Description
As a Buying Assistant - Womenswear Footwear at NEXT Wholly Owned Brands, you will play a crucial role in managing the product journey from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the critical path by liaising with Buying and Merchandising teams to ensure a smooth product journey.
- Maintain oversight of key dates and proactively highlight any risks or concerns.
- Develop a deep understanding of the product range by managing fabric approvals, fit samples, and shoot samples.
- Take full responsibility for managing all department samples.
- Support the Buying team during trade meetings by demonstrating knowledge of best and worst sellers.
- Present department reactions and best sellers to the wider business.
- Conduct regular competitor shopping reports and present insights on retail activity and fashion trends.
- Accurately and efficiently update and input critical information into buying systems.
- Build and maintain strong collaborative relationships across the business.
Requirements:
- Experience as a Buying Assistant or in a fashion or retail environment.
- Genuine fashion passion, commercial curiosity, and the drive to learn.
- Strong organisational and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities.
What We Can Offer:
- Competitive salary.
- Opportunity to work closely with experienced Buyers and Merchandisers.
- Exposure to product development, samples, competitor activity, trade meetings, and commercial decision-making.
- Development of skills across critical path management, product development, trend analysis, and commercial trading.
- Benefits package including discounts on NEXT products, company performance-based bonus, and life assurance.
Benefits:
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret products.
- 10% off most partner brands and up to 15% off Branded Beauty.
- Hot deals and exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers.
- Company performance-based bonus.
- Early VIP access to sale stock.
- Life assurance.
- Sharesave scheme.
- Annual Travel Card Loan.
- Sample Sales.
- Fantastic L&D opportunities.
- Flexi-Hour Scheme.
- Direct to Work - Discount online and in-store.