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Junior Buyer

Employer
Confidential
Location
London
Salary
27000.00 - 27000.00 GBP Annual
Closing date
13 Jul 2022

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Specialist Area
Buyer
Sector
Retail
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Our client are currently looking for a new team member within their Buying and Merchandising Division. This is a very exciting time to join the business as they are growing rapidly year on year so the future prospects for the successful Junior Buyer are endless. The current team are vibrant and driven and the company have fantastic perks for their employees. The role will be remote with a minimum of one day per month in their Uxbridge offices or, for those who prefer to work more days in the office, there is opportunity to do that also.

Do you have experience within fashion buying?

Are you a hungry and passionate Junior Buyer looking for a company that supports autonomy within a role?

If so please apply today!

Responsibilities:

* You will be responsible for the purchasing of external branded product

* You will understand the competitive landscape in promotional activity, knowing the main competitors and bringing knowledge, opportunities, and risks back to the business on a regular basis

* You will always be clear on the stock levels required to deliver the budget

* Working closely and collaboratively with the merchandising team, you will make commercial decisions and suggestions about future seasonal plans as well as supporting the creation of a pricing strategy to optimise margin.

* You will monitor returning products and through your knowledge of the budget for full price and clearance product, you will investigate and report back on issues and actions to mitigate those returns

* You will demonstrate a strong commercial awareness and be responsible for tracking competitor activity of branded product and share that knowledge with the trading team

* You will also be responsible for how external brands are represented on the website ensuring the integrity of each brand is maintained while building and maintaining good relationships with all external brand suppliers

* You will also be responsible for Purchase Order management processes, and ensure all products are created in the system accurately to place purchase orders

ABOUT YOU

* You will have a minimum of 3 years' experience in a fashion buying and merchandising department

* You will be educated to degree level or equivalent

* You are confident and driven in order can take full ownership of the branded buying category

* You will have good interpersonal skills and have experience of negotiating as a clear communicator, one that can confidently deliver information to a senior level,

* This job role will focus heavily on building and maintaining good relationships with suppliers both UK based and abroad

If you are interested in this position please apply or for further information call Uxbridge Employment Agency and ask to speak with Siobhan Joseph

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