Wholesale Assistant Buyer

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom River Island Full time

**Description**:
We’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together - and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions.

This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.

The Womenswear Wholesale Assistant Buyer will support the Wholesale Junior Buyer, with the sell-in and presentation of ranges in line with the River Island brand and partner strategy. They expected to be a product expert for their division, acting as a key source of knowledge for both internal B&M teams as well Partner Brands. They will support the Wholesale Product Manager in all aspects of trading and selling, from pre season buys to in season trade, regularly reviewing potential risk and opportunity. They will work with Wholesale Partners to deliver the buying and merchandising plan. They will build strong internal working relationships with their counterparts, namely Wholesale Assistant Merchandisers and internal Womenswear Assistant Buyers. A River Island Assistant Buyer will also be responsible for managing the Wholesale Product Admin Assistants day to day activities and oversee their workload and development.

**What We Are Looking For...**:

- Supports the Wholesale Junior Buyer in all aspects of their role, aiding the overall Wholesale strategy whilst aligning to Partner’s specific strategies, collaborating with key counterparts in delivery
- Product expert for their division, possessing a solid understanding of Product critical paths, lead times, production and the manufacture of goods
- A daily point of contact for internal B&M teams
- Owns the day to day running of the B2B platform/ Virtual Showroom (NuOrder) for the division and drives forward the business ways of working to deliver from partner orders through to delivery
- Works closely with the Wholaesale Merchandising team and Account Leads to deliver a highly commercial and well-balanced range for the division that supports delivery of the divisional and partner strategy and ultimately the financial delivery of the Wholesale plan and Margin Target
- Attends B&M commercial sign off meetings where applicable and ensures Wholesale’s requirements are considered
- Responsible for managing Wholesale’s product critical path, diarising range handovers with B&M, Partner selection appointments and required feedback sessions with B&M and Account Leads/ Merchandisers
- Manages the physical Wholesale showroom for in person appointments, ensuring the product ranges are professionally displayed
- Acts as a face of the brand to Partners; supporting the Product Manager by presenting and guiding the Partners in selection meetings, ensuring the brand’s DNA and product strategy is delivered
- Supports in forming and delivering the planning and trading strategy for the division.
- Analyses trading patterns and trend reactions in season, ensuring insight is shared with B&M and opportunities are potentialised
- Works with the Product Manager to filter in key messages inline with the divisional critical path, channelling growth and range development
- Accountable for the management of Product Admin Assistants, setting the direction and objectives in line with the wider Product team’s strategy, ensuring the team is aligned and working towards those objectives, and providing timely feedback and support to enable each person to work to the best of their abilities
- Challenges all company working practices where appropriate to improve ways of working
- Foster and enable a culture of wellbeing and inclusion through openness, two way listening and owning actions needed to create a great workplace for our Islanders

**Key experience required**:

- Previous experience at an entry or mid level role in buying/wholesale
- Experience in an omni-channel business is highly desirable
- Track record of presenting and delivering against KPIs
- Track record of driving strong team and individual performance and engagement
- Previous experience with NuOrder (or a similar B2B platform) preferred but not essential

**Job role competencies**:

- Passion for the RI brand
- Displays an in-depth, RI customer-focused knowledge of market and trends.
- Excellent commercial awareness skills
- Passion for Product, the Fashion industry & latest Trends
- Strong influencing skills
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills, emotional intelligence, and self-management
- Skilled at presenting new ideas, flexing style and approach to gain buy-in
- Excellent people management and coaching, mentoring and development skills
- Highly organised, good prioritisation skills
- Ability to communicate and align teams to strategy and vision
- Disciplined and conscientious, results oriented
- Tenacious, resilient and adaptable to change
- Change advocate with a curious, continuous learning mindset
- Forward-thinking, innovative

**This Is For You...**:

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