Junior Buyer
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
We are an independent recruitment agency who are celebrating our 40th year of supporting local candidates find local opportunities. Based centrally in both Uxbridge & Windsor we offer permanent, temporary and contract recruitment services within Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and the West London region.
For the purpose of the Conduct Regulations please be advised that when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
We take your personal data seriously and take every step to protect it. To learn how we handle your data please visit our website where you can find our Data Privacy Notice
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
We are an independent recruitment agency who are celebrating our 40th year of supporting local candidates find local opportunities. Based centrally in both Uxbridge & Windsor we offer permanent, temporary and contract recruitment services within Middlesex, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and the West London region.
For the purpose of the Conduct Regulations please be advised that when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.
We take your personal data seriously and take every step to protect it. To learn how we handle your data please visit our website where you can find our Data Privacy Notice
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