Footwear & Accessories Buyer

BUYER | FOOTWEAR & ACCESSORIES | ONLINE & E-COMMERCE | HYRBID WORKING | £55,000 - £65,000 BENEFITS Competitive Salary DOE £ 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays Hybrid working Accessible Location We're on the look for a Buyer who loves all things footwear & accessories! You will need to be an experienced Buyer already, or a Senior with a proven track record when delivering creative, well balanced and profitable ranges. The opportunities here are endless, with the Head of Buying & Director being keen to meet visionaries and those who want to push boundaries with new categories or trialling product to excite their customer. A well established, long stranding, British High Street Retailer - who are offering a fantastic opportunity for autonomy, within a supportive & motivating culture. AS THE BUYER: You will have developed junior colleagues Strive to improve ways of working Drive newness at all times Creative and innovative thinker On boarding new suppliers Supplier visits, including Far East Travel Footwear & Accessories background is essential! BUYER RESPONSIBILITIES: Deep dive all categories within your areas to build on lessons learnt Build on best sellers seasonally and through trading with newness options Trade into best selling lines weekly via repeats or newness via OTB Ability to highlight slow lines, how to improve them or when it's time to walk away Review and build clear pricing architectures Plan with Merchandiser buys and build well-balanced ranges Ability to identify gaps within ranges and capitalise on new opportunities Encourage junior members of the team to react to sales, always looking to make money for the business with new product Review colour, prints, shapes whilst protecting best sellers but at all times introducing newness to keep ranges moving forward Experience with trading from the Far East and closer to home (short & long lead) is essential Maintain supplier relationships whilst onboarding new suppliers to the business Ability to source new fabrics and trims as well as having experience sourcing more sustainable fabrications Experience of test and trial methods to drive newness and profit for your department Reputable trading performance at margin level and cash sales Ability to dive into historical and new data for your department so that commercial decisions can be made from a trading point of view Manage Monday Trade reports and key actions for your department to take Manage and prepare for product launches, with setting the departments critical path at the start of each season - ensuring all selling windows are bought and planned to Work closely with Merchandiser to plan and prepare forecasting and projections for large volume buys Conduct cross costing projects to protect and increase BIM with the supply baseAS A MANAGER: Conduct team meetings, setting clear processes each week for your team to work with, such as; Critical path updates, supplier meetings, fit sessions, general sample management, trade meetings & actions Challenging and holding your direct reports, keeping them accountable for their set responsibilities Ensuring daily that your team feel motivated and supported with all tasks Ability to oversee the wider team for critical path and delivery schedule as this will include the merchandising and garment tech functions Manage and communicate all stock issues, delays, phasing & cancellations with total teamBBBH30128 ** NOTE - All emails from will be sent from the following domain @ & we will never contact you via WhatsApp without calling you prior nor would we ever ask for any financial information