Buyer - Accessories, EMEA (Mat Cover)

Jimmy Choo is a 21st century luxury accessories brand, with shoes at its heart, offering an empowered sense of glamour and a playfully daring spirit.

Location: London, UK

Reporting to: GMM, EMEA

Who You Are: As the Buyer, you will support the GMM in delivering the end-to-end Seasonal Buying process and define the Continuity strategy for EMEA Full Price Retail and Ecommerce Channels for all Accessories categories (Bags, Small Leather Goods, Jewellery, Fragrance and Soft Accessories) in line with the Company product strategy and Financial targets.

What You’ll Do:

• Under the guidance of the GMM, select the seasonal product range for EMEA Retail and Ecommerce channels and optimize the product assortment for the EMEA stores, operating in line with the core assortment targets and seasonal OTB.
• Build the seasonal stock packages and place the buy quantities at a style and store level in line with the store OTB targets and seasonal range plan set by the Senior Merchandise Planner.
• Present the seasonal product selection and buy strategy to the Retail Teams and conduct In-season product training to enhance the product knowledge of the retail teams ahead of each seasonal launch.
• Drive the continuity product strategy and store continuity mapping for all Accessory categories and manage the monthly reorder process and forecasting sales and stock in the ‘Key Item Planner’ for all Accessories categories.
• Produce weekly/monthly and ad hoc product performance and sell through analysis, presenting key findings to the business stakeholders.
• Prepare the pre-buy seasonal analysis to present key lessons learnt to the GMM/EMEA President ahead of each seasonal buying campaign.
• Partner closely with the Area Managers and Retail Stores to ensure regular market visits are conducted to become an expert in the product needs for each store in the EMEA region.
• Optimize the product assortment and realign in-season sales and stock imbalances.
• Determine the seasonal product needs of the region and present the requirements to Global Buying and Central Merchandising teams to ensure the product development and capsule needs for the season ahead are met.
• Work closely with the Middle East Buying Team to ensure synergy in the seasonal buy and regularly review stock share opportunities to optimize stock across the region.
• Oversee the replenishment and consolidation processes to meet the inventory cover and seasonal Sell Through targets.
• Determine the product assortment for individual store events /VM/marketing needs and for new store openings in line with the stock opening plan set by the GMM/Senior Planner.
• Manage and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders, collaborating with corporate partners from Visual Merchandising, Marketing, Global Merchandising, Logistics and Online Partnership Teams to ensure product synergy across all departments.

You’ll Need to Have:

• 3+ years of experience in Buying and/or Retail Merchandising across European Markets.
• University Graduate or equivalent level experience.
• A keen eye for product and experience in Assortment Building.
• Strong knowledge of the current luxury sector Accessory trends.
• Experience increasing sales turnover and maximising gross profit.
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work within tight deadlines.
• Highly developed and proven analytical skills.
• Fluency in English.
• Advanced level Excel and Microsoft Office.

We’d Love to See:

• Fluency in Italian, French or Spanish.

Benefits:

• 25 days holiday.
• Summer Fridays.
• Product Allowance and Discounts.
• Exclusive Employee Sales.
• Pension and Life Insurance.

Equality, diversity and inclusion: At Jimmy Choo, we are committed to building a representative business that is empowered by our celebration of difference and enriches our creative solutions. We are all responsible for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We try to inspire change and growth within each other and believe success is a result that comes from our differences. Jimmy Choo is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusivity.