Junior Buyer – Men’S Footwear

Kurt Geiger | About UsWe are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

Requirements

• To develop customer and market-focused own brand product collections, keeping a keen eye on the market, competition, current and forthcoming fashion trends. The product collections should be in-line with Company strategy for the brand.
• To constantly review competition to ensure our product proposition is in line with the market across all key areas: fashion trend, price, quality and availability.
• To actively review and manage supplier relationships and source new vendors that will add value to your specific portfolio and to de-list those vendors that no longer meet the business needs.
• To continually investigate and propose new product opportunities within the relevant branded market to ensure sales are optimised and brand portfolio is continuously reviewed.
• To deliver the intake margin target set seasonally.
• To manage a comprehensive and accurate delivery schedule, that meets and supports the needs of the business and where appropriate deal with any late deliveries either by cancellation or achieving suitable discounts.

The Person:

• Buying experience for a footwear premium/luxury brand
• Highly organised with excellent negotiation skills
• Possess the ability to drive the brand forward
• Experience working with European and far east suppliers
• Free 24 hour virtual GP access
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• Active social committee who arrange a variety of activities such as office drinks, quizzes, free lunches, movie nights etc
• Enhanced pension scheme including life assurance

Junior Buyer – Men’s Footwear London, England, United Kingdom

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