Assistant Buyer

The Primary Purpose:
The Assistant Buyer will support with the execution of local product investment, helping to drive in-season performance against sales and margin targets for the Retail and Wholesale channels across the region. Reports to Buying Manager.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Buying to....

- Work with the Men's Outlet Buying Manager and Men's Outlet Buyer to support the investment of OTB 'dollars' for Men's, determining SKU depth, in order to meet financial targets for the Outlet channel
- Support driving the performance against sales and margin targets; maximize in-season opportunities and affect future inventory
- Assist with the completion of monthly updates for Store distribution information, Door Profile indicators and SKU updates and investments
- Participate in door profiling, including optimal store content and network distribution by category and gender
- Support with the analysis of product performance, customer feedback, consumer trends, competitive landscape and local market knowledge to global merchandising/design
- Support with Buyer / Buying Manager with Outlet animation initiatives focused on investments and market specificities (peak trading periods, holidays, store openings) through training, retail support, VM, product flow, customer outreach;
· Alongside the Buyer/Buying Manager, partner with BU marketing to support effective marketing plan aligned with investment
· Increase knowledge of product, consumer and competition in local market
· Support the Allocator by reviewing allocation plans and store/sku inventory levels to ensure objectives are met - partnering weekly updates to drive store allocations
- Updating Assortment visuals for Outlet team use;
· Work alongside Buying Manger and Buyer to propose, action and submit pricing decisions to include promotions and to deliver accurately and within agreed timelines alongside other cross functions
· Maintain tracking logs and approvals for auditing purposes - relating to any price changes to be active on the system
· Maintain accurate pricing master files for outlet
· Assist Buying Manager / Buyer with monthly floor set pricing by collating sku detail and reviewing against the pricing architecture within the department
- Support the investment of OTB 'dollars' to meet financial targets for the Outlet channel by strategically determining SKU depth within global assortment
- Drive performance against sales and margin targets; maximize in-season opportunities and affect future inventory
- landscape and local market knowledge to global merchandising/design
· Work with Allocator by reviewing allocation plans and store/sku inventory levels to ensure objectives are met
· Support the team with promotions and in season trading actions

The accomplished individual will possess...

· Previous experience of buying merchandise / planning experience in fashion/luxury retail
· Numerate with strong analytical skills and financial acumen
· Experience overseeing and guiding product allocation
· Advanced computer skills in Excel and retail planning systems
· Knowledge of the fashion or accessories luxury goods market
· Experience of working with a global company/brand
· Experience supporting the European market

An outstanding professional will ...
· Use market and industry insights to inform strategy and approach to stay competitive
· Solve complex, challenging issues through fresh thinking and resourcefulness
· Creative problem solving and strategic thinking skills with strong business acumen
· Ability to make prudent decisions under pressure and deadlines
· Build effective global partnerships and interact successfully with diverse individuals at all levels

Our Competencies for All Employees
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
- Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong moraleand spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
- Managerial Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
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