Assistant Buyer – Ladies Fashion Brand (Tgn5569) – Excellent Salary Doe

Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Ladieswear

Job Ref: TGN5569

A fast fashion online clothing brand are looking to recruit a Buyer Assistant / Assistant Buyer to join their growing team. The purpose of this role is to offer full support to the Buyer in developing a product offer that meets customer requirements and maximises sales and profit opportunities. The Brand is growing significantly & requires a keen product eye. You will be working with a range of products including softs, wovens, knitwear, outerwear, active and accessories.

The Role:

• Assist the Product Development process from Design brief to launch.
• Liaising with Design, Marketing and other relevant departments.
• Negotiating the best cost price to achieve departmental margin targets.
• Understanding product trends and interpreting them where relevant into product areas.
• Attending Fit sessions in the Buyers absence give styling comments.
• Managing Suppliers including monitoring sampling requirements.
• Negotiating and liaising with Suppliers.
• Managing the critical path & making adaptations to react to market changes and challenges.
• Monitor, maintain and action competitor analysis (comparative shopping).
• Dealing with issues arising with orders both internally and externally.
• Processing samples received (fits, development, shoots/meetings).
• Labelling, logging, organising and filing samples including press and bought.
• Preparing samples for best sellers.
• Collating and preparing meeting samples.
• Other duties as required.

Skills Required:

• MUST have experience in a similar role with womenswear clothing.
• A good understanding of fashion trends and knowledge of the high street.
• Have experience working with the Far East.
• IT skills – Excel, Word, PowerPoint & Outlook.
• Good interpersonal / communication skills.
• The capability to perform under pressure and work in a fast-paced environment
• Solid presentation skills.
• Numerical and analytical skills.

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