Buying Manager

TN United Kingdom; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Buying Manager to lead their Buying team. This role offers the chance to leverage your buying expertise in the fashion, accessories, and gifting sectors, driving the buying strategy and collaborating with various teams to deliver high-quality products. You'll enjoy a vibrant office atmosphere in Banbury with the flexibility to work from home. Join a family-run company that values creativity and collaboration, and be part of a team that is passionate about innovation and personal touch in product creation.

Benefits

25 days holiday, increasing with service

Generous staff discount

Opportunities for personal development

Innovative workplace culture

Qualifications

• Proven experience in buying within the fashion industry.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Drive the buying plan and budget while managing a Buying team.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure product compliance and quality.

Skills

Team Management

Commercial Awareness

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Risk Management

Fashion Industry Knowledge

Education

Experience as a Senior Buyer or Buying Manager

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

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Are you looking for an opportunity to utilise your Buying expertise to support our rapidly growing business?

We have the exciting opportunity to join our Buying team as Buying Manager. We are looking for an experienced Buying professional who has led a team and driven the overall Buying strategy within the fashion, accessories, jewellery, and/or gifting industry.

You will use your exceptional commercial awareness and passion for our product to define and drive the buying plan and budget. You will leverage your experience in category and supplier development to define successful product ranges while managing and developing a Buying team, ensuring goals and deadlines are met. You will collaborate with teams such as our internal Product Design team to ensure product compliance through effective sample management, delivering high-quality products to our valued customers.

The role is Monday - Friday, 9am-5pm. You'll enjoy the vibrant atmosphere of our friendly office in Banbury, Oxfordshire, three times a week, with the flexibility to work from home for the remaining two days.

BEHIND THE BRANDS

We’re a family-run, entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and a bright, friendly team. We are passionate about creating stunning products with a personal touch and innovating our business behind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration, and integrity.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

1. Review and improve your supplier base, working continually to enhance quality, design execution, and delivery.
2. Collaborate with key departments to deliver seasonal KPIs across our brands and retail divisions, managing the critical path and supplier development against KPIs and business objectives.
3. Support Senior Management in formulating and setting the buying plan, aligning with the budget for all categories by brand; create final options and lead range meetings.
4. Take accountability for delivering the product development buy plan, working with the Merchandising team to ensure all risks and opportunities are captured.
5. Prepare and present in-season, monthly, and weekly department product, sales, and trade meetings.
6. Review sales data, highlight reactions, and make recommendations for performance improvements.
7. Drive the company’s design compliance and quality, managing the buying team to execute this, including sample approval or rejection.
8. Research and present market and customer trends, identify opportunities, and recommend new products and categories.
9. Develop strong cross-functional relationships with department managers, especially with the Product Design and Merchandising teams.
10. Coach, lead, and develop the Buying team, ensuring goals and deadlines are met.
11. Previous experience as a Senior Buyer or Buying Manager within a similar industry, with excellent team management and mentoring skills.
12. A self-starter who manages risk effectively and possesses strong commercial acumen.
13. Highly analytical, with expertise in Excel and Power BI.
14. Good understanding of laws and regulations related to procurement, contracts, and products, with practical application skills.
15. A passion and understanding of the fashion industry.
16. Excellent organizational and communication skills.
17. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt to changes, and manage deadlines.

PERFECTLY PACKAGED

• A competitive salary DOE.
• 25 days holiday, increasing to 27 with length of service, plus bank holidays.
• Benefits package including a generous staff discount across both brands. See all benefits on our careers portal.
• Opportunities to make an impact, learn, and develop further.
• An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we’re proud to be part of. Find out more about us and our culture on our careers portal.

Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton. Since then, we have grown significantly, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and expanding beyond the UK. We believe that our growth stems from our commitment to diversity and inclusion. We strive to be the best in our field by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves. We value what you bring to the team over cultural, personal, or preference-based differences.

We continuously work to improve our inclusivity, diversity, and equality, encouraging all team members to share their ideas, which we believe is key to our ongoing success.