Senior Footwear Buyer

Kurt Geiger; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading footwear brand in London is seeking a candidate for product development. You will be responsible for developing market-focused product collections, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring alignment with company profit targets. The ideal candidate will have experience in high street or premium retail and a strong understanding of fashion trends. This role offers a dynamic environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Pension and life assurance

Enviable discounts

Gym Discounts

Summer Hours – 2pm Friday finish

Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)

RetailTrust support

Qualifications

• Experience in product development and market analysis.
• Ability to manage supplier relationships effectively.
• Strong understanding of fashion trends and customer profiles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and build customer-focused own brand product collections.
• Monitor competition and ensure alignment with market trends.
• Deliver company targets for gross profit and intake margin.

Skills

Experience as a footwear High Street or Premium Retailer

Proven success in delivering commercial collections

Existing strong supplier relationships

Job description

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in‑house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

Responsibilities

Product Development & Range Building:

• To develop customer and market‑focused own brand product collections, keeping a keen eye on the market, competition, current and forthcoming fashion trends. The product collections should be in‑line with Company strategy for the brand.
• To constantly review competition to ensure our product proposition is in line with the market across all key areas: fashion trend, price, quality and availability.
• To visit the relevant shoe fairs and fashion shows to ensure the most competitive and appropriate product collections are developed.
• To actively review and manage supplier relationships and source new vendors that will add value to your specific portfolio and to de‑list those vendors that no longer meet the business needs.

Product Performance:

• To deliver the Company target of Gross Profit by ensuring collections are in line with Company margin targets.
• To deliver the intake margin target set seasonally.
• To ensure that Company sales targets are achieved by buying product that is appropriate to the brands’ customer profile and current trading conditions.
• To monitor and manage product sell through rates to meet the Company target.
• To manage a comprehensive and accurate delivery schedule, that meets and supports the needs of the business and where appropriate deal with any late deliveries either by cancellation or achieving suitable discounts.
• To work along‑side the merchandise team to control and manage seasonal OTB and monthly stock targets, ensuring stock targets are not exceeded and sells through results are maximised.

The Person

• Experience as a footwear High Street or Premium Retailer
• Proven success in delivering commercial collections and achieving budgeted margins
• Previous line management experience
• Existing strong supplier relationships
• Possess the ability to drive the brand forward

• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• Summer Hours – 2pm Friday finish
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• RetailTrust support
• And so much more!

Our Culture

We’re an energetic fast‑paced brand progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond Street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand‑alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford Street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand‑alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.