# Senior Buyer (Love & Roses)

**Company**: NEXT
**Location**: London, London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: competitive
**Category**: Retail
**Industry**: Retail

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## Description

As a Senior Buyer at NEXT's Love & Roses brand, you will strategically build a business plan for your department, leading the creation and delivery of a profitable, commercial range that maximises sales while achieving all profit parameters.

Your responsibilities will include:

### Strategy & Planning

- Developing short-term and long-term department objectives, focusing on strategic sourcing to maximise fluctuation in currency rates, reducing product return rates, and markdown.

- Identifying key department issues and opportunities to drive overall brand profit performance.

- Proposing brand and product development initiatives based on economic, social, and fashion trends.

- Anticipating the commercial impact of decisions on the brand and wider business.

### Range Planning & Development

- Leading the team in proposing seasonal direction, range structure, price architecture, and critical paths.

- Building a commercial and inspirational range by identifying key trends from catwalks, street style, and influencers, adapting them for the specific brand customer.

- Reviewing and planning future supplier strategy with Merchandising and Design.

- Presenting range proposals effectively in selection meetings.

### Trading & Supplier Management

- Negotiating prices and agreeing on supplier contracts to meet departmental targets and margin requirements.

- Managing trade meetings, identifying late buys, and reacting to sales.

- Building and maintaining strong relationships with suppliers.

- Appraising the supply base and making recommendations on the future direction of the business.

### Team Leadership & Influence

- Managing and motivating the team to maximise performance.

- Deputising for the buying manager/head of brand.

- Delegating tasks effectively.

- Seeking and building relationships outside your immediate circle.

- Challenging existing processes and delivering improvements.

**Technical Requirements:**

- Comprehensive experience in high-level buying across multiple fashion categories.

- Proven experience in strategically managing and developing a team.

- Demonstrable ability to operate at a senior management level.

- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and team development skills.

- Excellent negotiating skills.

- Strong analytical skills and a profit-focused mindset.

- Ability to travel for supplier visits and trend sourcing.

**Benefits:**

- 25% off most NEXT, MADE, Lipsy, Gap, and Victoria's Secret products.

- 10% off most partner brands & 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.

- Support Networks.

- Wellhub - Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships.

## Skills

### Required
- strategic sourcing
- team management
- supplier negotiation
- analytical skills
- leadership

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