Assistant Buyer

As an Assistant Buyer, you’ll work closely with the Buyer to ensure the department achieves sales, stock and margin targets through the development of the product range, building and maintaining strong working relationships with the supplier base.

Strategy

• Work alongside the Buyer to provide defined reports that will support creation of strategy
• For a defined product range, undertake market and trend research and analysis to create a strategy proposal.
• Have an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the Divisional and overall Matalan strategy

Range Development for defined product range

• Work alongside Buyer & Merchandising team to develop shape of the range ensuring alignment with the overall departmental strategy & KPI’s
• Work alongside Buyer and Designer to interpret the trends and develop commercial ranges within the agreed strategy framework
• Pro-actively bring insight and ideas to ...