Joules Assistant Buyer

Description:

The role of Assistant Buyer sits in our wonderful Childrenswear Buying team where you’ll be working with the Buyers to develop, progress and deliver the range for all channels as well as providing support for the critical path management of the ranges.

The day to day of the role and what we’re looking for:

You will be responsible for the day to day running of some of the categories within Childrenswear with support of The Buyer taking accountability for approvals, fits & costings.

You'll build & maintain productive working relationships with your own in-house Merchandising, Technical & Design Teams as well as the supply base.

You will be passionate about the product & confident to express your own opinion in addition to challenging differing opinions. You will enjoy assisting The Buyer to build ranges & interpret the brand identity by working closely with the Design Teams & your counterparts to develop your categories.

Part of this role is contributing to all departmental project work in addition to the day to day responsibilities (e.g. Wholesale notes to hand to Wholesale Teams, writing up Product notes for Marketing Packs). At times you may be asked to deputise for The Buyer in their absence if required & present product information for your categories in key critical path meetings.

You'll have a customer led mindset that's backed up with competitor shops & store visits. In addition to this you will have the ability to analyse sales data & use this information to inform decisions or make proposals for future ranges. You will also be responsible for negotiating costs for your categories & contribute to delivering target margin for the department. You will make suggestions regarding sourcing strategies & will support The Buyer in developing supplier relationships.

The ideal candidate:
 

• Proven Experience as an Assistant Buyer
• Ability to plan ahead & think outside the box
• Able to work flexibly & remain resilient
• An organised person with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to remain open-minded & adapt to new information
• A good communicator who can work closely with others to drive out results
• Clear passion for Childrenswear, a sound knowledge of the Joules brand & a good understanding of the Joules customer