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BUYER (STREET & SPORTSWEAR)

Employer
LN-CC
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
TBC
Closing date
1 Nov 2021

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Function
Buyer
Level
Coordinator / Executive
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

BUYER (STREET & SPORTSWEAR)

 

LN-CC is looking for an experienced Buyer to join the Buying team, based in Dalston, London. The role will report directly into the Buying Director and will be a unique role working across all categories, on both Menswear and Womenswear.

We are looking for someone with 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role, predominantly focused on sneakers and sports apparel, who can identify opportunities on a macro and micro level.

You must be able to perform administrative and operational tasks to support the Buying and Merchandising team. You must possess strong business acumen, with an ability to develop and nurture existing business, as well as continually looking to drive the business forward with new ideas. You must be creative with a strategic mind-set, and have an ability to turn concepts into action. You must have strong relationship building skills. You will be required to think strategically as well as manage your day-to-day responsibilities.

This role will involve travel with the Head of Buying, to key markets in order to conduct the seasonal buy.

JOB SPECIFICATION:

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

  • With the Buying Director, manage the departments OTB, implementing strategies to drive the business.
  • Sales analysis, reporting back to the business on a weekly basis, proposing actions to achieve agreed targets, and manage markdowns in order to maximize profit, and optimize sell through.
  • Negotiating terms with suppliers i.e. margin, trade discounts, markdown support.
  • Working in close partnership with the Merchandising team to plan and forecast sales on seasonal basis.
  • Maintaining strong working relationships with all suppliers to ensure a co-operative approach is maintained at all times.
  • Strong research skills with a desire to source new, emerging brands, and ensure product is in line with the company buying strategy.
  • Maintain strong awareness of market trends, and competitor activity, in order to ensure the business has a unique point of view
  • Work closely with the retail store in order to gain insight into consumer trends and behaviour.
  • Work closely with the in-house Creative, Editorial, and Styling teams, to ensure the vision is consistent.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS:

  • 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role, and within the luxury fashion sector.
  • Results driven with an ability to demonstrate examples of implementing a strategy to achieve growth.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Ability to think outside the box and bring ideas to the table.
  • Strong organisation and time management skills, with the ability to plan, and prioritise.
  • Can build strong relationships in order to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
  • Keen to progress and develop within a growing team.

Company

LN-CC is a progressive and conscious retail concept launched in 2010 inside an art-based installation in East London. Its innovative physical space continues to attract daring individuals, while the LN-CC vision has now expanded to include a highly-curated online store that brings its obsessive detail and unorthodox retail approach to a larger fashion audience. Since its beginning, LN-CC has been known as a leading destination for directional brands and hard-to-find products, attracting a devoted following of customers and fashion fans from around the world. In February 2014, LN-CC and The Level Group joined forces to further invest in developing LN-CC’s brand and retailing concept, leveraging The Level Group’s ecommerce experience, its international operating platform and its global fashion management expertise. Aiming to redefine the perception of modern retailing, LN-CC presents a novel interpretation of luxury offering a unique mix of the most exclusive brands such as Lanvin, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Marni and Rick Owens and undiscovered and uncompromising fashion for true insiders looking for a genuinely new product, designer or aesthetic. LN-CC is also proud to feature a conscious offering of brands that are advancing the importance and technology in a field of eco aware items with an expression and impact like no other. Uniquely mixing its selection of clothing alongside its informative and enlightening collectibles housed within its library, LN-CC is able to offer a perspective and narrative from within its curation. Hard to find and exclusive vinyl are shown alongside out of print and first edition rarities within its book selection whilst a selection of audio hardware from some of the most innovative brands is ever growing.
Company info
Telephone
02031742563
Location
LN-CC AC Ltd,
Ground Floor, 18-24 Shaklewell Lane
London
e8 2EZ
GB

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