Junior Buyer

Salary
- **£27,000 - £35,000 DOE**
- Location
- **Peterborough Head Office**
- Contracted Hours
- **Office Based, 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm**
- This is a _permanent_, _full time_ vacancy_ that will close _in a month_ at 23:59 BST_. _

**The Vacancy**

**What is the role**

To implement the sourcing and buying strategy for a given range of product, owning and supporting the delivery of agreed target KPI’s. Working in partnership with merchandisers and the garment tech team to plan and balance the range. Junior Buyers will have responsibility for a specific range or a product category with the guidance of an experienced Buyer.

**What you will do**

Main Areas of Accountability:

- Plan a commercial range with the Buyer or Product manager
- Ensure that supply base has the capability to meet requirements
- Negotiate with suppliers for best price whilst maintaining product integrity and standards in production
- Understand and contribute towards brand and product handwriting
- Ensure that agreed levels of good, better and best product are bought
- Review competitor activity and regularly assess price architecture
- Meet deadlines within the buying calendar and adhere to the critical path
- Set clear performance standards to self and team members
- Present the range in Trading, selection, sign off and review meetings
- Understand profit and intake margin strategy focussing on achieved target margin
- Actively trade the department, review commitment against current sales performance and set action plan accordingly
- Work with garment tech team to take joint responsibility for fit and quality
- Regularly visit stores and work closely with retail colleagues
- Work across supply base / buying team to source and develop new product opportunities
- Secure dates for product sign-off at appropriate points in the season
- Oversee the critical path management for the department

Additional Accountabilities:

- Assist in driving marketing and trading activity via e-commerce campaigns & POS
- Ensure Competency Reviews are completed and Personal Development plans are developed and kept live with the buying team
- Undertake project work when required
- Develop and share best practise across the buying floor
- Ensure that communication of issues and developments to the Buying Manager is timely, consistent and in the appropriate format

Measures of Success:

- Deliver a profitable range in a timely manner
- Develop a range which works visually alongside other products to agreed guidelines
- Work within budget to increase sales whilst reducing markdown

**What you will bring**
- Passion for fashion, up to date on trends
- Understanding of inclusive fashion and the challenges this brings
- Experience of working with a range of suppliers UK and overseas
- Highly self motivated and willing to learn
- Proven ability to work well within a team and independently
- Effective Communicator and presenter
- Proven record of good attendance and flexibility
- Positive energy and enthusiasm to succeed
- Ability to adapt to frequent change and a high-pressure environment
- Ability to adopt a flexible approach when required and to think swiftly
- Outstanding loyalty and commitment to the business
- Relevant fashion/buying degree desirable
- Strong commercial awareness
- Success at Assistant Buyer Level
- Knowledge of building a profitable range
- Microsoft Excel skills required

**The Company**

Yours Clothing is a retailer that provides the best value on the UK high street and internet for curvy customers. Along with our big and tall menswear brand, BadRhino, our Long Tall Sally brand and our most recent addition, PixieGirl Petites, the business is growing at pace to cater for non-standard sizes on the high street and online.

Our continued success comes from our entrepreneurial thinking and listening to our customers to deliver fashion products at the right price. Our environment is fast paced, ever evolving and full of excitement. Yours Clothing continues to expand and become the number one plus size fashion retailer in the UK whilst continuing to develop our brands into new and exciting niche markets both in the UK and further afield.

**The Benefits**

**50% Discount on all of our brands**

**Enhanced Holiday allowance**

**Pension & Life assurance**

**Bonus scheme**

**Employee wellbeing and assistance programme**

**Retail discounts