Part Time Retail Buyer
Summary: A growing organization in St Albans is seeking a Buyer to support the Account Management and Technical Teams with resourcing projects, product launches, and critical path management. The role includes administrative support to the Buying/Sourcing Team and requires a strong understanding of fabric and product development. The position offers a part-time schedule with a mix of in-office and remote work. Candidates should apply quickly if their skills align with the requirements outlined.
Key Responsibilities:
- Responsible for sample development, managing sourcing sheets and critical path
- Ensuring day-to-day follow up with factories & suppliers is actioned and relevant teams are kept up to date
- Maintaining swatch book library and sourcing new fabrics with a focus on sustainability
- Support sign off for new products/ranges
- Ensure Technical Packs are correct for the factory & the Merchandising team
- Provide the Merchandising team with all relevant product detail; Technical Packs, Visuals & Cost prices to ensure orders are raised accurately and efficiently
- Support fit process
- Support of packaging developments
- Handle all submissions, bulks & lab dips and ensuring comments are sent on time
- Ensure product quality is kept up to standard
- Have a good technical understanding of all industry fabric
- Provide support to the Buying Manager/Technical Team to ensure all factories are following company guidelines
- Provide administrative support to the Buying/Sourcing team, as required
Key Skills:
- Experience in buying and/or product development, ideally experienced working on clothing
- Technical Fabric knowledge desirable
- Strong organisational skills with a systematic approach to working
- Ability to take initiative and work independently, as well as in a team
- Capability of working on multiple projects in parallel & prioritising own workload
- Experience working to a Product Development/Production calendar and tight deadlines
- Ability to cope under pressure to meet the demand of the business
- Experience of working closely with manufacturers on development
Salary (Rate): £34,000.00/year
City: Redbourn
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
A successful and fast growing organisation based in St Albans are looking for a Buyer to join a busy team. Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description. The Buyer will be responsible for supporting and working with the Account Management Team & Technical Team on resourcing projects/new product launches & critical path management for continuity product, as well as providing administrative support to the Buying/Sourcing Team.
What’s In It For You
Salary: £27,200 (£34k FTE)
Hours: 30hrs per week, 4 days per week - 2 compulsory days in office Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2 days home working
4x salary Life Insurance
24 days holidays increasing up to 29 with length of service
Employees can buy up to 5 days holiday full time equivalent in any one holiday year
25% discount on products including immediate family
Standard Life Auto-Enrolment Pension Scheme
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible for sample development, managing sourcing sheets and critical path
- Ensuring day-to-day follow up with factories & suppliers is actioned and relevant teams are kept up to date
- Maintaining swatch book library and sourcing new fabrics with a focus on sustainability
- Support sign off for new products/ranges
- Ensure Technical Packs are correct for the factory & the Merchandising team
- Provide the Merchandising team with all relevant product detail; Technical Packs, Visuals & Cost prices to ensure orders are raised accurately and efficiently
- Support fit process
- Support of packaging developments
- Handle all submissions, bulks & lab dips and ensuring comments are sent on time.
- Ensure product quality is kept up to standard
- Have a good technical understanding of all industry fabric
- Provide support to the Buying Manager/Technical Team to ensure all factories are following company guidelines
- Provide administrative support to the Buying/Sourcing team, as required
What The Employer Is Looking For
- Experience in buying and/or product development, ideally experienced working on clothing
- Technical Fabric knowledge desirable
- Strong organisational skills with a systematic approach to working
- Ability to take initiative and work independently, as well as in a team
- Capability of working on multiple projects in parallel & prioritising own workload
- Experience working to a Product Development/Production calendar and tight deadlines
- Ability to cope under pressure to meet the demand of the business
- Experience of working closely with manufacturers on development
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