Assistant Buyer

7 months ago

Liverpool, United Kingdom The Very Group Full time

Internal use only - Grade H_

**About us**:
We are The Very Group and we’re here to help families get more out of life. We know that our customers work hard for their families and have a lot to balance in their busy lives. That’s why we combine amazing brands and products with flexible payment options on Very.co.uk to help them say yes to the things they love. We’re just as passionate about helping our people get more out of life too; building careers with real growth, a sense of purpose, belonging and wellbeing.

**About the role**:
We have a really exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer on Branded Menswear. You’ll report directly into the Buyer for the area so lots of opportunity to further develop your skills.

Day to day you will be meeting and managing brand relationships, developing commercial range-plans suited to our customer, producing and presenting reports at trade meetings on trends, forecasts and opportunities.

We’re looking for Assistant Buyer who already has experience at this level or someone who has relevant transferable skills in a relevant profession and can demonstrate a strong understanding and passion for Buying. You will be working with our key menswear brands such as Levi's, Barbour and Lacoste.

Key Responsibilities:

- Commercial awareness: Awareness of the market is key, keeping track of competitor activity, market trends and price positioning.
- Maintaining relationships with brands in line with our values
- Able to deputise for the Junior Buyer in key meetings.
- Able to delegate or take lead and make decisions under pressure.
- Formulating Range Frameworks/Brand Plans alongside merchandising functions

**About you**:

- You will be highly organised with great communication skills.
- You can pre-empt potential challenges that may impact team or trading and take steps to minimise them before they arise.
- You will build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Able to deputise for the Buyer in key meetings.
- Liaison with SMT and can clearly articulate category performance
- Trading actions - identifying how to maximise best sellers and identifying worst sellers and minimising risk.
- Able to delegate/ take lead.

**Some of our benefits**:

- Flexible, hybrid working model
- Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews
- £250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays
- Udemy learning access
- Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
- Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
- Matched pension up to 6%
- More benefits can be found on our career site

**How to apply**

**What happens next?**

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:
**1st stage**:

- An informal 30-minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.

**2nd Stage** - A one-hour formal interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions. This can be held either in-person or remotely.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If you'd like to know more about our interviews, you can find out here.

**Equal opportunities**

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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