Junior Buyer

6 days ago


Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Page Personnel - UK Full time
Progression Opportunities

  • Travel Opportunites

About Our Client:

A great opportunity for a
Junior Buyer to join a leading fashion accessories retail business in their Leeds Office.

As a company they have been trading for over 40 years and are now a multi-channel retailer selling via stores, ecommerce, wholesale etc.

Due to strong trading figures, there are seeking to add a couple of key hires to their buying team.**- Develop a strong working relationship with key departments across the business i.e.

merchandising - working the system and using the system to support buying decisions. Trading your area on a weekly basis. Monitoring sales reactions and adapting trading decisions accordingly.

  • Travel with buying/Design & QA team across Europe and Far East when required throughout the season aiding the whole team to deliver the requirements for each trip and supporting as and when all product functions.
  • Demonstrates a clear understanding of the companies requirements for product standards in order to be able to communicate effectively with issues regarding product/price/quality. Attention to detail is a pre requisite.
  • Market position have a clear understanding of both target market and how this then implicates the category mix. Aware of the companies competition and movement each week.
  • Actively conducts thorough benchmarking of competitors ranges to look for missed opportunities/price architecture and movement, sourcing activities which retailer is using what COO. Marketing/web activity
  • Is able to work out margins accurately and have an understanding of costings required to do a buying job: i.e. margins/WSSI/budget build up/OTB/speed to market.
  • Optimising sales on best sellers and trading out of poor reactions. Working the system and hilighting good/bad reactions/ testers while making proposals/suggestions for future buys
  • Line management of Buying Admin Assistant, train and development of them.

The Successful Applicant:

  • Demonstrates a "can do" attitude.
  • Experience as a acting Junior Buyer, Junior Buyer or similar
  • Manages the expectations of others and provides accurate estimates of the time it will take to complete work while minimizing delays and conflicting priorities.
  • Reacts well to stretching goals, striving to exceed previous standards and create new ones while improving own performance and team.
  • Makes appropriate improvements to own work methods to improve performance and meet objectives.
  • Have line management experience of BAA's / Assistant Buyers

What's on Offer:

Salary up to £30K DOE

Travel Opportunities

Progression Opportunities

Stakeholder pensions

Generous discounts

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