Buyer Senior Buyer (Permanent) in City of London

Chinti & Parker is a British luxury knitwear brand known for craftsmanship, colour and playful design. The business is entering an important phase of commercial reset and growth, with a renewed focus on product clarity, sourcing discipline, margin improvement and tighter seasonal execution.

We are looking for a Senior Buyer to lead the commercial buying process across knitwear, with selective support across adjacent categories where commercially justified. This is a hands-on role for someone who can translate creative direction into a focused, margin-accretive and deliverable range. The Senior Buyer will work closely with the Co-Founders, Design, Production, and Planning to ensure the range is commercially balanced, properly costed, bought with discipline and reviewed with clear learnings.

• Own the commercial buying process for knitwear from range build through to delivery.
• Partner with Co-Founders and Design to translate creative direction into a focused, commercial and brand-right range.
• Build seasonal range plans by category, style, colour, price point, margin and risk.
• Ensure the range balances Heritage, Playful Collectibles and Modern Wardrobe Knits.
• Support selective adjacent category development only where it is brand-right, margin-accretive and commercially justified.
• Support cross-quote testing across appropriate suppliers to benchmark cost, quality, lead time and capability.
• Work with Production to build a supplier matrix by category, capability, cost, margin, lead time and risk.
• Protect and improve intake margin while maintaining the quality and brand handwriting of Chinti & Parker.
• Own the buying critical path across responsible categories, from proto and sample review through to order placement and delivery handover.
• Identify risks early and escalate clearly, with recommended actions.
• Review trade performance by style, category, colour, yarn/fabric, price point, margin, discount, returns and sell-through.
• Translate trading performance into clear future-season recommendations.
• Partner on planning inputs, including sell-through assumptions, margin risk, stock exposure and repeat/chase/cancel/defer recommendations.
• Support tighter buy discipline by ensuring decisions are informed by previous performance and current trading evidence.
• Work with Planning on commercial planning inputs, margin, stock and trading implications.
• Work with Production on supplier delivery, costing and critical path.
• Support marketplace range decisions by considering fit, sizing, imagery, copy, returns risk and customer expectations.

Proven Buyer or Senior Buyer experience in a premium or luxury fashion environment. Track record of improving margin, supplier terms, range focus or buying discipline. Strong product judgement, with respect for creative direction and brand handwriting. Clear, direct communicator who can hold suppliers and internal teams to account. Strong Excel / Google Sheets capability. Clearer, tighter and more commercially balanced seasonal ranges. Better alignment between creative direction, commercial planning and buy decisions. Improved full-price sell-through and reduced markdown risk over time.