Fashion Buyer
Little Lies Ltd
Fashion Buyer
£30000
Little Lies Ltd, Glencarse, Perth and Kinross
- Full time
- Permanent
- Remote working
Posted 2 weeks ago, 3 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: d52183a41f2d4dfdb135f7c6d769299c
Full Job Description
- Kicking off each season with a 'lessons learnt' and market analysis of previous season.
- Planning comprehensive seasonal range plans and determining pricing strategy in line with sales data, seasonal budget and monthly targets whilst considering gaps and missed opportunities.
- Manage pricing architecture to ensure commercially balanced ranges, whilst maximising return on investment and ensuring product meets target margin.
- Manage sales meetings broken down into clear analysis for the team, propose action points based on reads, i.e. marketing pushes, OTB and reorders.
- Back bestselling product, pushing trials on newness to maximise future sales, be aware of tired styles and plan to phase out accordingly.
- Manage buying and restocks for boutique stock
- Define and manage the Critical Path working with the wider team, maintaining awareness of lead times and workable freight routes to ensure launch dates are achieved.
- Conduct weekly CP meetings with the team to track progress, update trackers and define any action points.
- Lead buying meetings to review product and sign off with management.
- Negotiate cost and ex-factory dates with suppliers. Prepare and raise all POs, communicating required handover dates in line with critical path.
- Check invoices are aligned with POs and agreed payment terms, forwarding to finance for timely payment.
- Manage handovers, freight and import with factories to ensure deliveries are received on time and packing lists correspond with POs.
- Manage the supplier on boarding process with the support of HOD, ensuring that all relevant documents are signed and returned for filing.
- Manage factory audits with support from technical team.
- Attend weekly fit sessions.
- Work with factories alongside Product Development to bring product into cost, sourcing/developing alternative components where required.
- Work closely with the Marketing team to communicate volume, slow sellers, defining and actioning appropriate sales and offers.
- Attend comp shops, research and buying trips alongside design and product development.
- Own and manage the completion of product listings
- Own and define the Own Brand product life cycle with support from the HOD.
- Additional duties as required
3-5 years industry experience - Strong product understanding and awareness of fashion retail landscape
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strategic and pro-active approach
- Strong commercial acumen
- Confident communicator with strong negotiation skills
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Highly proficient in Microsoft Office and Shopify
Bereavement leave - Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Work from home
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- What excites you about the opportunity to work at Little Lies?
- How does the Little Lies product offering stand out from the competition?
Schedule:
Application question(s):