Olivia Hughes Recruitment

Job Description:

This is an amazing opportunity to join one of the UK's fastest growing fashion brands as a Buyer for Knitwear. The company is expanding as a result of its success to date and if you would like the opportunity to bring your passion for fashion to a place where you can make your mark and develop your career then this could be the right opportunity for you.

The role will be based at the company's Head Office in Cheshire and hybrid working is in place.

Working across women's knitwear, the ideal candidate will have experience of fashion Buying at mid-market and high street level, alongside strong core planning, range building and analytical buying skills. A varied fashion background is ideal, covering fast fashion in addition to bricks and mortar buying experience.

This role requires a Buyer who thrives in a changing 'growth' environment and works well under pressure. You will enjoy implementing process for the benefit of the product teams to streamline working practises alongside the weekly and monthly planning and range building requirements.

You will enjoy and have the skills to 'get stuck into the detail' to ensure best practises are implemented on the department and be prepared to 'roll your sleeves up' working at a low and high level with a positive attitude.

There is opportunity to be involved in various business projects alongside the day to day of the Day Tops and Dresses buying role.

Key Responsibilities:
• Plan quarterly with the Merchandiser, clearly communicating lessons learnt, plan of action and delivering robust analytical plans to drive out commercial ranges.
• You will be able to clearly demonstrate what the department strategy is.
• Deliver a balanced range across fabric, shape, print and colour.
• Manage the weekly buy for the Day areas alongside the Designer, ensuring all samples are reflective of the original design work, costed to BIM targets and able to hit the required intake dates.
• Trade weekly - ensuring forward stock is reflective of weekly trading patterns, managing the intake to ensure stock is landing at the right time.
• Manage the online sales performance alongside the stores performances and 3rd parties. Spot missed opportunities, product trends and identify why something is a best or worst seller
• Be responsible for critical path, ensuring all team members are utilising the critical path effectively.
• Have a strong commercial eye, able to understand the brands vision and able to put our customer at the forefront of every product decision.
• Ensure the customer is at the heart of all decisions from colour, print, design and fitting of the garment.
• Contribute to our trend forum encouraging all levels of the product team to have a voice, helping keep the focus on the customers' requirements.
• Deliver to the revenue, BIM and returns targets set by the senior management team.
• Manage supplier relationships - identifying risks and opportunities alongside the technical, design and sourcing teams.
• Run production and capacity planning to ensure we deliver the best BIM whilst staying flexible in season.

Who we're looking for:
• Someone with buying experience in a similar role and a commercial fashion eye.
• You'll have strong knowledge of knitwear.
• A varied fashion background is ideal, covering fast fashion in addition to bricks and mortar buying.
• Someone with a string understanding of women's body shapes and what makes a 'perfect' garment for them.
• Experience in trading a department to maximise sales.
• An analytical and creative thinker who has the ability to read analytical data to drive out strategic buying actions, implementing the actions quickly and efficiently.
• Strong communication skills.
• The ability to problem-solve under pressure in a fun, fast-paced environment.
• Identifies new ways of working that fit the business as it continues to grow.
• Effective time management and the ability to prioritise as well as being able to take responsibility and make independent decisions.
• PC literate, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Holds a clean and valid UK driving licence.