Aje Buyer

Location- Surry Hills, New South Wales-
- Department- Merchandise-
- Employment Type- Full-Time-
- Minimum Experience- ExperiencedOver the last 14 years Aje has carefully built a culture where our people are supported, inspired and encouraged to be the best they can.

Along with our incredible team, our brand has an intrinsic sense of duality, balancing toughness with femininity, untamed volume with structure and signature statement pieces alongside effortless essentials. These complementing differences are captured in Aje’s unique aesthetic and have contributed to the brand becoming one of Australia’s most influential fashion houses.

Based at the new Sydney Head Office and reporting directly to the Head of Merchandising, you will be responsible for managing the product strategy, range selection and buying to drive financial results that maximise revenue, gross margin and sell-through of Aje.

**As a Buyer, your tasks will include**:

- Developing seasonal strategy for Aje Athletica, identifying key opportunities and tactical plans to deliver on financial goals
- Collaborating with Design to develop a cohesive and commercially viable product range that aligns with Brand strategy and maximises sales and profitability of Aje Athletica.
- Ensuring proposition delivers required domestic and international growth and maintains understanding of requirements of new markets.
- Partnering closely with Buying and Merchandise Planning Managers to build robust sales, inventory and option plans to drive commercial results to hit financial KPIs.
- Managing OTB to meet financial targets for sales, inventory and sell though.
- Conducting and reporting accurate sales analysis and respond to future seasons with dynamic actions to drive and exceed future sales expectations.
- Driving trade on a daily and weekly basis, chasing into strong reactions and relentlessly seeding new ideas.
- Presenting detailed information regarding the buying function in a clear, concise and accurate manner.

**You will bring**:

- 4+ years of relevant experience and an entrepreneurial spirit that can perform in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Experience within luxury retail brands and/or in-house design team highly desirable
- Previous experience with AP21, JOOR, Style Arcade preferable
- Exceptional understanding of the fashion activewear and lifestyle market, with the ability to interpret trends and build ranges to ensure brand cohesion.
- Proven ability to drive success through creative and commercial thinking
- Ability to evaluate financial indicators and translate data into actionable direction to drive sales and profitability
- Strong numeric and analytic aptitude, including in-depth understanding of the Open-To-Buy and the financial metrics that drive it
- Proficient in excel; demonstrated aptitude leveraging and learning new technology and tools
- Outstanding communication skills to build collaborative, cross-functional partnerships, and present information in a compelling and influential manner
- Highly organised, keen learner and self-motivated, ability to work well to deadlines and perform multiple tasks effectively and concurrently
- Collaborative, with strong interpersonal skills and team-orientation

**We recognise the impact our team has on our success. To show our appreciation we want you to enjoy...**
- Enticing salary packaging
- Your growth is our growth, training and development programs are recommended and encouraged
- Stepping away from the traditional, Aje HQ is a sunlit space within Surry Hills that influences creative and collaborative thoughts. The awe will never diminish when looking at the curved arches, textured walls and open roof.
- Take advantage of the Sydney Sun with our Summer Friday Hours
- Celebrate milestones such as, Birthdays with Aje leave benefits
- Be a part of the change with increasing positive corporate responsibility, reflected through our Aje Aware Charter
- Be adored and recognised as no key achievement and success goes unnoticed
- We appreciate our hard working teams however, a healthy work life balance is one in which we actively promote
- Embrace the Aje style with our generous employee discounts, pre-order programs, clothing allowances and regular sample sales
- At Aje, diversity is a founding principle of the brand, taking inspiration from multicultural Australia throughout all visual communications since inception. We are committed to developing a culture and environment that celebrates diversity, equality and inclusion by promoting diversity in all forms and creating a safe environment for all employees, applicants and customers._