Senior Assistant Buyer – Baby – 9 Month Fixed Term Contract

As the Senior Assistant Buyer for Baby, you’ll play a key role in shaping profitable and trend‑led ranges, working alongside the Buying Manager to deliver products our customers love.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to keep the function running smoothly
• Preparing information, product or analysis (including Monday trade)
• Conducting regular store/website visits to understand our competition ranges and prices and to help shape our future product and range requirements.
• Identifying new product opportunities and understanding how to work through the different stages of product development from concept to production in order to bring new products to the ranges.
• Active involvement in range building process to support my manager to deliver great products and great ranges hitting all the key meeting milestones.
• Negotiating (with support from your manager) prices across multiple products.
• Understanding product components, technical requirements, sourcing and supply chain issues and commercial margin parameters.
• Liaising with HUBs and suppliers to monitor critical path taking actions to ensure on time delivery
• Day‑to‑Day management of Buying Administrators within the team, developing both their technical and leadership skills
• Understanding and supporting the departmental sourcing strategy.
• Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence

Qualifications

• Clothing retail experience
• Product development and sourcing experience
• Range building skills
• Report preparation and analysis skills
• Ideally line management responsibility
• Data analysis and numeracy skills
• MS Office

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