Assistant Buyer License Self
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Job Summary
Working Pattern: Typically 5 days a week onsite with core hours flexible between 8am and 6pm.
The Role
An exciting opportunity for an assistant buyer to join our ever growing wholly owned brand SELF. As our Assistant Buyer you wont just be supporting the team youll be a vital engine in our product cycle. You will work closely with our Buyer and Design teams to curate collections that define the next generation of is a role for someone who has their finger on the pulse of street style and the technical grit to manage a broad product category and a complex global supply chain. At SELF buying and brand identity go hand-in-hand and we want someone who will be at the heart of our marketing evolution influencing how our products come to life on-set online and in store. We are scaling at lightning speed. Your career path here is limited only by your ambition.
What Youll Take On
- Range Building: Assist in creating balanced commercial ranges that align with the SELF DNA and performance standards.
- Critical Path Management: Take full ownership of the critical path ensuring our hero drops land on time every time.
- Trade Analysis: Dive into the data. Youll analyse weekly sales reports to identify bestsellers and react to opportunities to maximize Open to Buy.
- Supplier Relations: Negotiating costs and ensuring our quality remains unmatched. Attend fit sessions to ensure our execution is finessed and our attention to detail is uncompromising.
- Frequent travel is required to source the best products and prices with regular sign-off on ranges.
What Youll Bring
- Commercially Savvy: You understand that a great design is only half the battle - you have a sharp eye for margins and a knack for spotting a bestseller.
- Effective team management: Resource delegation and motivation are central to success.
- Agile: We are a high-growth brand. You thrive in an environment where things change quickly and you arent afraid to pivot.
Sponsorship
Next has assessed the role advertised and based on current UKVI criteria theAssistant Buyerrole is not eligible for skilled worker sponsorship. Next will be unable to sponsor you and expects that you will have alternative Immigration status to take up the role.
We 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.
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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
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now po ... View more
