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This is an exciting opportunity to join us as Junior Buyer as we continue our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond. Do you have a passion for innovative, premium activewear? Would you like to be part of a driven, talented team to source and develop the gorgeous Sweaty Betty product, worldwide? How would you feel positively contributing to sales and targets, whilst keeping Sweaty Betty and our customer at the heart of your decisions? And of course, being surrounded by a team that celebrates the successes, with either a cocktail (or two…), or perhaps adopting a downward dog pose is more your vibe. Anything to reclaim your balance!
Reporting into our Senior Buyer and working closely with the wider Product team, you are someone who is obsessive about delivering the right product for the consumers every need. You in?
What You Will Be Doing
- Build a balanced and commercial product assortment in partnership with your Senior Buyer that meets global, channel and regional customer needs that are aligned to the overall department & brand strategy.
- Partner with Product Planning to shape your categories buy strategy considering business KPI’s, category mix, big bets, product opportunities, pricing architecture, suppliers and margin targets.
- Work collaboratively with the wider Product team (Planning, Design, PD, Garment Tech & RM) to deliver on seasonal product strategies ensuring consumers’ needs & business KPI’s are met alongside.
- Present product opportunities and market growth areas – by conducting regular competitor analysis / and inspiration shopping to provide a clear seasonal product brief into Design and Raw Materials.
- Identify product opportunities and risks via in season trading in partnership with planning by analysing trade reactions, consumer and store insights and market place trends.
- Define segmented product offer based on store profile whilst delivering strong story telling in partnership with wider Buying team and Visual Merchandising team.
- Close partnership with Wholesale & 3P distribution channels to drive brand right & commercial assortments.
- Identify a pricing architecture that is representative of product features, brand positioning, competitive landscape and drives financial KPI’s.
- Provide insights on product education and key insights to support cross functional teams knowledge of product and how to deliver this to the consumer.
- Manage a team ensuring you are setting them & the department up for success. Close management of BAA’s on critical path and sample efficiencies.
- Manage the critical path process taking appropriate actions to avoid delays to a seasonal launch.
The Must Haves
- Minimum of 1 year Junior Buyer experience within a multichannel business (eCommerce, retail, wholesale)
- Strategic and analytical with a solutions-based mindset
- A passion for product with a commercial acumen & ability to story tell
- Awareness of wider marketplace and product trends
- Womenswear buying experience
- Ability to collaborate with and influence key partners and peers
- Experience in managing people
- Can-do flexible attitude
- Proficient in excel
Our DEI Commitment
We are working to create a culture and team that represents our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity, embody inclusion and create an equitable business. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary. We care about our people, our community and world.
We want to stand up for what we believe in and give our people a platform to use their voice. To actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development, and progression across the business. Being clear on the responsibilities we hold each other and to our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs and working harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.
Our DEI mission is "to embed diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of our business. To create a culture of belonging that empowers everyone to be their best authentic self. We commit to celebrating different perspectives and to continuously learning, developing and challenging ourselves and our partners."
We know we're on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren't up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn't be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our DEI committee & DEI Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say all, we mean it.
