Assistant Marketplace Buyer

7 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom New Look Full time

From our first store in the 1960s, a little Taunton shop with great clothes and even better prices, to an omni-channel business serving millions of customerswe're New Look.

Our purpose is always to inspire That New Look Feeling and we believe that starts with us.

Our values motivate us every day:
we play to win, we're customer-obsessed and we work as one.


It's a busy and exciting time for the brand and we're on the hunt for a Assistant Buyer to join our growing Marketplace team.


The purpose of this role is to support the Buyer to deliver a profitable range that will be sold through the Marketplace model.


Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Support the buyer to deliver the strategy, ensuring margin and profit targets are always met.
  • Managing the outstanding orders along with supporting the Assistant Merch with PO commitment for each marketplace, replacing cancellations where possible and managing the line detail.
  • Sound understanding of the Business Strategy and how that impacts your Department
  • Responsibility for the development of the marketplace admin assistant, managing them and overseeing their daily tasks including CP management.
  • Monitor returns rates and take necessary action, escalating to the buyer when there are issues at MG and style level.
  • Work closely with BMD to support the Buyer to trade the range inseason, based on sales performance, returns and trends.
  • Build and maintain relationships internally and externally.
  • Take ownership of selected marketing groups to select a profitable range from the core New Look selection.
Technical Knowledge & Experience

  • Able to support Buyer to build a comprehensive product range
  • Understanding of supply chain issues / cost (e.g. product lead times/ flexibility/ supplier capability)

Able to support:

  • Understanding of the marketplace set up
  • Understanding of strategic needs of division
  • Understanding of New Look brand and subbrand strategy and key customer
  • A knowledge of the current competitive international marketplaces (comparative shopping)
  • Understanding BMD launch plans and phasing
  • Ability to identify relevant product trends in global retail market place (directional shopping)
  • Basic knowledge of the elements that make up the cost of a product
  • Ability to review sales data and suggest commercial recommendations to Buyer and Merchandiser
Why New Look?

The amazing people, the fashion - there are so many reasons to love working at New Look.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

You'll also receive these amazing benefits, to name only a few:

  • 40% staff discount
  • Monthly 25% off privilege vouchers for family and friends to enjoy
  • Season ticket loans


Pension
  • A contributory private pension scheme
  • Virtual GP access
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer. Although this is a full-time role, our colleagues work a range of patterns.

If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.



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