our Rosebery office with a fast-growth mindset.

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ buying experience in fashion, apparel or lifestyle retail, with end-to-end ownership of a seasonal buy.
• Advanced Excel and real confidence working with sell-through, sales mix and size curve reporting.
• A highly analytical approach and strong commercial judgement across option counts, buy quantities, margin and pricing.
• Experience buying for a branded business.
• Strong negotiation skills with suppliers and vendors.
• The confidence to present buy rationale to leadership and to hold a position with design and supplier stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• The seasonal buy - execute it against the agreed range strategy and budget, building option counts and buy quantities within agreed category parameters, in collaboration with Planning.
• Style-level buy plans - buy quantities and delivery schedules across the approved range, phased correctly to each market’s season.
• In-season trade - read performance signals early, repeat best sellers while the opportunity is still live, and rephase or pull stock forward when trade supports it.
• Margin and pricing - build buys to hit agreed margin targets, maintain RRP and price architecture by category, and flag costing risk before the buy is committed.
• Size curve and sell-through analysis - set size ratios from the data rather than carrying last season’s forward, and evidence every reorder and markdown recommendation.
• Branded product - purchasing and supplier negotiation for third-party brands alongside owned label, bought, costed and delivered to the same standard.
• Category expansion - identify white space and opportunity categories, put them forward with evidence, and bring new categories into the buy without disrupting the core range.
• Cross-team partnership - Planning on OTB, allocation and stock health; Design and Production on execution, costing and delivery timing; Marketing and Ecommerce on launch and go-to-market.
• Buy presentation and reporting - present buys, rationale and trade performance to Merchandising leadership and the Founder for sign-off.
• Product feedback - take what trade is telling you about fit, quality and commerciality back to Design and Production in time to shape the next range.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Sell-through analysis

Commercial judgement

Negotiation skills

Branded business experience

Leadership presentation

Education

Fashion buying qualification

Job description

KIVARI, founded in Sydney, is seeking an experienced Head Buyer to lead the seasonal buy across owned-label and branded product for Australia and the US. You’ll own option counts, margins and delivery schedules, working with Planning, Design and Production to navigate two hemispheres.

In this hands-on role you’ll translate data into buy decisions, manage supplier negotiations, and present trade rationale to leadership. Based in our Rosebery office with a fast-growth mindset.