Senior Buyer in Rochdale

About SEVENSTORE: SEVENSTORE connects people through fashion, community, and collaboration. With a globally curated assortment of designers and brands, SEVENSTORE offers a unique collection of clothing, footwear and accessories from luxury fashion houses, archetypal contemporaries, and collaborative behemoths to the forefront of fashion, with the aim of bringing retail, creativity, and distinctive storytelling into one destination. Inspired by globally recognised fashion houses next to emerging talents, SEVENSTORE sets out to merge together local and global communities. With a consumer-focused space set out to share experiences through fashion, music, culture, and art. Driving forward the future of fashion and opening opportunities for creative minds, we are looking for talented individuals who understand the ethos, product, and culture of SEVENSTORE.

The Role: Reporting into the Buying Manager as Senior Buyer you are responsible for your own business brand portfolio as well as contributing to the development/management of the wider buying team. You will also contribute to the business brand strategy through managing and nurturing existing brand relationships & new brand acquisitions.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitating the development of Buyers, Assistant Buyers and Buyers admins through continuous coaching and support.
• Ability to buy across all divisions, categories and product groups.
• Taking complete accountability and ownership of their product file.
• Competently and confidently managing brand relationships.
• Researching, initiating and driving new business opportunities.
• Possessing and demonstrating extensive knowledge of the full product file.
• Collating and presenting budget and business performance reviews externally to major brands.
• Maintaining strong relationships internally with departments business-wide.
• Sharing regular market knowledge insights with the wider team and presenting an educated viewpoint.
• Budget planning alongside the wider buying & merchandising teams.

Requirements:

• At least 5 years experience at Buyer level or senior working with a global brand portfolio.
• Strong level of market awareness and an understanding of where SEVENSTORE lives within this ecosystem, both domestically and internationally.
• Extensive knowledge of brands and products relevant to SEVENSTORE.

Diversity: We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are iterating concepts for SEVENSTORE.COM. Diversity for us is about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process: We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit, one of our Talent team will reach out for an informal chat about the role and to see if we’re a good fit for you. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.

Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend our Studio or Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.