About this role
Mountain Warehouse is a rapidly growing global retailer, with over 430 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 are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Assistant Buyer to grow with the company and add value to our team.
- Experience at an Assistant Buyer level is necessary, as is an exceptional eye for detail, the ability to develop and maintain effective relationships across all areas of the business.
- 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 for three key territories which include the UK, EU and North America.
- Work with your Head of buying to maximize profits and provide a commercially viable range of merchandise at competitive prices.
- 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