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- Microsoft Powerpoint
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- Team management
- Employee discount
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- Communication skills
- Store discount
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Junior Buyer

DUSK
Leeds

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
Up to £32,000 a year
12 days ago

Benefits

Company pension
Employee discount

Qualifications

Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Word
Sourcing
Category management
Microsoft Office Suite
Product development
Team management
Risk management
Project schedule tracking
Purchasing
Budgeting
Communication skills
Negotiation

Full job description

Junior Buyer

Key Responsibilities:

Accountable for sourcing and selecting a range, ensuring all KPIs are delivered including sales budget, margin and stock cover.
Have an understanding of all daily and weekly sales reports - including WSSI - and able to trade their category based on findings presented in weekly trade meetings.
Manage the day-to-day running of their product area, including actioning trade initiatives, minimising risk to the category whilst capitalising as quickly as possible on opportunities to overachieve.
Responsible for reacting to competitor activity on the back of competitor shops and benchmarking exercises presented by the team, quickly responding to price changes and recognising new product opportunities.
Work with Merchandising & Buying to lead and deliver a department strategy in line with sales data, market data, SWOT analysis, seasonal trends and lessons learnt, with a focus on the DUSK customer.
Maintain and grow relationships with wider business functions including Sourcing, Marketing, Ecommerce, Creative, QC, Warehouse, Logistics, Finance and any other department where necessary.
Leads supplier relationships and supplier SWOT analysis with a focus on capacity, quality, MOQs, ROS, pricing and lead times.
Accountable for the department Critical Path, ensuring it is managed across the supply base from product development to product launch. Highlights and mitigates risk to supply and delivery.
Manage OTB along with the merchandiser – signing off product with Senior Management as required, ensuring capitalisation of strong performing products in season and increasing speed to market for new product opportunities.
Attend regular supplier meetings and overseas trips/ trade shows as required and works with the Sourcing team to highlight gaps in the supply base.
Accountable for managing development of direct report(s) through 1-1’s and performance reviews.

The Ideal candidate:

Commercial understanding and some experience in managing departmental budgets, along with ownership for buying at least one range.
Passion for product and able to develop new product regularly, with an understanding of how specifications can impact quality, lead times and cost prices.
Customer-focussed, with a genuine interest in the customer journey and able to put forward ideas on how to improve this.
Strong communication skills and negotiation skills, and able to adapt their style of communication and/or negotiation, depending on the situation.
Able to confidently present in trade and sign-off meetings, in a clear and engaging way.

Essential criteria

Competent in using MS Office: Excel, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint

Desirable criteria

Experience as an Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer

Benefits:

25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
Bonus Scheme
Company Discount Scheme
Company Pension

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: Up to £32,000.00 per year

Application question(s):

Do you have previous experience as an Assistant Buyer/ Junior Buyer
Are you competent in Microsoft Office including Excel, Outlook, Word and Powerpoint?

Work Location: In person

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