Junior Buyer

Junior Buyer | Knitwear | Ladieswear Fashion | South Manchester | £38,000 + Benefits

One of the passionate & aspiring Buyer!

As the Junior Buyer you'll be owning your own department, from concept through to launch and trading. To be a successful applicant for the opportunity you will be a senior AB with category experience, or you may be a JB already who's looking for a bigger area and a new environment.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday
• Hybrid working
• Social environment
• Flexible hours

As The Junior Buyer:

• Have developed and directly managed; Buyers Admin Assistant and/or Assistant Buyers
• Examples of reviewing ways of working and improving efficiencies
• Trading
• On boarding new suppliers
• Supplier visits

Junior Buyer Responsibilities:

• Build cohesive ranges at the start of each trading period
• Work closely to your designers to ensure key items for the season are being bought
• Commercially decide on qty's with the team over core and fashion items
• Always look for newness and react quickly to latest trends
• Work with both local, short and long lead suppliers
• Clear ability to communicate Best & Worst indicators
• Review pricing architectures
• Ability to identify gaps within ranges and capitalise on new opportunities
• Review colour, prints, shapes whilst protecting best sellers but at all times
• Own Monday trade meetings, highlighting all uplifts and risks and propose clear actions for the team
• Own the costing process and final prices at cost and at retail
• Experience of test and trial methods to drive newness and profit for your department
• Ability to dive into historical and new data for your department
• Ability to oversee the wider team for critical path and delivery schedule
• Attend all fit sessions with the support of a BAA
• Manage and communicate any stock issues, delays, cancellations with your Merchandiser
• Manage and prepare for product launches
• Work closely to the companies trading calendar ensuring you have stock in for the right times

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