Reselfridges Own Brought Assistant Buyer Role

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Selfridges Full time

Reselfridges Own Brought Assistant Buyer role:

Job Introduction:

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop.

We're a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail.

We're here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We'll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let's share with you the good stuff

Rewards and benefits
Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving.

As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges.

Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary.


  • Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include parttime, flexitime, job sharing or hybrid working
  • Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
  • Up to five paid volunteering days from beach cleans to coordinating food and clothing donations
  • Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies
  • Defined pension contribution scheme
  • Generous bonus and/or commission scheme
  • Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days
  • Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment
  • Subsidised gym memberships
  • Annual travel pass and cycletowork schemes
  • A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme
  • Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members
  • Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance
  • Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development
Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail

Role Responsibility:


As an Assistant Buyer, you will be responsible for our Reselfridges accessories buying department, supporting the Buyer in sourcing partners, product, managing spaces and activations.


You will work with the Buyer to negotiate the best terms for the business with supplier and the ordering process is efficient and compliant with Selfridges processes.

You will work closely with your B&M team and the wider business to deliver the ambitious Reselfridges growth targets.

As Assistant Buyer, you will:

  • Supporting the buyer across the Reselfridges accessories business ensuring thorough knowledge of product and market.
  • On boarding new 'Reselfridges' partners and negotiate the best possible terms with suppliers i.e. margin, trade discounts, markdown support, working with the Buyer and Head of Buying where appropriate.
  • Working with key brands to introduce resale as part of their offering.
  • Forge strong partnerships with our 'Reselfridges' partners
  • Assist with range planning (stories, selections, and product upload), physical space expansion and planning, working closely with the Merchandiser and Buyer/Head of Buying
  • Work with the Buyer and Head of Buying to ensure that Buying decisions are based on a sound commercial framework to drive sales and profit
  • Monitor and review trade in season, making trading recommendations and trading the stock to the Buyer/Head of Buying where necessary.
  • Support the with weekly trade packs, feeding back and presenting key findings and actions to Senior stakeholders.
  • Work with the Merchandiser to analyse performance, making recommendations to the Buyer.
  • Work closely with Marketing and PR and to be aware of promotional opportunities during negotiations with suppliers
  • Defining and documenting resale processes to help wider teams better understand resale ways of working and requirements e.g. pricing and product matrix, stock management and movement, reporting, partner onboarding, partner T&Cs
  • Be responsible for reordering, working within the OTB structure, ensuring decisions are communicated to the Administrator good time
  • Carry out research into key trends and put together look books for the area
  • Where relevant, to supervise the wider team and monitor workload.
  • Work closely with VM to ensure product placement optimises the look and performance of the department
  • Ensure effective communication with retail operations teams, particularly with regard to new partners, themes, activations and product training.
  • Highly knowledgeable. You will have a welldeveloped understanding of the product/market

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