DTC Apparel & Accessories Buyer - Outlet

Job Mission

Lead and optimize the end-to-end buying process to drive sales growth, improve profitability, and deliver a high-quality customer experience across DTC Outlet channels. This is a 12‑month fixed‑term contract position.

• Product Assortment:
  Curate and develop a well-balanced seasonal assortment that meets brand strategy and market trends, while establishing a balanced price structure and model mix.
• Buying:
  Responsible for forecasting demand on SKU level, ensuring styles are covered in depth and width. Align buy volumes with sales trend and market demand.
• Market Research:
  Conduct market research to stay informed about consumer preferences, emerging trends, and competitive offering, while ensuring brand protection and finding opportunities for assortment optimization and strategic growth.
• Inventory Management:
  Collaborate with Planning team to maintain efficient stock levels throughout the season and at end‑of‑season transitions. Supervise inventory turnover, sell‑through rates, and make data-driven decisions to handle stock levels optimally.
• Sales Analysis:
  Regularly analyze sales performance identifying areas of growth and improvement. Use sales data to make informed decisions about product assortment, pricing, and promotional strategies.
• Seasonal Planning:
  Plan and complete seasonal product launches, ensuring that new collections are well‑timed, well‑stocked, adequately promoted. Work closely with the Channel Merchandising team, providing relevant in‑season and pre‑season feedback covering product performance, customer preferences, market demand and future opportunities.
• Cross‑Functional Communication:
  Maintain clear and effective communication with colleagues and stakeholders such as planning, retail and digital marketing, e‑commerce, marketplace, allocation, operations and demand planning to ensure flawless execution of merchandising strategies.
• Promotions:
  Handle key promotional periods, ensuring effective execution within the markdown budget while optimizing sales, margin and inventory performance.

• Relevant years of experience in a similar role in merchandising/buying or product role.
• Passion for product and awareness of trends.
• Clear understanding of retail KPIs, marketing activations, and retail/digital landscape.
• Sound business and commercial competence.
• Excellent organisational and time‑management skills.
• Team player, strong communication skills with the ability to network and build strong relationships with partners.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent solid understanding of Microsoft Office.

• Discretionary Bonus Opportunity
• Discount on health insurance
• 8% holiday allowance
• Flexible Working Hours
• Pension Scheme
• 25 days Annual Leave per year
• Up to €300 travel allowance each month
• Hybrid working
• Employee Discount
• Work from home allowance
• Home working equipment
• Sports subscription services
• Flexibility to work 20 days from anywhere each year
• Wellbeing and Mental Health Benefit (24/7 Employment Assistance Program & Support)

Equal Opportunity

Employer:

New Balance is committed to equality of opportunity for all current and prospective associates regardless of age, disability, race, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership and gender reassignment. We are an equal opportunity employer and support a culture of diversity and inclusion. If you have not already done so, please let us know if you require any support so we can make the right adjustments and considerations should they be required.