SevenStore Buyer - 12mths FTC

footasylum; Deutschland; Hybrid; EUR 33.000 - 44.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SEVENSTORE is seeking an Assistant Buyer for footwear to join our team in Greater Manchester. You will own a stable of 35+ brands and drive footwear strategy by nurturing relationships with global brands, researching new opportunities, and presenting market insights to the buying team.

You will report to the Head of Buying and develop brand files, manage budgets, and collaborate with merchandising and other departments.

Qualifikationen

• At least 3 years’ experience as an Assistant Buyer working with a global brand portfolio.
• Analytical skills (Excel and Power BI knowledge essential).
• Strong level of market awareness and an understanding of where SEVENSTORE lives within this ecosystem.
• Extensive knowledge of brands and products relevant to SEVENSTORE.

Aufgaben

• Supporting in the development of the Assistant Buyers and Buyers admin’s through continuous coaching and support.
• Taking complete accountability and ownership of their product file.
• Competently and confidently managing brand relationships
• Researching, initiating and driving new business opportunities
• Possessing and demonstrating extensive knowledge of the full product file
• Collating and presenting budget and business performance reviews externally to major brands
• Leading internal brand decisions with consideration of the value it brings to the business
• Maintaining strong relationships internally with departments business-wide
• Sharing Regular Market Knowledge insights with the wider team and presenting an educated viewpoint
• Proposing market research trips, including, travel details and costing
• Attending market research trips
• Budget planning along with wider buying & merchandising teams
• SEVENSTORE specific responsibilities
• Buying across all footwear categories including sports, casual and contemporary
• Responsible for 35+ brands: Estimated OTB = £2.5M
• Complete ownership of SEVENSTORE file across all footwear product groups
• Elevated taste level with a multi brand/division skill set

Kenntnisse

Analytical thinking

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Jobbeschreibung

About SEVENSTORE:

SEVENSTORE connects people through fashion, community, and collaboration.

With a globally curated assortment of designers and brands, SEVENSTORE offers a unique collection of clothing, footwear and accessories from luxury fashion houses, archetypal contemporaries, and collaborative behemoths to the forefront of fashion, with the aim of bringing retail, creativity, and distinctive storytelling into one destination.

The Team:

From Buying, Merchandise, Creative, Ecommerce and Marketing, the inclusive nature of SEVENSTORE will allow you to stay in communication with the wider team, while the focal point remains within your department. This will help you to achieve goals, surpass targets and bring leading collections of clothing, footwear and accessories to the retail space.

The Role:

We are looking for someone who understands the ethos, product and culture of SEVENSTORE. You will be passionate about fashion, community and collaboration, with an awareness of globally recognised fashion houses, emerging talent and the cultural landscape that influences our customer.

Reporting to the Head of Buying you will work on taking full ownership of your stable of brands. You will drive the business footwear brand strategy forward through managing and nurturing existing brand relationships & new brand acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting in the development of the Assistant Buyers and Buyers admin’s through continuous coaching and support.
• Taking complete accountability and ownership of their product file.
• Competently and confidently managing brand relationships
• Researching, initiating and driving new business opportunities
• Possessing and demonstrating extensive knowledge of the full product file
• Collating and presenting budget and business performance reviews externally to major brands
• Leading internal brand decisions with consideration of the value it brings to the business
• Maintaining strong relationships internally with departments business-wide
• Sharing Regular Market Knowledge insights with the wider team and presenting an educated viewpoint
• Proposing market research trips, including, travel details and costing
• Attending market research trips
• Budget planning along with wider buying & merchandising teams
• SEVENSTORE specific responsibilities
• Buying across all footwear categories including sports, casual and contemporary
• Responsible for 35+ brands: Estimated OTB = £2.5M
• Complete ownership of SEVENSTORE file across all footwear product groups
• Elevated taste level with a multi brand/division skill set

Requirements:

• At least 3 years’ experience as an Assistant Buyer working with a global brand portfolio
• Analytical skills (excel and Power BI knowledge essential)
• Strong level of market awareness and an understanding of where SEVENSTORE lives within this ecosystem
• Extensive knowledge of brands and products relevant to SEVENSTORE

Diversity:

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are iterating concepts for SEVENSTORE.COM. Diversity for us is about building happy teams full of people that want to learn, be inspired by each other and benefit from our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process:

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.

We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role, and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.