Junior Buyer

Fantastic advancement opportunities
- Work alongside passionate colleagues and experienced managers who love working together and driving for results.
- Enjoy exclusive corporate discounts at one of Australia's premier gym franchises

At Best&Less, we believe in creating the thrill and fun of affordable fashion for everyone We're excited to offer an opportunity for a **Junior Buyer for Baby Non Apparel **in our **Babywear** category, based at our **Rhodes, Sydney** office.

As a **Junior Buyer**, youll manage the babywear non apparel range category in collaboration with a Senior Buyer/Buyer, helping to develop and purchase a range of stylish, high-quality products that align with our customers needs. Youll play a key role in achieving our sales and profit targets by balancing fashion, price, margin, and quality.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Development a range of products that meet the companys strategic objectives.
- Analyze market trends locally and overseas to inform product decisions.
- **Manage the full range-building process**, from concept to final product approval, ensuring product quality and relevance.
- Work closely with suppliers, quality control, and marketing and online teams to bring the best products to our customers.
- Participate in budgets and strategy presentations, range reviews, product presentations, and weekly trade reviews.
- Approve lab dips, artwork, production samples, and attend quality control fits.
- Analyze product performance regularly to inform future buying strategies.
- Conduct post-season analysis and react swiftly to best and worst-selling lines.
- **Negotiate** **cost prices and margins** with suppliers to meet profitability criteria.
- Maintain strong relationships with key suppliers and external partners.
- Provide support and mentorship to Assistant Buyers.
- Communicate critical customer needs and production issues to suppliers to ensure compliance with company standards.
- Create advertising briefs and support the marketing team with promotional product planning.
- Ensure compliance with procedural standards and industry regulations.

**Qualifications and Experience**:
**Essential**:

- Tertiary qualifications in Retail, Fashion Design, or Garment Construction.
- Minimum 2.5 years of Assistant Buyer experience, with at least 1 year as a Junior Buyer responsible for a product range, ideally in the babywear category.
- 1 year of range-building experience from concept to final product approval.
- Proven experience in product development, including fabric sourcing, lab dips, and print approvals; ideally at entry or mid market retail positioning
- Experience managing multiple overseas suppliers
- Passion for merchandise, with drive and enthusiasm to learn and grow.

**Desirable**:

- Experience managing a large category or number of skus.
- Solid understanding of trends impacting apparel and babywear.
- Experience using industry platforms such as **WGSN**.

**Why Join Us?**:

- Work alongside passionate colleagues and experienced managers in a collaborative, dynamic environment.
- **Generous staff discounts** on all products.
- Access to the **Sonder Employee Assistance Program**.
- Fantastic **career development** opportunities.

If you're ready to grow your career in fashion and believe you have what it takes to succeed as part of the Best&Less family, wed love to hear from you