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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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