Joules Buying & Sourcing Director

About the Role:
Ready to start your Joules Journey

Step into the role ofBuying & Sourcing Director here at Joules Head Office!

Youll be a vital part of the senior leadership team and sit on the Joules Operating Board. This is a crucial role where you will directly oversee and guide the Buying and Technology teams with a core focus on developing and executing profitable and commercially successful ranges to maximise sales.

Core responsibilities will include:

• Team Leadership: Inspire and motivate your teams fostering their development and empowering them to achieve their best.
• Commercial Strategy: Develop and deliver profitable ranges by staying ahead of key market trends including styles fabrics and colours. This is across both the online store and wholesale channels.
• Problem-Solving: React quickly to stock and supplier issues making confident commercial decisions to resolve escalations.
• Innovation: Drive continuous improvement through the introduction of new technology and procedures.
• Collaboration: Work seamlessly with a wide range of internal teams across the business and group including Merchandising Design Stores Code of Practice and Sustainability.
• Travel: This is a hands-on role that requires regular UK and international travel to visit factories suppliers stores and warehouses.
  

About You:
You are a passionate and commercially-minded professional with a flair for product and extensive knowledge of the market alongside significant sourcing expertise. You will have demonstrable experience at a Head of Buying level or more senior within a fast-paced Head Office environment and a proven track record of managing and mentoring teams.

You will be highly organised self-motivated and comfortable taking initiative and making intelligent commercial decisions. Excellent senior stakeholder management and communication skills are essential. You are a resilient analytical and highly numerate individual who can influence others and take action when needed.

Required Skills & Experience

• Significant head of buying and sourcing experience in a retail head office.
• A clear understanding on how a technical team operates in a head office environment.
• Proven ability to lead inspire and motivate a team.
• Strong commercial acumen and a responsive enterprising approach to work.
• Excellent communication and influential negotiation skills.
• Hands-on knowledge of product and commercial supply/manufacture processes.
• Ability to identify and mitigate problems early to prevent delivery and trading delays.

Where will you be working
This is a full time role based at The Barn - Joules purpose built Head Office in Market Harborough Leicestershire. This role is office based working onsite as we believe this is where we make the best decisions together.


Sponsorship:
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: encourage early applications for our roles as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position this advert may close earlier than planned.