Buyer - Men's Apparel

JD Sports Fashion; Bury; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff Discount

Personal development opportunities

Job summary

JD Sports Fashion is seeking a senior buyer to own product ranges, negotiate with brands and manage budgets for dynamic Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms categories. You will present ranges for sign‑off with senior leadership and collaborate across merchandising and trading teams.

You will attend product launches, trade shows and appointments, driving sales through trend analysis and strategic brand partnerships while working independently in a creative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in buying sports fashion is advantageous.
• Experience in buying branded goods is essential.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of current and upcoming sports fashion trends at a high street and premium level price point.
• Fully literate in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel.
• Organisational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Representing the Buying function on relevant fascia and category (tbc).
• Attending all appointments, with involvement in selection and editing of product.
• Attending all product launches throughout the year as specified.
• Attending all relevant trade shows.
• Analysis and review of previous weeks sales with the merchandising department to propose and drive actions for the week ahead.
• Negotiation with selected brands re trading terms and conditions.
• Being constantly aware of new brands and opportunities to diversify and drive department/category sales.
• Budget negotiation and planning within internal teams and external brands.
• Negotiation with brands re distribution agreements.
• Present ranges for sign off with Senior Buyers, Buying Director and Merchandising Director.
• Preparation and presentation of performance in trade meetings.
• Proposals to assist driving sales in your relevant department

Skills

Product selection

Budget forecasting

Trends analysis

Microsoft Office

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Job description

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni‑channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people‑led, innovative and customer‑focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Representing the Buying function on relevant fascia and category (tbc)
• Attending all appointments, with involvement in selection and editing of product
• Attending all product launches throughout the year as specified
• Attending all relevant trade shows
• Analysis and review of previous weeks sales with the merchandising department to propose and drive actions for the week ahead
• Negotiation with selected brands re trading terms and conditions.
• Being constantly aware of new brands and opportunities to diversify and drive department/category sales
• Budget negotiation and planning within internal teams and external brands
• Negotiation with brands re distribution agreements
• Working independently in a creative and trend led environment
• Managing budgets and OTB on in seasons and forward budgets
• Present ranges for sign off with Senior Buyers, Buying Director and Merchandising Director.
• Preparation and presentation of performance in trade meetings
• Proposals to assist driving sales in your relevant department

Core Competencies

• Extensive knowledge of our store base and website
• Confidence within own decisions and product selection. Comfortable in driving decisions on file and being accountable for all actions.
• Ability to act independently
• Extensive knowledge of product area and market
• Ability to look forward and predict trends both current and future
• Highly numerate and skilled within budget forecasting and planning Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed:
• Experience of buying Sports Fashion is advantageous
• Experience of buying branded goods is essential
• Strong understanding and knowledge of current and upcoming sports fashion trends at a high street and premium level price point.
• Be able to exercise a high degree of analytical and numerical skills
• Fully literate in Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Word, Excel
• Organisational skills are essential
• Be able to work under own initiative
• A creative and trend led individual

What we will offer you

Development linked to your role with the business

An opportunity to work across multi‑brands both UK and Internationally

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.