Womenswear Buyer

Quest Search and Selection Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer business seeks a Senior Buyer to curate a trend-driven women's wear collection. This role involves collaborating with suppliers, negotiating costs, and ensuring product profitability. Candidates should possess a strong background in fashion buying and a passion for innovative trends.

Benefits

22 days Holidays

Contributory pension

Free car park

Group discount

Training & development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Buyer or Senior Buyer in the fashion sector.
• In-depth knowledge of fabrics and garment construction.
• Proven track record in developing effective fashion ranges.

Responsibilities

• Develops and curates a commercially balanced product range.
• Leads product reviews and ensures alignment on trends.
• Maximises departmental profit through supplier negotiations.

Skills

Negotiation

Trend Analysis

Product Development

Market Awareness

Supplier Relationship Management

Job description

Quest Search & Selection are proud to partner with a multi-site, B2C consumer business.

The role of senior buyer is to develop and source a trend-driven, commercially focused range that drives profit. Supporting the Buying Director and Head of Buying, you will help implement the buying strategy, while fostering strong relationships with existing suppliers .

Duties & Responsibilities for this Womenswear Buyer:

• Develops and curates a commercially balanced product range while meeting the company's margin targets.
• Leads regular product reviews across departments, ensuring alignment on trends, styles, and colour palettes.
• Possesses a deep understanding of fabrics, garment construction, and the full buying process, with a keen eye for print design.
• Manages an efficient and timely product sign-off process, adhering to the critical path and planning cycle.
• Leads the ladieswear category in creating trend-driven collections that introduce the right level of newness, fashion, and trend.
• Takes ownership of maximising departmental profit through effective negotiation and building strong global supplier relationships.
• Analyse and trade the department, assessing the relevance of new and emerging trends for the brand and planning accordingly.
• Collaborate closely with the merchandising team to track and manage trade, ensuring stock turnover, margin targets, and profit levels are met.

To be successful in this Womenswear Buyer:

• Ideally having experience as a Buyer or Senior Buyer level within fashion sector.
• Experienced in negotiating with suppliers to secure the best value, cost prices, and lead times.
• You must have experience in own-label buying
• Demonstrated success in developing and trading highly commercial fashion ranges that surpass sales and profit targets.
• In-depth knowledge of fabrics, garment construction, and the entire buying process, with a keen eye for print design.
• Passionate about trends and skilled at driving innovation and newness in a fast-paced environment.

The benefits of this Womenswear Buyer:

• 22 days Holidays.
• Contributory pension.
• Free car park.
• Discount across the group.
• Training & development opportunities.

If this opportunity sounds like you and you feel you have the experience and skill and want to be part of a growing and innovative company, then please apply quoting the reference no.JO-84

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.