Overview
Junior Buyer Jobs in London, England, United Kingdom at Boohoo Group PLC
Title: Junior Buyer
Company: Boohoo Group PLC
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
We have a new opportunity within our Karen Millen Soft Wovens Buying team. We are seeking a passionate and agile Junior Buyer to work alongside a strong team of Buyers and Senior Buyers and work with peers across Merchandising and Design on this high profile department.
You will be expected to strategise, range build and trade your own department as well as manage junior team members and travel regularly to meet with suppliers.
Our interview process is usually 2 stages. An initial meeting with the Line Manager and the 2nd stage is a final meeting with the Buying Manager or Head of Buying with a task to prepare on key trends.
Your teamWe’re Karen Millen. Since 1981 we’ve been a household name and trusted brand. We’re known for elevated style and our reputation for fabric, finish, quality, and detail speaks for itself. Our love for fashion revolves around long-lasting, luxurious designs that can effortlessly slip into an established wardrobe at an attainable price point.
Our love for fashion revolves around long-lasting, luxurious designs that can effortlessly slip into an established wardrobe at an attainable price point. We only create pieces our customers will wear and love for years to come, so it takes a lot of people along the way, from Merchandising and Buying to Warehousing, Marketing and everything in-between, to bring our designs to life and get them to our customers.
What You’ll Be Doing
As a Junior Buyer you will be responsible for range building, planning and trading your own department. You will have ownership from first initial concept all the way to final seal of the product.
You will present your ranges to the Senior Leadership team in sign offs as well as your longer-term plans for your product area.
Reports and effectively communicates all key information in trading meetings to buyer and director level.
Generates ideas and suggestion to impact the business with reference to promotions and mark downs.
Monitors stock covers on single lines.
Develops basic understanding of WSSI by close cooperation with buyer and merchandising team.
Builds strong relationships with peers across Design and Merchandising.
Supports Buyers with the development of more junior team members.
Supports Senior Buyers to develop new strategies for the business and department.
Completes buying trips as needed- both in the UK and internationally.
Working with us
To succeed here, you have to love working at pace. It’s relentless, but we love it. Change is a certainty – you need to adapt and be agile. We want you to challenge the status quo, innovate and be open to trying new things. We’re always pushing boundaries. We empower our people, giving them freedom and autonomy to learn and grow in their roles. We’re passionate, agile, creative and one team.
More About You
As a Junior Buyer you will have a positive, can-do attitude with the ability to work to tight deadlines. You will have excellent industry knowledge, be current and ahead at identifying trends and commercial wins for the brand.
You’ll also have:
Experience working at Senior Assistant Buyer or existing Junior Buyer level within a fashion retail business.
Ladieswear fashion product experience – preferably in softs or wovens.
Always looks to improve the department’s operation and increase knowledge of own and related job functions.
Ability to look …
