Senior Buyer - Footwear

The Warehouse

Auckland
Permanent
Full-time

27 days ago
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Company DescriptionStamp your mark and play a key part in influencing our women's footwear and accessories categories. We’re seeking an experienced, strategic and creative senior buyer for our Women’s Footwear and Accessories area to take our collections to new heights! Here's the perfect opportunity for someone excited to challenge the status quo, with the skills to provide strategic direction and delivery in this space!The Warehouse Group (TWG) is a New Zealand success story, evolving from a single The Warehouse store to become one of the largest multi-brand retailing groups in New Zealand. As a company, we’re continuing our innovative and progressive journey – with bold new ways of moving forward, empowering teams and with more effective collaboration and communication. With our customers top of mind, our teams work purposefully together, “Helping Kiwis live better every day”.Job DescriptionAt The Warehouse, we aspire to embrace diversity, set trends and sprinkle a bit of magic into every step. 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.Join our passionate buying team as a Senior Buyer (Chapter Member - Buying) for our women’s Footwear and Accessory categories. This role is critical to our success and your key responsibilities are complex and exciting! We're looking for someone who understands the customer and market, with a flair for spotting emerging trends and translating them into aspirational collections without compromising on the technical & design elements.You will have the opportunity to truly make and influence decisions that create value for our customers and drive commercial results.Key responsibilities will include:

Collaborate across departments, from design to marketing, ensuring a cohesive and compelling product offering.
Your design-focused lens and ability to spot emerging trends will be pivotal in curating commercial ranges that resonate with our diverse customer base.
Strategic planning and delivery of critical paths, product lifecycle and activations
Deep-diving into sales data, analysing trends, and drawing actionable insights. Report findings to stakeholders, providing valuable information that shapes our business strategies.
Work closely with sourcing and suppliers to meet our customers’ needs

QualificationsBringing a combination of commercial acumen, creative eye and insightful decision-making plus your wealth of experience in your craft. You can proudly point to collections and work that has delivered commercial success!Your stakeholder engagement and communication skills will serve as key strengths for seamless collaboration and increased productivity – indispensable elements in our dynamic, agile environment. Your pursuit of excellence, innate curiosity for innovation, coupled with a sense of ownership will empower you to thrive both autonomously and synergistically, delivering consistent results and commercial success for the organisation.To be successful for this role you will have:

Proven commercial success as a buyer
Technical knowledge/design experience in footwear is highly desirable
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 InformationCome work with us! Join our vibrant and adaptable team and work with team members who share your passion. Our company values each person's contributions and provides ample recognition.Additionally, we provide a range of team member benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and career which include, hybrid working (3 days in office/up to 2 days from home), exclusive team discounts, wellbeing support, generous leave benefits, and beyond!MAKE SUSTAINABLE LIVING EASY AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE! Don’t hesitate. APPLY

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