Assistant Buyer Own Brand Womenswear
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Job Summary
Internal use only - Grade H
About us.
Were the team behind digital retailer Very.
Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.
And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.
If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.
About the team.
Our Buying team have some of the best minds in fashion and retail and are leading the way in finding the next trends and products.
Wereexcited to share an opportunity for a high-reaching creative and dedicated individual looking to expand their buying career.
About the role.
We have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer on Own Brand directly into a Buyer / Buying Manager for the area and manage a Buying Assistant so lots of opportunity to further develop your skills.
Day to day you will be meeting and handling supplier relationships working closely with the design team to develop a commercial range suited to our customerproducingand communicating reports at trade meetings on trendsforecastsand opportunities.
Werelooking for an Assistant Buyer who already has experience at this level or someone who has transferable skills in a relevant profession and candemonstratea strong understanding and passion for Buying.
The skills and behaviours imperative to being a successful Assistant Buyer candidateare;methodical passionatestrong communicationskills candemonstrateinitiative has a strong eye for product understand the current market/competition and you must have excellent attention to detail.
About you.
- Able to deputise for the Buying Manager and Buyer in key meetings.
- Liaison with Senior Management Team and can clearly articulate category performance.
- Trading actions identifyinghow to improve best sellers andidentifyingworst sellers and minimising risk.
- UK supplier appointments and negotiation with support of manager.
- Critical path management including product approvals and leading the garment fit process.
- Relationship management: both internally and externally will be important building positive relationships to improve commercial opportunities.
- Commercial awareness: Awareness of the market is key keeping track of competitor activity markettrendsand price positioning.
- Ensuring weekly checks of imagerypriceand relevant copy.
- Management of a buying assistant in the team providing development and career progression.
- Sample management chasing samples ahead of sign offs collating fit samples liaising with VM teams to ensure visibility of sign off product per month.
Some of our benefits
- Flexible hybrid working model
- Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews
- 250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
- 27 days holiday bank holidays
- LinkedIn learning access
- Up to 25% discount on
- Matched pension up to 6%
- More benefits can be found on our career site
How to apply
Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.
What happens next
Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.
You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:
1st stage - An informal 30-45 minute video call with the hiring team to discuss your skills and relevant experience. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the role and to ask any questions you may have.
2nd Stage A one-hour formal task based interview where you can expect both competency and technical questions.
As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.
If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.
Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities
We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Purchasing
- Organizational skills
- AS400
- Math
- Pricing
- Analysis Skills
- Merchandising
- Microsoft Excel
- Retail Math
- Administrative Experience
- negotiation
About Company
Hey, we’re The Very Group. Home of Very.co.uk, Littlewoods.com, and a team of 4,500 super-talented people. We’ve been reinventing shopping experiences for over a century. Technology has played a huge part in that, helping us transition from catalogues’ to pureplay online retail, but w ... View more
