Senior Buyer Fashion

Are you an experienced fashion buying professional, with proven product development experience?

Can you lead, manage, and develop a team to deliver category strategy through optimised vendor relationships to develop comprehensive ranges under preferential terms?

Do you have strong negotiation and interpersonal skills, being able to effectively present and influence senior stakeholders, both internally and externally?

If so, the Senior Buyer (Fashion) opportunity here at Harding+ could be your perfect next challenge!

About the role:

The role requires someone with proven experience as a Buyer or Senior Buyer, creatively delivering product development of multi-category men's and womenswear. You will have significant responsibility for a sizeable and fast-growing product area within Harding+. Reporting to the Category Manager you will ensure category performance is optimised, working collaboratively with Merchandising to ensure ranges meet sales, margin, and profit KPI's. The role will lead and manage the development of a team.

Based in Avonmouth on a hybrid working basis - 3 days per week in the office (T/W/T).

Compensation - competitive salary, bonus scheme, pension, 4 x life assurance, healthcare, 25 days leave annually (including Christmas shutdown)

What you will be doing:

• Build a commercial multi-product range that matches guests and delivers against KPIs
• Drive new initiatives and product innovations particularly across sustainability
• Analyse and report on range performance weekly; working with Merchandising to actively trade the profitability of the department, identifying risks and opportunities
• Lead and manage a team who are focused on critical path management, delivering consistent product availability and system accuracy
• Implement sourcing strategy and manage supply base to deliver new requirements and source solutions to protect route to market
• Identify risks and opportunities within supply chain and conduct supplier reviews
• Maximise key trading periods, ensuring critical path is in place to potentialize sales
• Encourage creative and innovative thinking on product and in-store product presentation
• Build a marketing calendar in collaboration with Marketing

About you:

• Excellent creative buying ability coupled with strong analytical and commercial skills
• Proven team leadership, management, and development skills
• Strong range planning skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Confident presentation skills
• Must have an existing right of eligibility to work in the UK

About us:

Harding+ is leading the way in innovative onboard cruise retailing, working closely with our cruise line partners and brand partners to 'make every cruise better'. We stay at the forefront of retailing and consistently provide outstanding customer service, culminating in winning the Cruise Retailer of the Year award for 2022 and 2023.

Harding+ is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify, and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Harding+.