Senior Buying Manager

5 days ago

Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Joma Jewellery Ltd Full time

THE OPPORTUNITY

We have the exciting opportunity to join our Buying team as Senior Buying Manager.

You will make an impact by defining the buying strategy for the Joma Jewellery and Katie Loxton brands. We're looking for an exceptional strategic thinker to define and drive the buying plan and budget, lead the buying team and ensure product compliance across the design department. You will report into the Head Of Channel (Merchandising and Product Strategy).

You are a great leader who is highly analytical, an effective communicator and has a track record of successful category and supplier strategy development. Ideally you will have experience as a Senior Buying Manager in the fashion, accessories, jewellery and/or gifting industry looking for an opportunity to utilise your Buying expertise to support our rapidly growing business.

If you're a visionary leader who has a proven track record of implementing impactful strategies and inspiring and developing a high performing buying team, we'd love to hear from you

The role is Monday - Friday 9am-5pm. You'll enjoy the exciting buzz of our friendly office in Banbury, Oxfordshire 4 times a week on average with the flexibility to work from home for the remaining day. Post a successful probation period you may have the opportunity to work from home on average twice a week, flexing up or down dependent on business needs.

BEHIND THE BRANDS

We're a family-run, entrepreneurial company with an exciting pace of life and a bright and friendly team. We are passionate about creating stunning products with a personal touch and innovating our business behind the scenes. We value creativity, collaboration and integrity.

HOW YOU'LL CONTRIBUTE

  • Working with the CEO, Creative Director and Head Of Channel to define the supplier sourcing strategy and execute it
  • Working with key departments to drive and deliver seasonal KPI's across our brands and Retail divisions, including overseeing management of the critical path of supplier development against KPIs and business objectives with complete accountability
  • Formulating and setting the buying plan and budget for all categories across both brands; creating final options and leading ingredients meetings, taking complete accountability for delivering the product development buy plan, working with the Merchandising team to ensure all risks and opportunities have been captured
  • Preparing and presenting weekly department sales information and samples for trade meetings
  • Reviewing sales, highlighting any reactions to the team and making strategic recommendations
  • Taking accountability for the company's design compliance and quality, managing the buying team to execute this, including approving or rejecting samples
  • Researching and presenting market and customer trends, whilst identifying opportunities and making recommendations for new products and categories
  • Reporting and forecasting
  • Developing strong cross-functional relationships with department leaders, working especially closely with the Product Design team and the Merchandising team
  • Coaching, leading and developing a high performing Buying team from a strategic and hands on point of view, ensuring goals and deadlines are being met. Following our people management processes, including holding performance reviews with your reports

THE TALENT YOU'LL BRING

  • Previous experience as a Buying Manager or Senior Buying Manager within a similar industry, with excellent team management and mentoring experience
  • A self-starter who competently manages risk and applies strong commercial acumen
  • Highly analytical, an expert in Excel and Power BI
  • Working knowledge of all laws and regulations relating to procurement, contracts and product
  • A passion and understanding of working in the fashion industry
  • Excellent organisation and communication skills at all levels
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and adapt to changes in priorities and manage deadlines
  • A strategic thinker who drives overall company goals through developing clear buying strategies in combination with Senior Stakeholders up to founder level
  • Previous experience in developing, defining and driving Buying KPI's
  • Strong understanding of QC

PERFECTLY PACKAGED

  • A competitive salary DOE
  • 25 days holiday rising to 27 with length of service, plus bank holiday
  • Abroad benefits package including our staff favourite – a very generous staff discount across both our brands. See all of our benefits on our careers portal
  • Opportunities to make an impact as well as learn and develop further
  • An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we're proud to be part of. Find out more about us and our culture on our careers portal

Joma Jewellery was founded in 2008 by Katie and Geoff Loxton, since then we have gone from strength to strength, launching Katie Loxton in 2015 and growing our business beyond the UK. We know that part of that growth comes from the fact that we take diversity and inclusion very seriously. We strive to be the best in our field, and we know that happens by hiring a diverse team and encouraging everyone to be their authentic selves when working with us. We don't hire based on cultures, preferences, or personalities – it's what you bring to the team that counts.

We are always striving to improve our way of working to be more inclusive, diverse and equal, including encouraging all team members to bring their ideas to the table as we know this is key to our continued success.

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