Assistant Buyer - Menswear (12 month contract)

COS; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks an Assistant Buyer for Menswear, a role pivotal to driving sales and profitability. This position involves supporting the Buying team, maintaining organization within the department, and ensuring timely and quality orders. You'll analyze customer trends, manage sample handling, and contribute to product development alongside a dynamic design team. With a focus on menswear, your passion will help shape the product assortment. Join a forward-thinking company that values curiosity, empowerment, and constant improvement, while enjoying extensive development opportunities and attractive benefits.

Benefits

25% staff discount

Up to 25 days holiday

Cycle to work scheme

Discounted gym membership

Employee assistance via retail trust

Discounts on activities and financial products

Qualifications

• Experience in buying, especially menswear, is essential.
• Strong analytical and strategic skills with proficiency in Excel.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buying team to maximize sales and profitability.
• Conduct competitor analysis and communicate with production.

Skills

Strategic skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Commercial mindset

Multitasking

Passion for menswear

Education

Experience as an Assistant Buyer

Knowledge of product development

Tools

Excel

Job description

Job Description

As an Assistant Buyer on Menswear, you will support the Buying team to ensure we maximize the department's sales and profitability. In the role, you maintain organization within the department including sample handling. You contribute to the best purchase by securing customer and brand requirements on orders with regards to time, price, quality, and quantity.

What you will do:

• Drive daily organization and running of the department for your team.
• Follow weekly trade updates for future opportunities.
• Continuously evaluate and research our customers, figure out the buying habits and their effects on trends, deliver information to the design team to drive product development.
• Conduct regular analysis of our competitors and provide insights to the team, ensuring we offer our customers great value for money.
• Communicate with the production office, follow up on order placements and meet deadlines.
• Handle samples as well as oversee and maintain the wardrobe, making sure all samples are kept neat, tidy, and organized.
• Manage the post flow from and to recipients.
• Raise orders and order updates.
• Prepare and assist fittings, organize agenda, provide samples at the right place, right time, and right quantity.
• Maintain responsibility for ensuring call-off, supplier, and trailing quantity moves happen as required.
• Be part of reviewing and analyzing the department's product, assortment, and selling, consider actions according to the business needs and present sales figures.

Qualifications

Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviors that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership. Our values are part of who we are, what we stand for, and how we act.

In addition to our values for this role, we are also looking for:

• Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer (menswear beneficial)
• Knowledge of product development & working with an in-house design team
• Strategic and analytical skills, proficient use of Excel
• Genuine passion for COS product with a menswear focus
• Strong team player with great communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, ability to multitask and meet strict deadlines.
• Commercial mindset to recognize opportunities and support trade decisions
• Good understanding of external trends and competitor activity

Additional Information

This is a full-time temporary 12 month contract based at our Head Office in London.

We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe. All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online. In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program – HIP.

In addition to this, UK based colleagues also receive:

• Up to 25 days holiday
• Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance via retail trust

Inclusion & Diversity

At COS we’re determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organization. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience, and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible, and on how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence, all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.

Company Description

About COS: Since our launch in 2007 we have opened stores and sell online in over 40 countries worldwide. Our collection offers elevated essentials, iconic pieces, and innovative design. The creative soul of the brand is visualized through our storytelling, seasonal runway shows and connects with contemporary culture to create an experience beyond the expected. From the beginning, our design ethos has always put lasting style, quality, and sustainability first. Today, 92% of the materials in our collection are more sustainably sourced.

Ready to register interest? Click on the I’M INTERESTED link where you can upload your CV securely. Once we have received your application, we will keep you updated regularly about the status of your application so please look out for our email.

We are looking forward to hearing from you!