Junior Buyer

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Matalan Full time

**About the Role**:
As a Junior Buyer on Womenswear accessories, you'll take responsibility for the product range from beginning to end, managing the supplier relationships, attending range planning and signoff meetings and working with the Design & Merchandising teams to land the range successfully with support from the Head of Buying.
- Co-ordinate the look and style of the ranges, including research and development and maintaining good relationships with existing and potential suppliers.
- Work with the Designer to agree the mood and story boards for translation into product
- Attend UK & Overseas Trade Shows and regular buying trips to suppliers across the Middle East, China & Bangladesh, attending and contributing to supplier meetings on current and previous ranges
- Conduct competitor shopping trips and benchmarking, identifying issues and opportunities for your range including prices, range width, gaps or over ranging, equipment and POS.

**About You**:

- Successfully held a Junior Buyer role on Womenswear
- Knowledge of the Womenswear market and trends
- Commercially focussed
- Experience of coaching and mentoring trainee colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels
- Ability to work independently
- Able to travel when the business requires

**About Matalan**:
From humble beginnings to disruptive innovations in the retail industry, find out about how Matalan is ever-evolving here.

We know as a team, we are stronger together - we champion equality for all and make lasting connections that go beyond work. We thrive off our inclusive culture, encouraging our colleagues to bring their true selves to work and contributing to collective creativity, open-mindedness and growth.

**Benefits**:
In addition to competitive salaries, we also offer the below core benefits:

- 20% staff discount, which increases with length of service
- Thrive Recognition Scheme
- Wellbeing support provided by the Retail Trust
- Life Assurance
- Retail Rewards platform offering discounts for other retailers
- Pension Scheme
- Access to a wide range of career development


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