Buyer in Falmouth

At Seasalt, creativity is in our DNA. We began in 1981 in a small shop in Penzance, crafting workwear for local mariners and artists. Today, we’re a modern lifestyle brand with over 80 shops across the UK and Ireland, 400+ wholesale stockists, and a growing global presence. We may have grown, but we’ve always stayed true to our roots with Cornwall’s artistic influence and maritime heritage woven into every garment.

As a certified B Corp and winner of Drapers “Best Place to Work” in 2024, we’re proud to balance our culture with long term growth. It's an exciting time to join us as we build on our distinct creative handwriting, brand differentiation, and expanding both internationally and in the UK.

As a Buyer, you’ll play a key role in shaping collections that delight our customers, drive commercial growth, and reinforce our brand identity. You’ll own your product area end-to-end - from range planning and sourcing to launch and in-season trading - ensuring we have the right product, at the right price, at the right time, across all channels.

You’ll work in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, collaborating with Design, Merchandising, Marketing, Retail, and Technical teams to make commercially confident decisions that meet customer expectations while championing sustainability. Leading and developing a high-performing team of Assistant Buyers and Buying Admin Assistants, you’ll create a culture of excellence, accountability, and innovation.

Please note this is a full-time, permanent role, and, as part of our Seasalt Connected approach to ways of working, this role will be based flexibly across our Cornwall head office locations (minimum of two days per week) and remotely within the UK.

You’ll help us by:

• Owning the full product lifecycle, from range building and style creation to production sign-off, ensuring a commercially balanced and customer-focused assortment.
• Making data-driven decisions to curate cohesive, compelling ranges across all channels, aligned with brand, sustainability, and commercial targets.
• Collaborating with Design, Merchandising, and eCommerce to ensure product direction, online presentation, and in-season trading decisions drive growth and margin.
• Managing supplier relationships, including performance tracking, structured appraisals, and acting as the key liaison with suppliers, stakeholders, and leadership to resolve production issues and delays.
• Demonstrating strong negotiation skills across costs and lead times, aligned with ETI purchasing best practice guidelines.
• Reacting to market trends and in-season trading insights, analysing performance in real time, identifying opportunities to maximise sell-through, minimise markdowns, and optimise category performance.
• Providing weekly and seasonal trade analysis with actionable insights to drive growth.
• Leading trade, lessons learned, and hindsight reviews, summarising insights to inform future strategies.
• Overseeing critical paths, approvals, and product calendars to ensure timely product launches and efficient operations.
• Driving continuous process improvements, implementing digital tools, and supporting Marketing and Visual Merchandising to enable strong campaigns and compelling in-store presentation.
• Leading, coaching, and developing the Assistant Buyer and Buyers Admin Assistants, setting clear objectives, fostering engagement, and creating a high-performance culture.

The skills you’ll be sharing with the team:

• Proven Buying experience in a Buyer, Junior Buyer or Senior Assistant Buyer role within a premium, lifestyle, or fashion retail environment.
• Critical path and supply chain management: strong grasp of lead times, product lifecycle management, and ensuring products land on time and at the right price.
• Proven experience in managing and mentoring junior team members (Assistant Buyer, Admin Assistant) to drive performance and engagement.
• Ability to make quick, commercially sound decisions based on data, market insights, and brand positioning.
• Handles challenges with a problem-solving mindset, overcoming obstacles in sourcing and product development.
• Strong eye for detail.
• Excellent Communication skills, and strong presenter.
• Adaptable and agile – responds quickly to market changes, ethical considerations, and shifts in consumer behaviour.
• Inspirational leader and team player – engages and motivates colleagues, ensuring alignment with the brand’s ethical mission.
• Demonstrates a proactive growth mindset, continuously developing skills, embracing feedback, and adapting positively to new challenges to enhance creative and commercial impact.
• Academic background within business, fashion, IT, or data-related subjects is desirable.

Why we hope you’ll love working with us:

The success of Seasalt is down to the skill and hard work of our team. We don't just want to attract the best and brightest people to come and work with us, we want you to stay and grow with us. As well as doing everything we can to support your development professionally, we believe encouraging personal growth is just as important. So you can fulfil your passion and purpose, not just at work but in life, we offer a range of benefits that are designed to enhance your career and wellbeing:

• Salary: £39,000 - £42,000 depending on experience (Band 3)
• 34 days paid annual leave (including bank holidays), increasing with length of service
• Attractive 50% employee discount
• Flexible benefits allowance to personalise your benefits package
• Private Medical Scheme including 24/7 virtual GP
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme through Retail Trust with 24/7 support
• Pension plan with generous 7% employer contributions
• Life assurance programme
• Enhanced family leave policies
• Flexible working opportunities with our hybrid working approach
• Learning and Development opportunities
• Do Good Things with our two days per year paid volunteering opportunities
• Employee networks to develop and provide support to our people, including the Inclusion Network
• 100s of savings on top retailers and gym memberships through our discount hub

At Seasalt we have a brilliant team of people – they're what make Seasalt a fantastic place to work. We love to celebrate uniqueness and are committed to making Seasalt a place where everyone feels they belong. As an inclusive employer, we want to invite a diverse range of candidates to apply for our roles. We aim to work flexibly where possible and value a range of perspectives - diversity of thought helps us to grow – so please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come to work every day. We're happy to help with any adjustments to our recruitment process and beyond. Just drop us an email at careers@seasaltcornwall.co.uk

Closing date for applications is 17/06, however our roles can close earlier so we would recommend applying as soon as you are able.