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Develop positive working relationships with suppliers.
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Build effective relationships with the marketing department, visual merchandising and PR teams to assist in developing strong and consistent marketing messages, visual merchandising strategies and brand image for the department whilst keeping the Buyer informed.
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Continually communicate with suppliers and internal departments about the status of orders, queries and issues to help to ensure the product critical path is kept up to date and accurate.
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Demonstrate Commercial Awareness – Ensure an awareness of the customer profile, current trends and competitors, whilst continually developing knowledge of all aspects of the supplier base.
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Ensure a customer focused knowledge of the varying market and trends by regular competitive and own store visits to help in assisting the Buyer to select and deliver a product range that is balanced and reflects customer requirements in terms of pricing and fashionability. Offer your own proactive thoughts and ideas to the Buyer. Produce Benchmarking
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Sample management – take ownership, ensuring all samples are kept tidy and correctly labelled. Correct samples are available for fit sessions, best sellers and all other meetings as required. All approval samples from initial sample to production sample are received to correct specifications
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Responsible for all relevant administrative duties for the department, alongside preparing and managing any reports as requested by the department for meetings.
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Accurately create the orders, utilising internal systems within required time frames
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Review weekly sales performance and identify any opportunities and highlight any issues.
Key relationships you’ll maintain include:
Customers, Category Director of Clothing, Buyers, Merchandisers, Design Team, Technical Team, Retail Team, Suppliers, Head of Buying & Design, Head of Merchandising, Marketing/PR, Supply Chain.