Senior Buyer

Senior Buyer Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. An independent fashion house boasting 100 years heritage, our clients brand portfolio includes leading menswear brands, as well as a best-in-class schoolwear brand. With the companys long established strength and success rooted in an unmatched commitment to product quality and exceptional customer service across all channels, their future vision is now focussed on connected retail, and the creation of a seamless experience for customers engaging with each of its brands across all offline and online touch points. Leveraging new technologies to bring leading-edge digital environments to the shop floor, enhancing customer experience and customer service in the fulfilment of an omni-channel sales strategy. The organisations entire product portfolio is designed in-house, manufactured offshore, shipped to their headquarters in Carrickfergus, and distributed to retailers across the UK, ROI and Europe. Theyre looking for a Senior Buyer to join the team to work on their best-in-class schoolwear brand. The Benefits – Competitive salary DOE – Bonus scheme – Contributory pension scheme As the Senior Buyer, you will be responsible to drive the future of the product strategy for schoolwear. Being proactive to gain insights from the market, your customer base and colleagues, you will look for opportunities to develop and improve the product offering and work those opportunities through with the network of suppliers. On a seasonal basis, you will co-ordinate and control all aspects of development and delivery of the schoolwear collection from conception to fulfilment. You will oversee production programming, demand planning and quality control systems and procedures. You will strive to maximise performance in relation to cost efficiency and delivery schedules. Working with an international supply base, you will negotiate prices, lead times and terms of trade, managing all aspects of order fulfilment including freight and efficient import procedures. This is a varied and challenging role calling for a confident communicator with meticulous attention to detail, good numeracy skills and accuracy. The successful candidate will be well organised and flexible, a good team player with a methodical approach and the ability to meet deadlines. In addition, they must be resilient, an effective problem solver, with excellent interpersonal skills. As part of your role, you may be required to occasionally travel to visit offshore production facilities. To be considered for this role, you must have: – Third level education in a related field. – An analytical mind and with a methodical approach and the ability to effectively interpret data. – A high level of IT literacy, including MS Office. – A full driving licence and valid passport. Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. So, if youre seeking your next challenge as a Senior Buyer, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.