Buyer - Aje

**Description**:
Aje was created in 2008 to translate the effortless Australian lifestyle into fashion.
Designed for an elegance grounded in ease, our garments empower our customers to feel relaxed, assured and beautiful.
Our company strives to invite freedom of self-expression in each architectural store environment, bringing our customers a confidence and beauty that elevates their every day to an occasion.
Join icon fashion house Aje as a Buyer at our Aje Head Office in Surry Hills.
**About this opportunity**:

- Under the direction of the Merchandise Director, develop a seasonal strategy for Aje, identifying key opportunities and tactical plans to deliver on financial goals.
- Under the direction of Merchandise Director, responsible for collaborating with Design to develop a cohesive and commercially viable product range that aligns with Brand strategy and maximises sales and profitability of Aje.
- Ensure proposition delivers required domestic and international growth and maintains an understanding of requirements of new markets.
- Partner closely with Head of Planning and Planning team to build robust sales, inventory, and option plan to drive commercial results to hit financial KPIs.
- Manage OTB to meet financial targets for sales, inventory and sell-though.
- Conduct and report accurate sales and margin analysis and respond to future seasons with dynamic actions to drive and exceed future sales expectations.
- Accountable for driving trade on a daily and weekly basis, chasing into strong reactions, and relentlessly seeding new ideas.
- Build and execute a balanced, customer-focused range, collaborating with the Design team to ensure the product range is innovative and newness is suitable for the needs of all business channels and grades.
- Execute pre-season planning, alongside Head of Planning, making recommendations for investment quantities that support the commercial plan and financial goals.
- Work in collaboration with Merchandise Director and Head of Planning, to influence strategic plans and developments.
- Influence assortment building through product analysis, customer feedback, consumer trends and the competitive landscape.
- A thorough understanding of all weekly and daily trade reports, analysing sales performance and monitoring sell-throughs, proposing and executing trading actions to improve sales performance and reduce risk to the business.
- Lead PSR and category reviews with Design, Business and Executive teams, present findings and recommendations for future strategy
- Manage, mentor, development of Buyers Assistant
- Ensures effective communication with the wider Buying and Planning team

**You will bring**:
An established Buyer with 5+ years of relevant experience and an entrepreneurial spirit that can perform in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Experience with Australian luxury designers and/or in-house design team is highly desirable.
Exceptional understanding of the fashion retail market, with the ability to interpret trends and build ranges to ensure brand cohesion.
Strong numeric and analytic aptitude, including in-depth understanding of the Open-To-Buy and the financial metrics that drive it.
Excellent excel skills; ability to build own reports, demonstrated aptitude for leveraging and learning new technology and tools.
Highly organised, keen learner and self-motivated, ability to work well to deadlines and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently.
Previous experience with AP21, JOOR, and Style Arcade preferable.
What do we offer?
Generous salary packaging
It is hard not to embrace the Aje style with generous employee discounts, staff wardrobes, pre-order programs, clothing allowances and regular sample sales
Your growth is our growth, training and development programs are recommended and encouraged
Career progression
Celebrate milestones such as, Birthdays with Aje leave benefits
Access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program designed to support your wellbeing
No key achievement and success goes unnoticed
Referral incentives
Increasing positive corporate responsibility, reflected through our Aje Aware Charter