Senior Assistant Buyer (ASOS DESIGN WW- Miss Selfridge)
ASOS
LondonOn-sitefull timeProductPosted 2w agoEarly applicant likely
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The Role
As a Senior Assistant Buyer within ASOS Design Womenswear Miss Selfridge, you'll play a key role in delivering trend-led, commercially successful ranges that excite our customer and drive business performance. Working closely with your Buyer and cross-functional partners, you'll use your commercial awareness, product expertise and customer insight to influence key decisions, identify opportunities for growth and support the development of junior talent.
The Details
- Taking ownership of key product categories within Miss Selfridge, driving performance through a strong understanding of customer, trend and trade.
- Partnering with the Buyer to shape and deliver a commercially successful range strategy.
- Leading the selection and sign-off of product ranges, balancing customer insight, trend relevance and commercial performance.
- Owning weekly trade analysis, identifying risks and opportunities, and making recommendations to improve department performance.
- Deputising for the Buyer when required, presenting trade performance and product strategy to key stakeholders.
- Building strong supplier relationships and leading negotiations around cost prices, delivery schedules and product improvements.
- Coaching and developing Buyers Administrators, role modelling ASOS behaviours and supporting future talent.
- Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.
We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. That's why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. It's a rhythm that speeds up decision-making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly, and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create and succeed.
About You
- Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer or Senior Assistant Buyer within Womenswear.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience using trade performance to drive decision-making.
- Passionate about fashion, trends and understanding the Miss Selfridge customer.
- Proven ability to balance customer, trend and commercial priorities when building ranges.
- Confident influencing stakeholders and presenting recommendations.
- Strong supplier management and negotiation skills.
- Experience coaching and developing junior team members.
- Demonstrates the ASOS values of Authentic, Brave, Creative and Disciplined.
About ASOS
ASOS is an online fashion retailer that sells womenswear and menswear from both its own brands - including ASOS Design, AsYou and Collusion - and from third-party branded and designer labels. The company also operates ASOS Fulfilment Services, which helps brand partners sell their products through ASOS.com.
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