Junior Buyer

We're the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

The Role: Menswear

As a Junior Buyer, you'll play a key role in shaping a product range that really connects with our customers. You'll support the Buyer in developing and delivering a commercial, on-trend and profitable offer that drives sales and keeps our customer at the heart of every decision.

This is a hands-on, fast-paced role where you'll get involved in product development, sample management, market research and supplier communication. You'll use your eye for product and your strong organisational skills to make sure ranges land on time and reflect what our customer wants now — and next.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

What you'll be doing

Planning

• Understanding the Business Strategy and how that impacts your department
• Influencing the pricing strategy and price point policy for ranges in conjunction with the Merchandiser
• Applying knowledge of the current competitive marketplace and trends to drive the direction of the department
• Capacity planning proposing the production capacity required to meet changing demands for the product
• Solid understanding of the Department's current Customer insights, Market Share and opportunities
• Applying New Look brand and sub-brand strategy to product and range decisions within own area
• Working in conjunction with Marketing and E-Comm to identify opportunities for your department
• Developing pricing strategy

Buying

• Working with design to develop brief and product, providing focused, clear development direction to supplier base
• Managing and singing off product specification packs, thinking creatively to meet the Critical Path
• Negotiating the best cost price to achieve departmental margin targets
• Understanding product trends and interpreting them where relevant into product areas
• Developing the right product at the right time, in line with the departmental design brief to meet customer requirements
• Utilising Open to Buy (OTB) through product development
• Building Ranges to option framework to maximise sales and profit and to offer the customer the best assortment
• Understanding the best sourcing route and Supplier for product whilst developing a short lead time route for trading
• Monitoring Critical Path on Commitment to insure intake and distribution targets are met
• Highlighting trial product opportunities to maximise future sales and reduce risk
• Working with Garment Tech to complete fit sessions in order to develop blocks and fit, that reflects design input and customer trends
• Agreeing packaging requirements and presentation of product in line with the Critical Path

Who you are?

Knowledge & Experience

• You'll bring experience as a Senior Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer, ideally within a fast pace fashion retailer and within Menswear.
• You have a strong understanding of product, customer and commercial performance, and you're confident working with data to inform decisions.

Education & Qualifications

• A fashion-related qualification or degree is desirable, but we value relevant experience and a passion for product just as highly.

What Success Looks Like

• You build a balanced, commercial range that's delivered on time and aligned to the Critical Path.
• You help deliver departmental profit margin targets through smart, customer-focused decisions.
• You contribute to a motivated, collaborative team where people feel supported.
• You role-model our New Look values in the way you work and partner across the business.

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We're proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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