Senior Buyer

4 days ago

Richmond, Australia Forever New Full time
About Forever New

Forever New is a leading fashion clothing and accessories brand with a strong presence in Australia and globally. Our brand is built on a passion for fashion, style, and innovation, with a commitment to delivering high-quality products to our customers.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Buyer to join our Buying team in Melbourne. As a Senior Buyer, you will be responsible for driving the category to new heights, developing commercially relevant ranges for Forever New's global markets, and collaborating with our talented Buying team to achieve business objectives.

Key Responsibilities
  • Construct a commercially balanced range that offers the right mix of print, plain, and colour and end use for the business
  • Liaise with the Managing Director and Buying leaders on long-term product planning
  • Ensure a clear and sensible price architecture that ensures maximum sales and profitability
  • Work with design to ensure range reflects the right level of newness/fashion/trend and that volume lines are maximised and moved on at the right time
  • Coordinate all areas of the buying process to ensure that stock is ordered and delivered on time
  • Analyse and have a comprehensive understanding of category history applying this to the range build
  • Ensure range reflects climate needs of all regions
  • Ensure all department financial parameters and targets are achieved
  • Respond to sales and market data to make commercial decisions to maximise sales opportunities and minimise potential future risks
  • Trade the department, in collaboration with the Planner, by optimising profit, maximising department potential through repeats, and minimising slow performance through promotion or mark-downs
  • Comprehensive knowledge of local and overseas market trends through various mediums including magazines and online research
  • Analyse relevance of trends for brand and plan reaction accordingly
  • Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge and awareness of competitors and external trends, identifying missed opportunities and trends to maximise revenue
  • Brief Design to ensure fabrics, prints and style details are consistent with brand vision using relevant option plan provided by Planning
  • Work with Design & QA to ensure best fit, consistency of fit and best possible quality of fabric, trim, make and finish
  • Make commercial decisions throughout the development process of a product with respect to delivering the most commercial style in the most profitable way, adhering to brand standards
  • Be aware of production progress against department critical path ensuring key dates are met by the team.
Requirements
  • Specific Dress category experience is highly favourable
  • At least 5 years' experience as a Buyer or 2+ years' experience as a Senior Buyer
  • Exceptional knowledge of all fabrications, raw materials, product categories and garment construction
  • Experience working across international markets
  • Strong commercial acumen and business judgement
  • Well-developed internal and external stakeholder management skills
  • Relevant tertiary qualification in Fashion Design/Buying (or equivalent)
  • Experience in team management
Why Join Forever New?

At Forever New, we value our people and customers above all else. We believe in fostering an environment where everyone has the opportunity to shine, and we offer a range of exciting rewards and benefits to our employees. Join us and become part of a community that values your uniqueness and offers exciting opportunities for personal and professional growth.

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