Mi Piaci Associate Buyer

Mi Piaci Associate Buyer (Maternity leave contract)

Love fashion & retail? Love shoes? We might have your dream role
- Do you want to be part of NZ's leading fashion footwear retail group?
- Looking for a unique, diverse, dynamic place to work and be inspired on a daily basis?
- Enjoy a hybrid working environment?

We have an exciting opportunity for an **Associate Buyer.** We're looking for someone to join our Merchandise team in our **Newmarket Support Office** in Auckland. This role works collaboratively with key stakeholders in the business, in a fast paced and agile environment. Reporting to our Lead Buyer you will be responsible for building seasonal Mi Piaci ranges, collaborating closely with Designers, Lead Buyer & Planners to create world class footwear collections.

**Key responsibilities**
- Delivering customer centric cohesive ranges, on brief, to budget & on time
- Provide updates on global trends/influences
- Manages stock & orders to budget with the planning team
- Supplier & our factory order management
- Provides insightful trade performance updates & outtakes
- Identify product opportunities pre & within season and ensure action is taken
- Collate & review data for Post Seasonal analysis and review
- Develop and complete marketing briefs for digital and in store signage
- Provides well thought out product selections for campaign, social & EDM to support trade
- Contribute to range book and trend updates for the marketing/Retail team

**We are looking for someone with**:

- 2+ years' experience in a similar role.
- An eye for fashion & trends
- Strong analytical skills - with an eye for detail, you feel at home looking at data and can draw insights from information and have passion for problem solving.
- Intermediate Excel experience
- Clear communication & strong organisational skills
- A team approach - you love to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders and can represent the business well in internal & external settings. You thrive on building relationships.
- Alignment to our values - Accountable, Inspiring, Integrity, Inclusive, Innovative and Proactive

**Who are we?**

At Mi Piaci/Merchant we love shoes, our passion and drive for helping our customers feel great, is embedded in our culture and everything we do.

A New Zealand family
- owned fashion footwear Retailer we've been around for 30+ years, we have 40+ stores across 3 brands, Mi Piaci, Merchant and Deuce, in both New Zealand and Australia.

Our people are at the heart of everything we do, so you can expect a supportive leader, an individualized growth plan and to be recognized and rewarded for great performance.

Out teams are made up of positive, passionate, and high performing people.

**What's on offer?**

The chance to work with some seriously talented people, lots of employee benefits (your footwear collection is about to get a whole lot better), an informal dress code, flexible start & finish hours, hybrid working and the opportunity to get involved with our very own charity, The Young Hearts Project, supporting youth in New Zealand.

You must be eligible to work in New Zealand to be considered for this position. No agencies thank you.