Assistant Buyer/Buyer

Job title:

Assistant Buyer/Buyer

Company

Footasylum

Job description

DescriptionWe are hiring an experienced Assistant Buyer or Buyer to work across our Footwear department. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to impact buying opportunities across Footasylum stores, websites and ultimately contribute to the growth of the business.Responsibilities

• Develop relationships with the existing supplier base, while seeking new ones

• Attend meetings to identify emerging trends

• Competently and confidently in managing brand relationships

• Maintain communication with the supplier base, identifying any issues and taking appropriate action

• Work closely with the wider buying teams across all categories to understand the department

• Ensure excellent communication and interaction with other departments within the business

• Supporting and coaching Buying Admin Assistants and interns

• Category reporting and Planner creation

• Contribute towards the category buying strategy by informing consumer-centric decision making

• Having ownership & Accountability for own stable of brands – File/Orderbooks/Pricing/Distribution

• Initiating and researching new business opportunities

• Participate and contribute to trade and strategy meetings, citing observations and opportunities

• Researching and presenting brand, product group and tribe performance for internal insights

• Raise purchase orders

• Research trips to our Stores, competitors, and relevant events to provide key information on new trends to the rest of the rest of the team

• Providing support to the other Buyers and Senior Buyers when necessary

We are looking for someone who has proven work experience within a multi-channel retail buying department. The ideal candidate will have enthusiasm for the Footasylum product and what we stand for. You will be driven, ambitious and motivated and Footasylum will harness this into your development. We encourage people to defy ordinary.You’ll need to have excellent commercial awareness and communication skills.Why Footasylum?We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills.

Our aim is to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.DiversityWe recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are providing service to our colleagues and customers. We know that this will help us build a great service, which our customers will love. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences.Recruitment ProcessWe review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you.We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you.Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.

Expected salary

Location

Rochdale, Greater Manchester

Job date

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 03:33:36 GMT

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