Buyers Assistant

3 weeks ago

Watford, United Kingdom Ralph Lauren Full time

Ref #:
W141607

Department:
City:
Watford

State/Province:
Hertfordshire

Country:
United Kingdom

Pay Range Max

Pay Range Min

Company Description
- Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren's reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company's brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world's most widely recognized families of consumer brands.
- At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.Position Overview

For this placement you should be on your year in industry at any University in the UK.- You must have the right to work in the UK and would need to provide it at the Assessment Day if successful in securing an interview.Essential Duties & Responsibilities

**Key Responsibilities**- Autonomous and Accurate Delivery and Purchase Order Management. Clear communication of orders status, challenges, and opportunities to wider team.
- Meticulous data integrity and management of daily, weekly, and seasonal buying responsibilities; deliveries, pricing, assortment updates, and general admin support.
- Ability to navigate required tools and systems, as well as troubleshoot any issues and identify better ways of working to improve efficiency.
- Demonstrate and communicate awareness of retail landscape; conduct research on competitive set including pricing, style, and key messages and translate findings into actions.
- Support in preparing necessary documents and resources for major calendar meetings, including Hindsight, Buy Review and Sign Off.
- Able to analyse business reports with support from manager to broaden knowledge. Develop the ability to draw top line conclusions and actions from analysis to influence future buys.**Training and development**- To adopt a positive and proactive approach to their own training and development as well as that of their peers.
- Proactively promotes improvements to working practices and systems.-
- Participates in company initiatives as appropriate.**Communications & Partnerships**- Creates and maintains strong working relationships within cross-functional teams: Assortment Planning, Trading & Allocations, Retail Store teams, Global Production and Merchandising teams, and Brand Presentation team to ensure the department critical path is maintained to the highest standard.Experience, Skills & Knowledge- Awareness of product trends and current state of market.
-Good understanding of Ralph Lauren as a brand within the market.
-Commercial and Analytical.
-Able to demonstrates logical analysis and problem-solving skills.
-Attention to detail.
-Able to work on own initiative and be pro-active.
-Able to organize, prioritise tasks and manages time well to meet deadlines
-Demonstrates good listening, written and oral communication skills, effectively and clearly communicates.
-Able to build and maintain productive relationships within team environment.

-Able to demonstrate resilience and remain positive during challenging period.
-Support with Sample Managing, Photo Shoots and Showroom set up (Wholesale focused).

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