Senior Buyer (Toddler Girls) in Coventry

As a Senior Buyer within Toddler Girls, you’ll lead the end‑to‑end commercial and product strategy for a key growth category within TU Clothing. You’ll translate category strategy into a compelling, customer‑led product proposition, ensuring ranges are relevant, profitable and aligned to brand and business objectives.

What You’ll Do

• You’ll define and deliver the category strategy for Toddler Girls, owning range architecture, selection, sourcing routes and in‑season trading performance across all channels.
• Using strong customer, market and data insight, you’ll lead the development of engaging, age‑appropriate and commercially sound product propositions that resonate with customers and deliver strong performance.
• The role includes ownership of financial performance, proactive trade management and clear decision‑making to optimise sales, margin and stock outcomes.
• You’ll build strong, strategic supplier partnerships to drive quality, innovation and value, while working closely with Design, Merchandising, Product Development, Marketing and Digital teams to ensure end‑to‑end execution.
• Alongside delivery, you’ll lead, coach and develop Buyers and Assistant Buyers, building capability, protecting talent and driving high performance within the team.

Who You Are

• You’re a commercially strong buying leader with experience operating at pace in a fast‑moving, customer‑focused retail environment.
• You combine strong analytical capability with sound judgement and bring a clear understanding of customer needs, particularly within childrenswear.
• You’re collaborative, resilient and confident influencing across functions while developing and motivating high‑performing teams.
• To be considered for this role, you must have demonstrable end‑to‑end buying experience at a senior level, with clear accountability for category strategy, trading performance and people leadership within a commercial retail environment.

Essential Criteria

• Proven senior‑level buying experience, with accountability for category strategy and financial performance.
• Strong commercial, analytical and data‑driven capability, using insight to shape buying and trading decisions.
• Experience building and delivering customer‑focused ranges, ideally within childrenswear or a comparable product area.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience developing strategic supplier partnerships.
• Ability to operate confidently at pace, making timely, well‑informed commercial decisions.
• Proven experience leading, coaching and developing others.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across functions.
• Passion for product and customer experience, balanced with commercial discipline.

Benefits

We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer so you’ll be welcomed wherever you work. You’ll enjoy a range of benefits, including a colleague discount (10%–15% on shopping online and in store, with additional discounts at select retailers), a pensions scheme, life cover and the possibility of a performance‑related bonus of up to 20% of salary. Your wellbeing is important to us; you’ll receive an annual holiday allowance (with the option to buy an additional week), private healthcare, season ticket loans, interest‑free car loan up to £10k, cycle‑to‑work scheme, health cash plans, salary advance access and access to a range of discounts from other retailers. You will also receive up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.