Womenswear Buyer - Product Development

As Buyer, you will own the range for your categories from first concept to launch and beyond. You will combine a strong eye for product with sharp commercial judgement: developing product our customers love, sourcing it at the right cost and quality, and making sure every range delivers on sales, margin and sell-through. This is a senior role in a buying team that is evolving fast. You will work closely with Merchandising & Planning, design, garment technology, suppliers and marketing, and report to the Head of Buying.Key responsibilities

• Build seasonal range strategies for your categories using trend, customer, competitor and sales insight.
• Set the range architecture with Merchandising & Planning: price points, option counts, width and depth, and the balance of newness, carry-over and core.
• Buy within the agreed range plan and open to buy, and present ranges with a clear commercial rationale at range reviews and laydowns.
• Plan product and launches around key trading moments, including Ramadan, Eid, collection drops and pop-ups.
• Brief the design team and lead product from concept through sampling, fit, fabric, trims and colour sign-off.
• Work with the garment technician and QA so fit, quality, testing and care standards are met before production.
• Identify, evaluate and develop suppliers, mainly in Asia, for the right product, price, quality and capacity.
• Negotiate cost prices, MOQs, lead times and payment terms to deliver target margins.
• Manage supplier performance on quality and on-time delivery, and ensure compliance with ethical and sustainability standards.
• Own sales, margin on landed cost and full-price sell-through for your categories.
• Cost every style to a target intake margin, and protect margin from the design stage onward.
• React in season with Merchandising & Planning: repeats on winners, cancellations or re-phasing on slow sellers, and markdown and promotion decisions.
• Lead post-season reviews to decide what to keep, grow, fix or exit.Critical path and delivery
• Own the critical path from design brief to warehouse, so milestones are met and stock lands in time for launches.
• Work with Supply Chain to track orders, resolve delays and manage risk on key deliveries.
• Present category performance and actions at the weekly trade meeting.
• Use sales data, customer feedback and returns insight to improve product season on season.
• Work with E-commerce and Marketing on launch stories, product content and campaign planning.