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Junior Buyer

Zachary Daniels
Posted 9 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Manchester, Greater Manchester M17 1DJ, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The Junior Buyer position in South Manchester offers a salary of £38,000 plus benefits.
  • The role requires candidates to have experience as a senior Assistant Buyer or a Junior Buyer looking for a larger scope.
  • Responsibilities include managing a department from concept to launch, building cohesive ranges, and working closely with designers.
  • The position also involves trading, supplier management, and analyzing market trends to identify new opportunities.
  • Benefits of the role include 25 days of holiday, hybrid working options, a social environment, and flexible hours.

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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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.