Europe Junior Buyer - Maternity Cover

Diesel has long been a leading pioneer in denim and casual fashion, known for moving outside and ahead of trends in its industry. While retaining always its DNA, in recent years Diesel has evolved into the world of premium casual wear, becoming a true alternative to the established luxury market. Diesel is a truly worldwide organization. It is present in more than 80 countries with 5,000 points of sale, including more than 400 company owned stores.

We are looking for a Junior Buyer (Maternity Cover), who will be placed within the European Buying Team based in Milan. The person will be responsible for managing the operational processes of the Collections assigned buying in compliance with the Company guidelines and according to the store cluster.

Main activities and responsibilities

• In alignment with buying management team, work on Seasonal Buying assortment & order entry, understanding customer trends and market needs
• Manage weekly trade action to help support in Season sales results
• Responsible for creating new reports on product performance & analyzing results
• Work closely with Allocation team, to manage in-season transfers/re-assortment of collection
• Build relationship with store managers to help support store needs & requests
• Work with Visual Merchandising Team to ensure visual guidelines represent the EU Seasonal Buy, pushing key investment pieces

Main requirements

• The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 1 year Retail buying experience in fashion companies modernly structured. A degree in Economics is also considered as a plus;
• Excellent knowledge of the English language
• Mastery in the use of the main Office tools (particularly MS Excel)
• Ability to work under pressure and multitask
• Sharp business sense and passion for the world of fashion, good aesthetic sensibility and a personal interest in new trends.
• Precision and detail orientation, goal orientation, flexibility and enthusiasm complete the profile

What we offer

🙌 An awesome, young and dynamic team 👜 Possibility to work in the European HQ of one of the leading Italian fashion companies belonging to one of the most important luxury fashion groups

👖 A generous employee discount on Diesel and OTB group Brands

🏳️🌈 Highly inclusive working environment

💸 Lunch vouchers for each working day

As part of OTB Group, we work in a proactive environment, where everyone is challenged to achieve new goals, outstanding performances are recognized, and valuable career opportunities are provided to all employees.

For us People come first: we have an international environment with employees of 60 nationalities and more than 60% women, with 35 years as average age.

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Details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Retail
• Industries: Retail Apparel and Fashion