About this role
Mountain Warehouse is a rapidly growing global retailer, with over 450 stores across the UK, Ireland, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, alongside a strong and expanding online presence. Since our founding, we’ve built a reputation for offering high-quality outdoor products at great value, supporting customers in enjoying the outdoors wherever they are. We’re looking for an enthusiastic and driven Senior Assistant Buyer to join our Buying Team. This is a great opportunity for someone who loves product, thrives in a fast‑paced environment, and wants to play a hands‑on role in shaping a growing category. You’ll bring experience at Assistant Buyer level, along with a sharp eye for detail and the confidence to build strong, effective relationships across design, merchandising, supply chain, and our supplier base. While direct experience in bag buying isn’t essential, a genuine interest in the category—and a willingness to learn quickly—will help you hit the ground running. If you’re resourceful, proactive, and excited by the idea of developing innovative, high‑quality bag products, we’d love to hear from you. Assisting in seasonal range plan development - analysing customer buying patterns, forecasting sales and predicting future trends, presenting findings in reports and presentations in a clear and logical format, this will include ratio calculations for size and colour; Buying global markets : UK, EU, NA, NZ, AUS, ensuring each market has the right balance of technical, lifestyle and travel‑focused bags. Working with your Buyer to maximise profits and build a commercially viable, competitive assortment . Assisting in regularly reviewing stock, sales and orders and react with necessary urgency to ensure sales, stock & profit targets are achieved. Maintaining relationships with suppliers. Liaising with other departments within the organisation to ensure projects are completed Participating in promotional activities, helping the buying and merchandising team to identify slow moving stock, suggesting marks downs or promotions, as well as coordinating promotions and clearance events in store. Creating style books for products, identify when to update trim labels, fabrications and packaging, and liaise with graphic designer to ensure a consistent brand image. Managing the critical path, monitoring all orders from initial product development through to delivery, ensuring the smooth running of the development process, maintaining delivery schedules and key deadlines throughout. Managing sample process ensuring all designs and fabrications are executed correctly, meeting brand requirements. Lab dip and trim approvals and feeding back to suppliers Training and mentoring the BAA in the team. Approving PTS, for shipments. Attend fit meetings with QC, making suggestions on fit, styling, trims etc., as well as signing off sample