Strategic Buying Director

4 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Boden Full time

At Boden, we are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Buying Director to lead our divisional product strategy and drive sales and profit growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Commercial Awareness

  • Develop and drive divisional product strategies to enhance ranges and drive sales and profit.
  • Understand our brand and our customer in all our trading regions.
  • Stay ahead of economic and social trends to anticipate and mitigate their impact on the business.
  • Lead brand handwriting in line with brand strategy to deliver beautiful, elevated styles, outfits, and ranges.
  • Ensure Boden remains relevant and competitive in the retail landscape.

Range Building

  • Set innovative product strategy aligned with Creative vision to deliver sales growth across all markets.
  • Capitalize on opportunities with speed and agility.
  • Be the expert on our customer and what she wants, training and coaching teams to ensure in-depth knowledge of our target customer and her lifestyle is second nature.
  • Drive collaborative working across Design, Merchandising, Technical & Sourcing counterparts to ensure best range mix, sourcing approach & margin expectations are delivered.

Trading

  • Lead team to dynamically trade departments, driving and capitalizing on opportunities to grow sales and profits strategically.
  • Chase and mitigate risk where required, with speed and efficiency.
  • Take the lead with our Head of and Merchandising Director in trade sign-off meetings with Senior Director and Chief Commercial Officer.
  • Ensure all trade communication to our founder and wider business is clear, timely, accurate, and strategic.
  • Lead Buying team to partner with Marketing to ensure key messages are communicated to the customer across the correct channel.
  • Support trade actions in response to customer insight.

Supply Base

  • Lead the team to develop the right supplier strategy, critical path, and target margin to deliver profit, flexibility, quality, and design.
  • Stay aware of global supply opportunities and global economic issues.
  • Think strategically in the context of the global economy and landscape with a long-term view in mind to set business up for future growth and margin gain.

Team Leadership

  • Drive team morale, creating a dynamic, motivated, and efficient team.

Requirements:

  • Excellent product & customer knowledge with a commercial mindset.
  • Strong successful experience within Buying & managing teams.
  • 10 years' experience as Senior Manager.
  • Proven success in leadership at Director level.

About You:

  • Highly skilled in negotiation & networking skills to all levels.
  • Target driven & results focused.
  • A strategic & analytical thinker.
  • Excellent at prioritising business needs and delivering results.
  • Strong commercial understanding.
  • Exceptional communicator.
  • Detail orientated and exceptionally organised.
  • Strong leader.
  • Collaborative business partner.

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