Buyer - Womenswear - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
We are looking for an experienced womenswear RTW buyer to join the Seasons team. This role will be a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, self motivated buyer to embrace the challenge of starting a new project and nurturing its growth from the start. You will be responsible for planning and driving the womenswear contemporary strategy. Delivering agreed KPIs for sales, markdown and profit. The job would be based in our London office and would require regular internal travel.
Buyer (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)
SEASONS
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£47,000 - £91,000 (depending on experience)
London
SEASONS is a new luxury website owned by Next.
We curate the best contemporary designer labels including Ganni, RIXO, Joseph, Agolde, Marc Jacobs to name a few.
Next is the biggest fashion and lifestyle retailer within the UK & Europe’s largest online clothing retailer. We have 8 million customers on the website selling in 72 countries and last year achieved sales of £5.2 billion.
Our online Branded business is one of the fastest growing areas of the Next business, we also sell over 1000 partner brands in fashion, sports, beauty and home with c.£900m sales pa Online via NEXT.co.uk and NEXTDIRECT (international).
We are looking for an experienced womenswear RTW buyer to join the Seasons team. This role will be a fantastic opportunity for an experienced, self motivated buyer to embrace the challenge of starting a new project and nurturing its growth from the start. You will be responsible for planning and driving the womenswear contemporary strategy.
Delivering agreed KPIs for sales, markdown and profit. The job would be based in our London office and would require regular internal travel.
About the role
Drive and develop the contemporary designer womenswear departmental strategy.
Identify and recruit key brands for the Seasons website
Develop a commercially successful product range.
Trading the ranges and acting quickly to identify new product opportunities.
Working closely with the merchandise team to plan and analyse data to drive buying decisions.
Working with the e-commerce team to optimise online sales through the use of TOV, imagery and other optimisation tools.
Liaising with our Marketing team to organise campaign and ecom shoots, within department budgets.
Effectively manage your team, delegating resources and workload while ensuring team members are motivated and focused.
Regular travel and sign off ranges.
About you
Have existing brand relationships & ability to forge strong brand relationships.
Have excellent market, trend, and brand knowledge.
Can interpret the latest trends for the target customer.
Clear understanding of brand DNA and strategic vision.
Proven track record to identify opportunities.
Ability to influence.
Excellent analytical and planning skills.
Communication skills both written and verbal.
Enthusiastic attitude and team player.
Your benefits
We’ll discuss more of what you’ll get when you work for Next at interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect:
Profit–related bonus
Company car or car allowance
25 days holiday and the opportunity to buy more
Contributions into a pension scheme
Life assurance
Management shares
Group income protection
Private medical insurance
Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in Next and claim your share of our success
25% staff discount on most Next products
National and local discounts on goods and services
A digital GP healthcare service
Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.