Buying Director

Drayton; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Drayton Partners is partnering with a high growth, digitally native ecommerce business to appoint a Buying Director. Joining the senior leadership team, you will own the end-to-end buying agenda, with a broad remit as the leading product role appointment in the business.

Based in London with 3 days in the office, you will lead the end-to-end buying strategy, align cross-functional teams, and shape supplier and sourcing practices, using data to guide trading decisions and drive product evolution.

Qualifications

• Senior-level buying leadership experience in a direct-to-consumer ecommerce environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with margin, performance and investment decisions.
• High level of data fluency with ability to translate insight into product decisions.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional product, buying and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end buying strategy, translating long-term vision into category direction and range plans.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across product, design, commercial, supply chain and analytics.
• Partner with design to balance creative ambition with commercial realities.
• Set standards across quality, materials, margins, and timelines with disciplined delivery.
• Lead global supplier and sourcing strategy ensuring quality, cost, scalability and delivery.
• Use data and insight to guide trading decisions and product evolution.

Skills

Buying leadership

Commercial acumen

Data fluency

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Drayton Partners are thrilled to be partnering with a high growth, digitally native ecommerce business in the appointment of a Buying Director. Joining the senior leadership team, you will own the end to end buying agenda, having a genuinely broad remit as the leading product role appointment in the business.

In this senior leadership role, responsibilities will include:

• Owning the end to end buying strategy, translating long term vision into clear category direction, range architecture and option level plans.
• Leading cross functional alignment across product, creative, commercial, supply chain and analytics to ensure clarity and consistent execution.
• Partnering closely with design to balance creative ambition with commercial and operational reality.
• Setting standards across quality, materials, margin and timelines, ensuring disciplined critical path delivery.
• Leading global supplier and sourcing strategy with accountability for quality, cost, scalability and delivery.
• Using data and insight to guide trading decisions and continuous product evolution across sales, margin, stock and customer sentiment.

Requirements for this role include:

• Significant senior level buying leadership experience within a direct to consumer ecommerce environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with confidence managing margin, performance and investment decisions.
• High level of data fluency, with the ability to translate insight into clear, actionable product decisions.
• Proven experience leading and developing cross functional product, buying and technical teams.

The ideal profile will:

• Bring a balance of strategic thinking and hands on execution capability.
• Be a clear, confident communicator able to align senior stakeholders and teams.
• Operate calmly under pressure and make decisive, well informed decisions.
• Thrive in fast paced, high growth environments with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

This role will be based in London, with 3 days a week in office.