Assistant Buyer - Freelance

Accountable for:

• Assisting Buyer in all aspects of the product development process.
• Buy & develop ranges inline with agreed range and in line with business strategy.
• Contracting orders to suppliers for all dept to Critical Path (delegating to Admin. If necessary)
• Oversee buying info on the range plan to ensure 100% accuracy and information entered in a timely manner.
• Sample Management
• Critical path management

Range Development:

• Develop Ranges to agreed plan & margin, and in line with agreed Supply partners
• Place orders & manage to 95% availability.
• Maximise sales through trading & otb strategy.( within agreed parameters)
• Manage critical path & own all approval stages.
• Liaise with suppliers & Sourcing to manage sourcing opportunities (with agreement of Dept. head/BD)
• Liaise with merchandiser to produce lessons learnt for future ranging.
• Produce monthly market & competitor reports to form strategies for future ranging.
• Present ranges in sign off.
• Be aware of sales and performance.
• Understand cost price/margin/quantity requirements

Critical Path & fit process:

• Update and manage critical path weekly.
• Report exceptions to all channel launch dates to buyer on weekly basis
• Liaise weekly with direct team, merchandising & technical through garment approval stages, & update critical path.
• Delegate or approve fabrics, colours & garment trims to delivery.
• Attend fit sessions & approve through quickest technical staging.
• Report to Buyer on QC issues to solutions.
• Raise & follow through debit notes for late deliveries. Ensure listed on logistics report.

Samples:

• Ensure timely delivery of SMS & photo shoot samples according to critical path. Manage SMS tracker & liaise with Channels on handover.
• Manage invoicing and courier charges for SMS samples (according to budget.)
• Work with technical to manage fit sessions & sample organisation.
• Arrange samples for sign off. Take notes & liaise on amendments to range plans.
• Manage sample storage & delegate dept. tidiness to Admin. If necessary

People:

• Work cross functionally on proof approvals for product collateral & input buying info to product database.