Assistant Buyer

Pringle of Scotland; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Pringle of Scotland is seeking an Assistant Buyer to support the Buyer in delivering the product range. You will help manage the development process, pricing alignment, and production quality to meet customer expectations and business targets.

Responsibilities include buying and developing ranges, contract orders to suppliers, and maintaining the critical path. You will liaise with suppliers and merchandisers to maximise availability and learn from monthly range reviews.

Qualifications

• Basic buying acumen and sense of commerciality.
• Understanding of product development processes.

Responsibilities

• Assist Buyer in all aspects of product development and range creation.
• Support buying & development of ranges aligned with business strategy.
• Contract orders to suppliers following Critical Path and dept guidelines.
• Maintain accuracy of range plan information and update weekly.
• Manage sampling workflow and ensure timely delivery of SMS samples.

Skills

Buying

Job description

Kingston-Upon-Thames

Full-Time

Purpose of the role

The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer in the smooth and commercial delivery of the Pringle product range to drive profitable sales growth. This role supports the management of the process to ensure that the collections, once designed are appropriately priced and that they are effectively produced to the quality expectations of the Pringle customer, and in line with dept and business expectations.

Responsibilities

Accountable for

• Assisting Buyer in all aspects of the product development process.
• Buy & develop ranges inline with agreed range and in line with business strategy.
• Contracting orders to suppliers for all dept to Critical Path (delegating to Admin. If necessary)
• Oversee buying info on the range plan to ensure 100% accuracy and information entered in a timely manner.
• Sample Management
• Critical path management

Range Development

• Develop Ranges to agreed plan & margin, and in line with agreed Supply partners
• Place orders & manage to 95% availability.
• Maximise sales through trading & otb strategy.( within agreed parameters)
• Manage critical path & own all approval stages.
• Liaise with suppliers & Sourcing to manage sourcing opportunities (with agreement of Dept. head/BD)
• Liaise with merchandiser to produce lessons learnt for future ranging.
• Produce monthly market & competitor reports to form strategies for future ranging.
• Present ranges in sign off.
• Be aware of sales and performance.
• Understand cost price/margin/quantity requirements

Critical Path & fit process

• Update and manage critical path weekly.
• Report exceptions to all channel launch dates to buyer on weekly basis
• Liaise weekly with direct team, merchandising & technical through garment approval stages, & update critical path.
• Delegate or approve fabrics, colours & garment trims to delivery.
• Attend fit sessions & approve through quickest technical staging.
• Report to Buyer on QC issues to solutions.
• Raise & follow through debit notes for late deliveries. Ensure listed on logistics report.

Samples

• Ensure timely delivery of SMS & photo shoot samples according to critical path. Manage SMS tracker & liaise with Channels on handover.
• Manage invoicing and courier charges for SMS samples (according to budget.)
• Work with technical to manage fit sessions & sample organisation.
• Arrange samples for sign off. Take notes & liaise on amendments to range plans.
• Manage sample storage & delegate dept. tidiness to Admin. If necessary

People

• Work cross functionally on proof approvals for product collateral & input buying info to product database.

Skills

Buying