Senior Assistant Buyer

JR United Kingdom; Slough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK fashion brand seeks a Senior Assistant Buyer with 3+ years of experience to join their dynamic Buying team. This role involves managing critical paths, supporting negotiations with suppliers, and ensuring product quality. Ideal candidates are organized, self-motivated, and adept at collaboration.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years previous experience at Assistant Buyer level within a fashion retailer.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with all internal and external business functions.

Responsibilities

• Manage and update the critical path for the department.
• Assist Buyer with cost price negotiations to ensure margins.
• Prepare and attend fit sessions, updating the fit list weekly.

Skills

Organised

Self-motivated

Proactive

Strong analytical skills

Attention to detail

Job description

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At Nobody’s Child, we’re driven by creating responsible and affordable fashion for kind and spirited women, without costing the earth. Our message is clear: we believe thoughtfully made clothes can exist at an accessible price point with sustainable materials. We are an independent, London-based brand, powered by a passionate team of change makers and skilled people who make our clothes. We partner with leading UK and International retailers, building special and impactful partnerships, allowing us to reach millions more eco-conscious customers every day.

About you:

We are looking for a driven & experienced Senior Assistant Buyer on Jersey/Knit with a minimum of 3 years’ experience that is ready to take the next step of their career to join our dynamic and fast pace Buying team.

Nobody’s Child is a small and agile but passionately run business. You will need to be highly organised and a natural collaborator with impeccable communication skills who shares our brand ethos in everything you do, like and follow.

Reporting directly into a Senior Buyer, you will assist and provide support across our growing Jersey/Knit department.

Responsibilities:

• Managing and updating the critical path for the department and feeding back to the Senior Buyer in weekly critical path meetings.
• Assist Buyer with all initial development & cost price enquiries and support negotiations of cost prices to ensure margins are achieved with best product delivery
• Assist with all fabric and garment approvals
• Prepare and attend fit sessions, updating the fit list on a weekly basis and updating the Buyer with seal deadlines and priority working closely with the Garment technical team ensuring product fit is of a high commercial standard
• Managing & maintaining good supplier relationships
• Sample management by supporting organisation of samples for Wholesale/ E-com / Campaign / Content shoots
• Understanding of reports and confident in suggesting trade actions identifying opportunity & risk
• Monitor competitor analysis and completing comp shops
• Assist in training of the BAA roles & managing their weekly workload and daily tasks.

Skills and behaviours:

• Minimum 3 years previous experience at AB level within a fashion retailer across multi product.
• Highly organised, self-motivated, flexible approach to managing high workload & ad hoc tasks
• A proactive and solution driven positive attitude
• Accuracy and attention to detail related to product, process, and systems
• Strong analytical & numerical skills.
• Takes accountability to ensure that own targets are met
• Adaptable & open to trying new ideas or ways of doing things
• Ability to work collaboratively with all internal and external business functions

If this sounds like your next opportunity, please apply and we will be in touch! Due to the number of applications we receive, only successful applicants will be contacted. We thank you for your time and interest in applying!

At Nobody’s Child, we are committed to creating an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace. We aim to ensure that we are always recruiting, retaining and promoting a diverse mix of talent and encourage all to apply to join our journey.