Assistant Buyer – Freelance at Pringle of Scotland Head Office | Harri Jobs

Assistant Buyer

Kingston-Upon-Thames – Part Time (Freelance)

Purpose of the role: The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer in the smooth and commercial delivery of the Pringle product range to drive profitable sales growth. This role supports the management of the process to ensure that the collections, once designed, are appropriately priced and effectively produced to the quality expectations of the Pringle customer, and inline with department and business expectations.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Buyer in all aspects of the product development process.
• Buy and develop ranges inline with the agreed range and business strategy.
• Contract orders to suppliers for all departments on the critical path (delegating to Admin if necessary).
• Oversee buying information on the range plan to ensure 100% accuracy and timely entry.
• Manage sample management.
• Manage critical path.

Range Development

• Develop ranges to the agreed plan & margin, and in line with agreed supply partners.
• Place orders and manage to 95% availability.
• Maximise sales through trading OTB strategy (within agreed parameters).
• Manage critical path and own all approval stages.
• Liaise with suppliers and sourcing to manage sourcing opportunities (with agreement of Dept. head/BD).
• Liaise with merchandiser to produce lessons learnt for future ranging.
• Produce monthly market and competitor reports to form strategies for future ranging.
• Present ranges for sign-off.
• Be aware of sales and performance.
• Understand cost price/margin/quantity requirements.

Critical Path & Fit Process

• Update and manage critical path weekly.
• Report exceptions to all channel launch dates to the Buyer on a weekly basis.
• Liaise weekly with direct team, merchandising and technical through garment approval stages, and update critical path.
• Delegate or approve fabrics, colours and garment trims to delivery.
• Attend fit sessions and approve through the quickest technical staging.
• Report to the Buyer on QC issues and solutions.
• Raise and follow through debit notes for late deliveries. Ensure listed on logistics report.

Samples

• Ensure timely delivery of SMS & photo shoot samples according to critical path. Manage SMS tracker and liaise with channels on handover.
• Manage invoicing and courier charges for SMS samples (according to budget).
• Work with technical to manage fit sessions and sample organisation.
• Arrange samples for sign-off. Take notes and liaise on amendments to range plans.
• Manage sample storage and delegate department tidiness to Admin if necessary.

People

• Work cross‑functionally on proof approvals for product collateral and input buying information into the product database.

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