Buyer - Womenswear, Gallery 1 (Full-time)

As a Buyer, you will be responsible for a specific buying area for the business: Womenswear Gallery 1. You will negotiate the best terms for Selfridges, manage existing brands and work with marketing to drive sales and maximise profitability of Womenswear Gallery 1

As Buyer you will:

Be responsible for overseeing the Womenswear Gallery 1
Manage the performance of Gallery 1 through regular meetings with the concession 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 concession businesses through regular meetings
Work with concession 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

A bit about you

Highly knowledgeable. You will have a well-developed understanding of the product/market
Collaborative. Building relationships is one of your strengths, both with internal stakeholders as well as our brand partners
Strategic and operational. With strong analytical skills and experience driving long-term and profitable commercial strategies, you’ll be able to successfully manage projects through to completion.
Engaging. Able to influence your stakeholders, retail and brands, you know how to use both data and market trends to drive commercial opportunities
A great communicator. You have excellent influencing skills, building professional, lasting relationships at all levels, both internally and externally
Customer focused. Combined with exceptional taste and instinct, you are able to push the boundaries to offer new and exciting produce
All over the numbers. You are numerate with a highly commercial approach, as well as proficient in excel
Collaborative. Working flexibly as part of the wider Buying team you will support in projects and cross functional meetings as appropriate
An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague