Senior Buyer - Fashion

AdMore Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Buyer for a fast-growing fashion business. The ideal candidate will have strong fashion buying experience and the ability to drive brand strategy in a dynamic environment. This role offers autonomy and the chance to shape the future of the category while working with a passionate team.

Qualifications

• Experience in fashion buying is essential.
• Ability to react quickly to trends and market changes.
• In-depth knowledge of market and competition.

Responsibilities

• Work with the buying team to deliver brand strategy.
• Manage the department as an independent profit center.
• Analyze trading patterns and take action for profit growth.

Skills

Fashion buying experience

Proactive

Data analysis

Influencing

Communication

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Senior Buyer – Fashion

• Do you have fashion buying experience and want a change?

• Do you want to work in an autonomous and highly commercial environment?

• Would you like to work for a highly successful and fast-growing business?

The role

Following recent significant expansion, our client is looking for a driven Senior buyer to join their Fashion Team. The role is numbers driven, analytical and requires an amount of creative flair and design capability. The successful candidate will join the company at a pivotal point of rapid expansion and will be looking for the next step in their career.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the buying team to deliver the brand strategy, providing energy to drive the business forward and have innovative ideas for the category.

• Work effectively to manage the department as an independent profit centre focusing activity on meeting customer needs and achieving bottom line results whilst planning and developing for the future to drive the category forward.

• Manage the category to achieve optimum performance and profit growth. Competent in data analysis to identify opportunities from weekly reports, analyse trading patterns and take appropriate action.

• Obtain maximum flexibility and reliability from suppliers.

• Prevent quality problems by considering and solving issues early on.

• Manage a robust critical path.

Desired skills and experience

• Fashion buying experience is essential for this role

• Proactive in seeking out new opportunities and reacting quickly to trends.

• In-depth knowledge of the market/competition and an ability to gather and use relevant internal and external information to make commercial decisions.

• Ability to influence and communicate effectively at all levels.

• Can perform under pressure and operate in a fast-paced environment.

If you are an experienced fashion buyer looking for a new challenge, then please apply today!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing

• Industries

  Retail and Retail Apparel and Fashion

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