BUYER | NORTH WEST | FASHION RETAILER | HYBRID | SALARY £40,000 - £45,000

Competitive Salary DOE £
Car Allowance
25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
Hybrid working
Flexi hours You will need to be an experienced Buyer who has a proven track record of working well under pressure, the ability to lead & inspire their team whilst also executing ambitious strategies throughout each season.
In this role you will explore your love for product whilst being a part of a creative & collaborative environment.

AS THE BUYER:

You will have developed Buyers Admin Assistants, Assistant Buyers or Junior Buyers through challenging and nurturing them in their roles to achieve promotions & key career highlights
Examples of reviewing ways of working and improving efficiencies
Range Building is critical
On boarding new suppliers
Supplier strategy
Supplier visits
Multi - product background is essential RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

Building lessons learnt presentations for your Head of's & Directors
Clear ability to communicate Best & Worst indicators and building strategy points from these learnings with the wider, more junior members of the team
Challenging and holding your direct reports accountable for the running & trading their own sub- categories
Ensuring daily that your team feel motivated and supported with all tasks
Review and build clear pricing architectures with merchandisers
Plan with your Merchandiser all buys
Build well-balanced ranges
Ability to identify gaps within all ranges and capitalise on new opportunities
Encourage junior members of the team to react to sales, always looking to make money for the business with new product
Review colour, prints, shapes whilst protecting best sellers but at all times introducing newness to keep ranges moving forward
Experience with trading from the Far East and closer to home (short & long lead) is essential
Maintain supplier relationships whilst onboarding new suppliers to the business
Ability to source new fabrics and trims as well as having experience sourcing more sustainable fabrications
Experience of test and trial methods to drive newness and profit for your department
Reputable trading performance at margin level and cash sales
Experienced with OTB and seasonal budget management with your merchandiser
Ability to dive into historical and new data for your department so that commercial decisions can be made from a trading point of view
Manage Monday Trade reports and key actions for your department to take
Ability to oversee the wider team for critical path and delivery schedule
Manage and communicate any stock issues, delays, cancellations with the full team
Manage and prepare for all product launches via the critical path you set for your entire department
Manage campaign and trigger dates to ensure key styles launch on time successfully
Work closely with Merchandiser to plan and prepare forecasting and projections for any volume programmes
Conduct cross costing projects to protect and increase margin
Attend trend and design meetings with internal & external stakeholders

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