# Junior Buyer and Product Developer - Outdoor, Soho Home

**Company**: Soho Home
**Location**: London, England
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

The Junior Buyer and Product Developer will play an integral supporting role in the sourcing and product development strategy for Soho Home's Outdoor Furniture category.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee the development critical path, ensuring key calendar milestones are met

- Manage administrative tasks along the critical path and product lifecycle

- Update and maintain the seasonal development tracker

- Collaborate with the Soho Home Design team to execute briefs to a high standard

- Issue seasonal briefs to suppliers, ensuring specifications, price targets, and key deadlines are communicated

- Attend design and production meetings, recording comments and preparing feedback for suppliers

- Work with the Technical team to ensure products meet quality, legal, and safety standards

- Assist with meeting preparations and ad-hoc department tasks

- Lead department trade preparation and present in the absence of the Manager

- Drive commercial analysis of the department to maximise brand sales opportunities

- Compile competitive analysis reports and support sub-category ranging

- Demonstrate awareness of competitors and external industry trends

- Assist with prototype and finalisation meetings, and oversee logistical elements

- Support the successful onboarding of new suppliers

- Proactively manage customer service queries

- Attend trade fairs and travel to factories when required

What We're Looking For:

- Minimum 3 years product development and commercial buying experience

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

- Experience working with a varied supply base

- Collaborative, creative problem-solver with organisational skills and attention to detail

- Analytical and results-oriented with a professional demeanour

- Ability to work in a changing environment and adapt to industry trends

Benefits:

- Competitive compensation package

- Soho Friends Membership

- 50% off Food & Drink

- Staff Room Rates

- Private Health and Dental Care

- Weekly Pay

- Life Assurance

- Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home

- In Office Dog Policy on Fridays

- Season Ticket Loan

- Christmas Office Closure

- Paid charity days

- Free Counselling Sessions

- Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes

- Continuous training and development

- Exclusive access to benefits platform

## Skills

### Required
- product development
- commercial buying
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- organisational skills
- analytical skills

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