Trainee Buyer, Childrenswear

Reiss Limited; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Reiss Limited as a Trainee Buyer in the Childrenswear Buying department. You will assist with sample ordering and track products, building relationships with suppliers while generating trade reports. This role offers a competitive salary, pension, and a generous employee discount among other benefits.

Benefits

Company pension

Generous employee discount

Company bonus scheme

Health & Wellbeing perks

Qualifications

• Previous work experience in Buying is desirable.
• Ability to work on your own initiative.
• Work well in a team but can also strive in individual tasks.

Responsibilities

• Sample ordering, managing, tracking, and logging.
• Generating weekly reports for trade meetings.
• Building and maintaining supplier relationships.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Education

Degree in Fashion Buying or similar

Job description

What’s the role about?

As part of our Childrenswear Buying department, you’ll be joining as a Trainee Buyer, supporting with admin tasks, as well as working alongside Merchandisers, Product Developers and Designers to deliver balanced and exciting ranges for all areas of the Reiss Brand.

Who you are

• Previous work experience in Buying is desirable
• Degree in Fashion Buying or similar
• Ability to work on your own initiative
• Work well in a team but can also strive in individual tasks
• Highly organized with excellent time keeping skills
• Attention to detail and strong communication skills

What you’ll be doing

• Sample ordering, managing, tracking and logging
• Liaising with other department functions on behalf of the department as required (working closely with tech, press, studio and stores)
• Generating weekly reports for Monday trade, pulling best sellers for trade meetings
• Build and maintain close relationships with suppliers through sample requests
• Organizing lab dips/bulk approvals by using computer systems to log and then file accordingly.
• Contribute commercial ideas and views, adding value to decisions made by the team

What we’ll do for you

• Provide you with a competitive salary
• Company pension
• Generous employee discount
• Company bonus scheme
• Health & Wellbeing perks
• Plus many more

If you want to start your story at Reiss as our Trainee Buyer in Childrenswear don’t miss out - apply now!

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We recognize the importance and power of diversity within our business and, as such, we ensure that our people processes are fair, transparent and promote equality of opportunity for all candidates.

It is our pledge that candidates will not be discriminated against on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, age, race, colour, ethnic background, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion, religious or similar belief. Every individual will be treated with respect.

We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they feel they meet all of the requirements listed. We want you to know that finding people who will add to our inspirational culture and have a learning mindset is incredibly important to us. Even if you feel you don’t tick all the boxes, we’d still like to hear from you.