Assistant Buyer

Ben Sherman; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Ben Sherman in Leeds is seeking an Assistant Buyer to join our Buying team, providing essential support to the Buyer and department.

The role covers range building, supplier liaison, cost packs, and helping manage development, sampling, and critical-path activities to ensure timely delivery and product quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in a buying office with knowledge of buying cycle and critical paths.
• Proactive, uses initiative and strong accuracy.
• Ability to produce and edit CAD documents using Illustrator and InDesign.
• Ability to work on own initiative with creative presentation skills.
• Excellent communication across phone, writing and in person.
• Strong house-keeping and organisational skills.
• Time management to handle multiple priorities.
• Team player with ability to support department to meet budgets.
• Understanding of clothing industry and trading environments.
• Keen follower of menswear market and trends.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and issue costing packs for buyers and follow up with suppliers.
• Assist in range building including style confirmation, colours, and product development.
• Attend fit meetings and prepare buying comments; chair meetings in buyer's absence.
• Review lab dips, fabric and trim approvals and present for final review.
• Support all aspects of the product development process.
• Load products on in-house system for POs and manage admin for critical paths.
• Prepare monthly and seasonal comp shop reports.
• Assist with seasonal tech packs for cross costing and production.

Skills

Buying office experience

Proactive and initiative

Strong accuracy

CAD documents

Time management

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Team player

Understanding of clothing industry

Menswear trends awareness

Tools

Illustrator

InDesign

Job description

LeedsAs an Assistant Buyer you will play a vital role within our Ben Sherman Buying team. You will provide essential support to your Buyer and department.

Assistant Buyer - Ben Sherman

Full-Time

Leeds

As an Assistant Buyer you will play a vital role within our Ben Sherman Buying team. You will provide essential support to your Buyer and department.

Key Accountabilities:

• Complete and issue costing packs as requested by the buyer and follow up with suppliers.
• Assist the buyer with range building including style confirmation, colours, and product development for all seasonal ranges.
• Attend fit meetings with the buyer and QA and assist in completing buying comments for all samples received. In the Buyers absence chair the meeting. Post meeting liaising with suppliers to ensure actions are to be completed.
• Review lab dips, bulk fabric and trim approval submissions and present to buyer for final review and approval.
• Assisting the Buyer in all aspects of the product development process.
• Book in all departments post and process outgoing post. Ensuring full records are kept
• Assist with seasonal tech packs for cross costing and production
• Assist with setting up the branding packs, packaging guides and care label templates and checking artwork from suppliers
• Manage the daily admin for the casualwear critical paths. Logging approvals, chasing suppliers, and contributing to weekly critical path meetings under the support and guidance of manager/s
• Loading products on our inhouse system ready for POs
• Completing and documenting monthly and seasonal comp shop reports
• Sample management
• Assist with project work when required
• Assist with the sample sales when required

Communication & Working Relationships:

Contact with the following teams:

• Merchandising
• Buying/Product Development
• Factories
• Design
• Shipping
• QA

Knowledge & Skills:

• Relevant skills working within a buying office - buying cycle, critical paths and sample management
• Proactive and uses initiative
• Strong accuracy skills
• Ability to produce and edit CAD documents – Ideally to have experience of Illustrator and InDesign
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Creative presentation skills
• Strong communication skills over the phone, in writing and face-to-face
• Very strong house-keeping and organisational skills
• Time Management skills - Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
• Self-motivated
• Team player - ability to manage working relationships at all levels and be hands on supporting the department to achieve strategies and budgets
• Understanding of the clothing industry & trading environments. Broad knowledge of either retail or wholesale environments
• Keen follower of the menswear market & trends

Skills

Buying

Menswear