Buyer: Men’s Own Brand Casual

About the role

Salary: £55,600.00 - 84,100.00 per annum dependant on skill and experience

Contract type: This is a fixed term opportunity until April 2027

Hours and location of the role: 35 hours per week. Your home location will be our London head office. This is a hybrid working role. The expectation is a minimum of 3 days per week in the office as team collaboration is critical in this role - core days will vary across teams.

Key responsibilities:

• You will work at pace and agility within a collaborative environment with your Buying Manager, Head of Buying, Trade Planning, Trading & Product Operations team, Design and Product Technology.
• Externally you will hold a strong relationship with your suppliers, brands and external teams.
• You will be accountable for the commercial success of a product range as defined and agreed with your Buying Manager and the commercial and customer success of a product range through range planning and agile in-season trading.
• You will ensure you have up to date expert market knowledge for the category and can predict future market dynamics.
• You are accountable for building and maintaining strong brand relationships ensuring that they adhere to the required standards and agreed terms.
• You will be accountable for product development, range planning, product assortments, sourcing, brand positioning, price structure and margins. These will be in line with category and customer strategy.
• In collaboration with your merchandising colleagues, you will need to make season trading and volume decisions along with the commercial terms and product lifecycle with the suppliers.
• Deputise for your Buying Manager when appropriate.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performance team culture, providing leadership and guidance to the buying team.
• Support the professional development and growth of team members, ensuring a skilled and motivated workforce capable of achieving departmental objectives.
• Lead success-driven, cross-department working through effective stakeholder relationships.
• Responsible for coaching and developing your/team of Buying Assistant/s.
• Support the Buying Manager L5 in building a product strategy.
• Develop and buy market leading own brand ranges, managing product lifecycle from launch to exit of product ranges.
• Collaborate with Merchandiser to prepare and share Standardised Range Plan, in line with critical path, to hand over to the Central Operations Team.
• Alongside Merchandiser, sign off product ranges and branch grading with Buying Manager and Head of Buying when required, using reporting from Product Operations.
• Propose Balance To Achieve across commercial KPIs for the assortment each month in collaboration with the Merchandiser.
• Work with and comply with all critical path requirements as necessary.

Essential skills and/or experience you'll need:

• Experienced Own Brand buyer.
• End to end product development experience.
• Good negotiation skills and experience in leading strategic commercial negotiations with suppliers and vendors to secure favourable terms and agreements, maximising value and profitability for the category.
• In-depth knowledge and expertise within the designated category, including an understanding of product trends, customer preferences, and industry dynamics.
• Direct experience in range planning, product assortment development within the category is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to effectively communicate ideas, negotiate agreements, and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Desirable skills and/or experience you may have:

• Category specific knowledge and/or experience.