Job Description
Job Description
Buyer
Let’s Take it On
£47,000 – £65,000 (depending on experience)
London & Leicester offices (multiple roles)
Let’s talk about quality… When it comes to UK retail, it’s hard to find a company with a bigger focus on quality. We sell thousands of items an hour and our repeat customer base comes back to us time and time again for our renowned quality products. For anyone in the Buying field – this is the place to learn. To grow. And to thrive.
We are looking for additional talent to join our team, and looking for a Buyers with expert knowledge, passion for product and enthusiasm to succeed!
Buying
With our online business constantly growing, Total Platform continuing to strengthen and our retail stores remaining distinguished for our customer base, our buyers have a big responsibility to create attractive and profitable product ranges across the business. They collaborate with our Designers, Merchandisers and Technologists to put together stylish new collections for every season.
Your role
The role involves developing a commercially successful product range by taking the lead to build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and analysing data to plan across all categories. Collaboration with designers and merchandisers is key to this process.
Create commercially successful ranges that closely align with our NEXT DNA. Analyse sales data and trends to quickly identify new opportunities. Effectively manage your team by delegating resources and workload, ensuring team members stay motivated and focused. Collaborate within the internal design and merchandising teams and with the internal sourcing division. Take ownership of the critical path.
About you
The role requires the ability to manage multiple product ranges effectively and a clear understanding of our brand DNA. You should ideally be an experienced Buyer with strong analytical and planning skills. You should be able to easily identify the latest trends for this category and have a comprehensive understanding of the market competition.
An in-depth knowledge of our industry is essential. A proven track record in identifying opportunities to streamline the critical path and trade ranges in-season is crucial. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are necessary for effective collaboration. An enthusiastic attitude and a team-player mindset are valued attributes in this role. We would ideally like to bring in a Buyer with expert knowledge in this industry!
Your team
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Buyer to join the team at Next. This team is full of industry experts who live and breath all things Fashion & Home and have years of experience in the industry! This role will be a platform for an experienced, self motivated Assistant Buyer to embrace the challenge of starting and nurturing a successful and very fast paced department from the start. You will be responsible for planning and buying the product, delivering agreed KPIs for sales, markdown and profit. The job would be based in our Enderby office, Leicester.
Your benefits
We’ll discuss more of what you’ll get when you work for Next at interview, but here’s an overview of what you can expect:
- Profit–related bonus
- Company car or car allowance
- 25 days holiday and the opportunity to buy more
- Contributions into a pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Management shares
- Group income protection
- Private medical insurance
- Sharesave scheme, which allows you to invest in Next and claim your share of our success
- On-site nursery (salary sacrifice scheme) in Leicester (Leicester office)
- Staff shop
- 25% staff discount on most Next products – either in our stores or delivered directly to your desk
- National and local discounts on goods and services
- A digital GP healthcare service
Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
About Us
| You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 35,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 500 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global! |
About some of our Benefits
- 25% off most NEXT, MADE*, Lipsy*, Gap* and Victoria’s Secret* products (*when purchased through NEXT)
- Company performance based bonus
- Sharesave scheme
- On-site Nursery available; OFSTED outstanding in all areas
- 10% off most partner brands & up to 15% off Branded Beauty
- Early VIP access to sale stock
- Access to fantastic discounts at our Staff Shops
- Restaurants with great food at amazing prices
- Access a digital GP and other free health and wellbeing services
- Free on-site parking
- Financial Wellbeing – Save, track and enhance your financial wellbeing
- Apprenticeship – Grow and develop on the job whilst gaining a qualification
- Direct to Work – Discount online and instore, collect your items the next day for free from your place of work or local store
- Support Networks – Access to Network Groups to empower and celebrate each other
- Wellhub – Discounted flexible monthly gym memberships, with apps, PT sessions and more
