Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office, with core hours flexible between 8am-6pm.
The Role
With our online Branded business constantly growing, Total Platform continuing to strengthen and our retail stores remaining distinguished for our customer base, our buyers have a big responsibility to create attractive and profitable product ranges across the business. Collaborating with many key stakeholders to make this happen.
What You’ll Take On
The role involves developing commercially successful product ranges by taking the lead to build a departmental strategy. You will be responsible for selecting the best product, by building strong relationships with brand partners, displaying excellent trend insight & market awareness and by analysing data to plan across all categories. Collaboration with merchandisers, operations team and marketing is key to this process.
You will be required to interpret sales data and trends to quickly identify new opportunities. You will also be responsible for spotting and recruiting the best brands.
Effectively manage your team by delegating resources and workload, ensuring team members stay motivated and focused. Collaboration within the business and cross departmentally to achieve results is essential.
What You’ll Bring
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Womenswear Buyer to join the Brands department at Next. This team is full of industry experts who live and breath all things Footwear and have years of experience in the industry!
We are looking for an ambitious individual who can drive departmental growth through seeing opportunities and creative solutions. Additionally, you will be responsible for planning and buying the product, delivering agreed KPIs for sales, markdown and profit.
Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.
At NEXT, we believe the best work happens when there are no barriers to collaboration. That’s why we are a Google-powered workspace From your very first day, you’ll be using the full Google Workspace suite; Docs, Drive, and Meet, to stay connected and move fast.
If your previous experience is rooted in other software suites, don’t worry! We’ll point you to a digital Google toolkit the moment you join, packed with handy guides and insider tips to help you transition smoothly and hit the ground running.
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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
At Next we never underestimate what we can do. Bring your energy, play to your strengths and never shy away from change. Push yourself and back others. Make things happen that will be bigger and better than before.
Come and work for one of the UK’s biggest retailers. It is everything you could imagine, and so much more. We’re constantly innovating, constantly working on something new and constantly creating more and more exciting new products, which means no day is the same, and no day is dull.
Whether you take up a role in making furniture with our lively warehouse team or join our team of superhuman developers and tech engineers, you’ll be rubbing shoulders with some of the most talented people in the country, who not only work hard but play hard too.
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