Assistant Buyer- Fine Jewellery & Watches

NET-A-PORTER delivers incredible fashion for incredible women. As the world’s leading luxury retailer with the most authoritative product edit globally, the site offers the ultimate curation of fashion from the most coveted designer brands, the most exceptional assortment of fine watches and precious jewelry, and more than 200 specialist beauty brands. Its discerning edit places special emphasis on highlighting the creativity and promise of the next generation of fashion talent via the Vanguard, a program for emerging brands. Consideration for environmental and social impact increasingly shapes the product offering, and the launch of the NET SUSTAIN platform, was created to showcase brands that place sustainability at the core of their product.  Uniting content and commerce to deliver an immersive and inspiring customer experience, NET-A-PORTER speaks to a global community and features a dedicated editorial vertical with PORTER, which is renowned for its award-winning content featuring a diverse range of incredible women.

NET-A-PORTER champions unparalleled customer service offering express worldwide shipping to more than 170 countries including same or next-day delivery to the UK, US, Hong Kong, Germany, France, Australia and Singapore, a seamless shopping experience across all devices, luxurious packaging, easy returns and a multi-lingual customer care and personal shopping team that is available 24/7, 365 days a year. A pioneer of personal shopping and client relations services for the digital era in 2000, NET-A-PORTER continues to innovate and strengthen its offering, with virtual styling, invitation only digital exclusives, and a world class suite of specialized offers for EIPs, (Extremely Important People), the brand’s most loyal and valuable customers. NET-A-PORTER is part of YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP.

NET-A-PORTER are now seeking a talented Assistant Buyer to join the team. Some of the essentials for you to know are:

Location: Our Westfield office in London

Reporting into: Buyer

Team Size Approx: 8

Besides a competitive salary, we can offer you:

• Performance bonus schemes dependent on the type of role you are in
• A pension that both you and the company contribute too
• A portal with an array of discounts on things like theme park and cinema tickets
• Our famous staff discount along with exclusive staff sales
• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Flexible working
• A chance to be part of a fun and caring team that support each other

Here’s a breakdown of what you’ll be doing:

• Manage preparation of vendor packs, ensuring that these are compiled at an appropriate time ahead of trips
• Attend ad-hoc buying appointments and if needed deputise in Buyers absence to gather product info for review
• Review sales performance in order to offer informed product opinion within the appointment, based on sales history
• Complete buy sheets after buying appointments in preparation for Buyer to write the buy
• Raise and send orders to vendors, managing the ordering process within the YNAP system
• Manage RRP entry process, ensuring this is done in a timely and organised manner, adhering to set deadlines
• Support Junior Buyer with special order process for FJW category and high price point sales, liaising with personal shopping and the brand
• Support management of the Fine Watches, including Cartier, which works on a different model to other maisons.
• Manage shipping requests for Cartier using our Vex platform, and work directly using their Booster Tool to update sales and stock on a weekly basis
• Undertake competitive shopping analysis (bricks and mortar & online) to review offer vs NAP, ensure pricing is aligned for every upload, and to check deliveries vs NAP
• Analyse weekly sales data to suggest repeats and/or swaps, presenting proposals to Buyer & Merchandiser, and subsequently liaising with vendors to action
• Manage the repeat and swap process to ensure full advantage is taken of vendor stock availability, as well as quicket possible delivery of stock into the business
• Create trade sheets for weekly meetings to feedback to buyers including delivery highlights / lowlights, key editorial and marketing support features, as well as pulling together best and worst sellers information
• Support Press, Marketing and Editorial functions in regard to new brand and exclusive launches, supplying buy sheets, delivery and upload updates, style suggestions as necessary
• Constantly hawk products on site, taking responsibility for the display of your departments offer (highlighting tricky styling, limited or incorrect product editorial, questionable pricing, duplicated products)
• Undertake Ad hoc projects for Buyers and Buying Director

The type of person we are looking for:

• Experience at AB/BAA or equivalent level gained in a fast-paced fashion retail buying or merchandising environment with strong administrative skills.
• Strong analytical and advanced MS Office skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint & Word.
• Commercial Awareness – understanding of our business, products and competition.
• Strong eye for detail and organisational skills and strives for a high level of accuracy.
• The ability to work with stringent deadlines.
• A great sense of humour, personal style and attitude.

From the moment you join the YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP we are committed to making your journey with us inspirational and evolutionary. If you are passionate, committed and thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, then please apply with a CV.