Buyer - Womenswear Designer Galleries

• Be responsible for overseeing the Womenswear Designer Galleries
• Manage the performance of Womenswear Designer Galleries through regular meetings with the brand partners and through analysis of their performance, making recommendations to the Director of Buying
• Negotiate the best possible terms with suppliers i.e. margin, minimum guarantees, marketing budgets and exclusivity
• Liaise and work closely with internal teams including but not limited to Digital, Marketing, Retail Operations, Personal Shopping, Legal, Property and Security to ensure effective brand onboarding and execution of projects
• Forge meaningful partnerships with our Womenswear Designer Galleries businesses through regular meetings
• Work with brand partners to exploit new opportunities across the regional stores
• Manage existing brands through analysis of performance, taking action when necessary and making decision to keep or discontinue within the business
• Support the Buying Director on key pop-up activations and brand launches

• Highly knowledgeable with a well-developed understanding of the product/market
• Collaborative with strong relationship-building skills
• Strategic and operational with strong analytical skills and experience driving long-term and profitable commercial strategies
• Engaging with ability to influence stakeholders using data and market trends
• A great communicator with excellent influencing skills
• Customer focused with exceptional taste and instinct
• Numerate with a highly commercial approach
• Proficient in excel
• Collaborative working flexibly as part of the wider Buying team
• An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague

Competitive plus benefits