Buyer

Zachary Daniels; England; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retail company seeks an experienced Buyer to join their high-growth brand in Manchester. You will lead a team, manage supplier relationships, and drive strategic purchasing initiatives. The role offers competitive salary between £38,000 - £48,000, and provides a hybrid work environment. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in fashion buying and excellent leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as an experienced Buyer in the fashion industry.
• Ability to lead and inspire team members under pressure.
• Experience in supplier onboarding and strategy development.

Responsibilities

• Develop and mentor junior buyers and assistants.
• Build and maintain supplier relationships.
• Manage product launches along critical paths.
• Analyze trading data to drive commercial decisions.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Supplier relationship management

Range building

Data analysis for trading

Job description

Overview

Buyer Fashion High Growth Brand Manchester GBP38,000 - GBP48,000 Hybrid & Reduced Hours. You will need to be an experienced Buyer who has a proven track record of working well under pressure, the ability to lead & inspire their team whilst also executing ambitious strategies throughout each season. In this role you will explore your love for product whilst being a part of a creative & collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• You will have developed Buyers Admin Assistants, Assistant Buyers or Junior Buyers through challenging and nurturing them in their roles to achieve promotions & key career highlights
• Examples of reviewing ways of working and improving efficiencies
• Range Building is critical
• On boarding new suppliers
• Supplier strategy
• Supplier visits
• Multi - product background is essential

• Building lessons learnt presentations for your team and directors
• Clear ability to communicate Best & Worst indicators and building strategy points from these learnings with the wider, more junior members of the team
• Challenging and holding your direct reports accountable for the running & trading of the area
• Ensuring daily that your team feel motivated and supported with all tasks
• Review and build clear pricing architectures with merchandisers
• Plan with your Merchandiser all buys
• Build well-balanced ranges with collaborative, strategic range building
• Ability to identify gaps within all ranges and capitalise on new opportunities
• Encourage junior members of the team to react to sales, always looking to make money for the business with new product
• Review colour, prints, shapes whilst protecting best sellers but at all times introducing newness to keep ranges moving forward
• Experience with trading from the Far East and closer to home (short & long lead) is essential
• Maintain supplier relationships whilst onboarding new suppliers to the business
• Ability to source new fabrics and trims as well as having experience sourcing more sustainable fabrications
• Experience of test and trial methods to drive newness and profit for your department
• Reputable trading performance at margin level and cash sales
• Experienced with OTB and seasonal budget management with your merchandiser
• Ability to dive into historical and new data for your department so that commercial decisions can be made from a trading point of view
• Manage Monday Trade reports and key actions for your department to take
• Ability to oversee the wider team for critical path and delivery schedule
• Manage and communicate any stock issues, delays, cancellations with the full team
• Manage and prepare for all product launches via the critical path you set for your entire department
• Manage campaign and trigger dates to ensure key styles launch on time successfully
• Work closely with Merchandiser to plan and prepare forecasting and projections for any volume programmes
• Conduct cross costing projects to protect and increase margin
• Attend trend and design meetings with internal & external stakeholders

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