Buyer - Footwear

About Our Client

Due to strong trading figures, there are seeking to add a couple of key hires to their buying team.

• To deliver a collection from sourcing to developing end to end life cycle of the shoe until it reaches stores.
• Managing and overseeing all categories across all seasons.
• Working closely with design team, developing individual lines working on; bestselling constructions and move ons per season. Ensuring all brand devices and DNA of the brand is represented in line with the brand vision.
• Every product built in line with the brand price architecture, in line with main competitors.
• Every product within each category is planned closely with merchandising for its planned status. Promotional/Full Price/ Sale buy, and delivering the planned BIM per season.
• Manage supply base, ensuring each product is sourced from the right factory using their strengths and ensuring best product, right time in the season
• Build relationships with all suppliers, enabling win win outcome/ performance.
• Identifying trends and ensuring newness is managed each season, pushing for testers and using short lead time supply base to support this.
• Ensuring the design team are developing in-line with the product and price arch plan (close with design manager)
• Excellent negotiation skills to maximise profit with the ability to influence suppliers to gain win win results.
• Working with Tech to complete fit sessions, offering commercial decisions and knowing impact on CP.
• Manage Critical path end to end, with a view that all product teams are on boarded with key dates in the diary and work collaboratively as a team to get these met.
• Drive all product areas with QC/ fits, ensuring all decisions are made in accordance to the CP.
• To develop a team to be high performers and achieve best results whilst creating a sense of teamwork across the department.

• Demonstrates a "can do" attitude
• Experience of buying / product development of on trend footwear
• Communicates confidently and effectively with suppliers, colleagues and peers while being aware of the importance of keeping others informed on issues which impact on their role.
• Communicates with enthusiasm and passion to achieve maximum impact.
• Builds effective working relationships with other team members.
• Accepts and seeks to understand different view points
• Recognizes own strengths and weaknesses.
• Instils a sense of urgency and clarity into the decision making process to ensure that the business is not disadvantaged.
• Builds informal networks and partnerships to help with influencing/negotiating, having the ability to switch tactics in changing situations to gain agreement.

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