Buyer - Apparel

2 months ago

Auckland City, New Zealand The Warehouse Group Full time

**Company Description**
The Warehouse Group (TWG) is a true Kiwi household name - evolving from a single The Warehouse store to today’s multi-brand retail group, home to The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming. We’re more than just a retailer; we proudly recognise the role that we play in communities throughout New Zealand including the opportunity to bring our high quality, great value products and ranges to life, “Helping Kiwis live better every day”.

We recognise the unique opportunity we get to create collections that are relevant, relatable and unique for our customers, aiming to inspire & excite whilst bringing great value.

Exciting opportunities exist and we’re looking to connect with dynamic, customer-centric Buyers to join and add to our very talented Apparel buying team. Fashion forward, commercial, a keen eye for trend and passion for quality, the team build and curate ranges from clothing, right through to accessories/jewellery and sleepwear.

Key responsibilities include:

- Building and curating a cohesive and compelling range that resonates with our diverse customer base and delivers to category strategy.
- Working cross-functionally to maximise delivery of commercial plans including sales, margin & inventory
- Maximising opportunities and managing risk to financial plans.
- Working to critical path milestones and managing product life cycle.
- Deep-diving into sales data, analysing trends, and drawing actionable insights. Reporting findings and proposing actions to stakeholders, providing valuable information that shapes our business strategies.
- Working closely with Sourcing and suppliers to meet our customers’ needs

**Qualifications**
Bringing a combination of commercial acumen, creativity and insightful decision-making, your stakeholder engagement and communication skills will serve as key strengths for seamless collaboration. You can easily point to some notable buying successes and have some great examples of constructing commercially balanced ranges adhering to critical path.

Also on our wishlist:

- Previous experience as a Buyer
- Solid category management experience within retail
- Experience/interest in working with licensed products
- Strong negotiation skills
- Experience developing branded and own brand categories
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
- A customer driven mindset
- The ability to trade utilising promotional activity and advertising to maximum effect
- Decisiveness in a fast-moving environment as well as a resilient and driven nature
- The ability to build long term sustainable partnerships

**Additional Information** Come work with us**

We are intentional about finding the right people to drive things forward in our brand-centric, retail-focused journey - allowing us to perform work as a team that truly makes a difference for the business and or customers. What we can promise in return is work that will challenge and excite, working with people passionate like-minded people.

Our teams balance a hybrid working approach (up to 2 days per week from home). Conveniently located in Northcote, we offer free car parking on-site plus EV charging We'll also give you your birthday off, great discounts across our brands and excellent career opportunities within the business

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