Buyer - Womenswear

**Company Description**
Are you a highly experienced and commercially driven buyer with a passion for womenswear? We’re looking for a dynamic professional to lead and shape our womenswear category, driving success through innovation, trend insight, and strategic vision.

The Warehouse Group (TWG) has become a Kiwi household name, and we proudly recognise the role that we play in communities throughout New Zealand. We are the largest general merchandise retailer in NZ across The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery & Noel Leeming. We are at an exciting point in our journey where our focus is on becoming brand-centric, aiming to deliver an unparalleled experience for our customers. Agility and collaboration are cornerstones of our work culture, empowering us to adapt swiftly and work seamlessly together. By being brand-led and retail-focused, we are intentional about placing the right people in the right roles, allowing us to perform work that truly makes a difference.

As a Womenswear Buyer, you will play a pivotal role in driving our womenswear category, combining trend forecasting, supplier collaboration, and commercial acumen to create ranges that resonate with our brand and customer base. You’ll have the autonomy to manage end-to-end buying processes, from range planning to performance analysis, ensuring we stay ahead in a competitive market.

This role is critical to our success and your key responsibilities are complex and exciting You will have the opportunity to truly make and influence decisions that create value for our customers and drive commercial results.

**In this role, you’ll be responsible for**:

- ** Category Leadership**: Take ownership of the womenswear portfolio, curating a compelling product range that meets customer needs and market demands.
- ** Trend Forecasting**: Stay ahead of fashion trends to inform decision-making, ensuring our collection remains fresh, relevant, and competitive.
- ** Supplier Relationships**: Cultivate and negotiate with key suppliers to secure the best partnerships and outcomes.
- ** Strategic Planning**: Develop and execute category strategies aligned with broader business objectives to maximise profitability.
- ** Data-Driven Decisions**: Analyse sales, market trends, and customer insights to inform purchasing decisions and drive performance.
- ** Cross-Functional Collaboration**: Work closely with design, merchandising, and marketing teams to bring the vision to life.

**Qualifications**
Highly commercial, insightful and decisive in your thinking, you are passionate about your craft and have an innate curiosity for ‘how we can do better’ to provide the best products for our customers.

Excellent stakeholder management and communications skills will be essentials to unlock collaboration, productivity and speed to market - this is key to our agile way of working Your drive to contribute whilst taking ownership means you work effectively, both independently and collaboratively to deliver your best work and commercial results for the business.

To be successful for this role you will have:

- ** Extensive Buying Experience**: Demonstrated expertise in womenswear buying with a proven track record of delivering results.
- ** Strong Commercial Acumen**: A strategic thinker with the ability to translate insights into action.
- ** Negotiation Skills**: Exceptional ability to negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best outcomes.
- ** Leadership Qualities**: A natural leader capable of driving initiatives and inspiring teams.
- ** Fashion Savvy**: Deep understanding of the womenswear market and customer preferences.
- ** Analytical Mindset**: Skilled at interpreting data to inform strategic decisions.

**Additional Information**
We offer a dynamic, supportive team environment working with like-minded people within a business that cares about and recognises individuals. The business is at an exciting point in its life story By empowering our teams and increasing cross-collaboration, we aim to make TWG New Zealand’s best place to work