Junior Buyer

JOB TITLE: Junior Buyer
LOCATION: Uxbridge based office with good transport links and parking
SALARY: £27,000pa
HOURS: 40 hours per week, 08:00 -17:00 working day with an hour for breaks. 

Flex-time hours, working around core hours and hybrid working

28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) increasing by one day per year to a maximum of 25 days plus bank holidays after one full years’ service

About Us:

We are looking for a Junior Buyer to join our dynamic and fast-paced Buying and Merchandising Team, that will support our exciting plans for the future! We are a passionate and hard-working team, committed to giving the best to our roles and providing the greatest possible customer experience.

Brastop.com is a market-leading and award-winning lingerie and swimwear e-tailer. We specialise in the fuller bust from D to K cups and our company purpose is to make women feel fabulous about their figure!

We are a passionate and hard-working team, committed to giving the best to our roles and providing the greatest possible customer experience.

These are exciting times for the business and having seen huge growth over the past few years.

We are looking for friendly, self-motivated people to join our team and help us achieve our goals.

About the role:

You will be responsible for the purchasing of external branded product.  You will understand the competitive landscape in promotional activity, knowing the main competitors and bringing knowledge, opportunities, and risks back to the business on a regular basis through trade so you will always be clear on the stock levels required to deliver the budget. Working closely and collaboratively with the merchandising team, you will make commercial decisions and suggestions about future seasonal plans as well as supporting the creation of a pricing strategy to optimise margin.

You will monitor returning products and through your knowledge of the budget for full price and clearance product, you will investigate and report back on issues and actions to mitigate those returns.

You will demonstrate a strong commercial awareness and be responsible for tracking competitor activity of branded product and share that knowledge with the trading team.

You will also be responsible for how external brands are represented on the website ensuring the integrity of each brand is maintained while building and maintaining good relationships with all external brand suppliers to ensure communication is clear and Brastop is the exit strategy of choice.

You will also be responsible for Purchase Order management processes, and ensure all products are created in the system accurately to place purchase orders, for all brands and in a timely manner as well as ensuring branded supplier manual are kept up to date and that all brands comply to Brastop requirements.

About you:

• Work as a team; setting clear goals and taking responsibility. Respect and support your colleagues.
• Always be better; seek innovation and improvement in your role. Share ideas and embrace change. Learn from mistakes.
• Wow the customer; focus on customer happiness in every interaction. Find new ways to make customers feel great.

About you:

You will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in a fashion buying and merchandising department

You will be educated to degree level or equivalent

You are a rising star, that can take full ownership of the branded buying category.

You will have good interpersonal skills and have experience of negotiating as a clear communicator, one that can confidently deliver information to a senior level,

You will demonstrate a passion for lingerie and trends.

This job role will focus heavily on building and maintaining good relationships with suppliers both UK based and abroad.

Essential Skills -

• 3 Years in a fashion buying and merchandising department.
• Good judgement and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently
• Strong organisation skills
• Computer literate and able to adapt to new systems quickly and efficiently
• Ability to multitask
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Attention to detail
• Ability to make decisions quickly and confidently

Desirable but not essential -

• Netsuite and Shopify experience desirable but not essential

What we offer:

£27,000 Salary

28 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) increasing by one day per year to a maximum of 25 days plus bank holidays after one full years’ service

40 hours per week, 08:00 -17:00 working day with an hour for breaks

Flex-time hours, working around core hours and remote working

Uxbridge based office with good transport links and parking

Generously discounted lingerie

Health Scheme (after 2 years’ service) and auto-enrol Pension

Gifted half a day off on your birthday, Christmas Eve and New Years eve!

A great fun and inclusive working environment with a bunch of people who are passionate about making women feel fabulous about their figure.

How to apply:

Are you a good fit for this role and our culture? Click on apply now and send the following:

Please send a copy of your CV (that clearly shows that you meet the criteria on the Essential Skills required)

We will contact you to arrange an interview if successful. No agencies please.

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Recruitment process will include but is not limited to; an initial 30 minute telephone interview with the People & Culture Coordinator, an interview with the Hiring Manager and the People & Culture Coordinator and a final interview with the Hiring Manager and Managing Director.