Buyer - Footwear

**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”.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a commercial and creative Buyer with a passion for fashion and eye for trends, backed by technical knowledge in Footwear - join a team that’s dedicated to delivering exceptional value and style in the Footwear space and help deliver great results

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. This Buyer - Footwear role is critical to our success and your key responsibilities are complex and exciting

We're looking for a customer-focused Buyer, balanced in commercial approach and creative eye plus technical knowledge in Footwear.

Key responsibilities will include:

- Working cross-functionally to maximise delivery of commercial plans including sales, margin & inventory
- Building and curating a cohesive and compelling range that resonates with our diverse customer base and delivers to category strategy.
- 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, creative eye and insightful decision-making. Your stakeholder engagement and communication skills will serve as key strengths for seamless collaboration.

To be successful for this role you will have:

- Experience as a Buyer in Footwear - you can point to some notable personal achievements and commercial success
- Technical knowledge/design experience in footwear
- Strong negotiation skills
- Solid category management experience within retail
- 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
- Collaborative working style and excellent communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
- 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**

Come work with us as we aim to “Help Kiwis live better everyday”.

Agility and collaboration are cornerstones of our work culture, empowering us to adapt swiftly and work seamlessly together. 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.

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