Buyer - Womenswear (Denim)

As a Buyer on the Womenswear team with a focus on denim, you will maximise your department's sales and profitability by executing the right product and purchasing strategy for the customer, balancing time, price, quality and quantity. You lead product development with a strong understanding of COS aesthetics and the COS customer, ensuring efficient component and product development that supports growth and profitability. In close collaboration with the Assortment Planner and Concept Designer, you plan and deliver a strong, cohesive assortment, working cross-functionally with the Buying, Design, Pattern, Material and Supply Chain teams to secure a commercially sound range.

What you will do

• Customer centric buying strategy: Set and execute the department vision based on customer needs, market trends and COS brand direction. Drive a balanced assortment with clear aesthetics, the right product mix, price architecture, quantities and timing, aligned with long term brand and commercial goals.
• End to end product and component development ownership: Own and execute efficient product and component development from start to end, including samples, colours and materials, ensuring purpose, quality, sustainability and profitability throughout the process.
• Commercial performance and analytical decision making: Take buying accountability by analysing purchase targets, sales performance and customer insights. Proactively react to results, identify new sales opportunities and maximise short and long term sales and profitability.
• Cross functional collaboration and execution excellence: Work closely with Design, Pattern, Fabric, Production, Buying Controllers, PO teams and Supply Chain to align strategies, budgets and timelines, ensuring efficient workflows, accurate component bookings and on time delivery.

Qualifications

• Alignment to our company values is the most important characteristic we look for in all new joiners. Our values are the behaviours that we appreciate above and beyond anything else. We are open-minded and curious, we dare to be different, we believe in constant improvement and we empower and trust you to take ownership.
• Proven buying experience: Previous experience at Buyer level is essential, with strong denim expertise. You'll bring a product development mindset and have experience working closely with an in-house design team. Exposure to luxury or high-quality product environments is beneficial.
• Customer and market insight: Strong understanding of customer needs, behaviour and trends, with the ability to translate insight into commercially relevant, brand appropriate product and assortment decisions.
• Commercial and analytical acumen: Confident in analysing sales, margins, purchase targets and performance data, using insight to inform buying strategies and improve overall profitability.
• Product and aesthetic judgement: Deep understanding of COS aesthetics, quality expectations and product purpose, with a strong eye for components, colours, best basics and fashion relevance.
• Strategic planning and execution: Highly organised with the ability to manage complex timelines, omni-channel requirements, regional planning and capacity considerations while securing delivery against plan.
• Communication and influence: Effective communicator who builds strong partnerships across Buying, Design and Supply Chain, aligning diverse stakeholders around shared goals and delivering through collaboration.

Additional Information

This is a full-time permanent role based at our Head Office in London.

Benefits

• We offer all our employees attractive benefits with extensive development opportunities around the globe.
• All our employees receive a 25% staff discount usable on all our H&M Group brands in stores and online.
• In addition to our staff discount, all our employees are included in our H&M Incentive Program - HIP.
• In addition to this UK based colleagues also receive:
• Up to 25 days holiday
• Annual health checks
• Pension scheme
• Discounts on various activities and financial/lifestyle products via our benefits hub
• Cycle to work scheme
• Discounted gym membership
• Employee assistance via retail trust
• Private health & dental care

Inclusion & Diversity

At COS we're determined to create and maintain inclusive, diverse and equitable workplaces throughout our organisation. Our teams should consist of a variety of people that share and combine their knowledge, experience and ideas. Having a diverse workforce leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, on what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world. Hence all diversity dimensions are taken into consideration in our recruitment process.

Company Description

COS offers a wardrobe of ready-to-wear and accessories rooted in exceptional quality and lasting design. The creative soul of the brand is fuelled by a deep connection to modern culture, dynamic global cities and compelling fashion movements. With an emphasis on expert craftsmanship, innovation and materiality, collections are created with a mindful approach, seamlessly blending contemporary and timeless.