Junior Buyer Brands & Sports

Role Overview

The Junior Buyer role reports to the Senior Buyer and works across our Mens Brands & Sportswear categories. The role focuses on delivering commercially sound, customer‑centric ranges and supports the wider merchandising, design and sourcing teams.

• Develop customer‑centric ranges with the team.
• Manage external relationships with 3rd‑party partners across Mens Brands & Sportswear.
• Onboard new brands and negotiate terms.
• Take responsibility for critical path management.
• Develop and motivate BAA’s under the guidance of the Senior Buyer.
• Plan and build ranges/brands, present at strategy meetings and obtain senior sign‑off.
• Review weekly sales, analyse best and worst sellers and recommend actions.
• Monitor market and customer activity through competitive shops, sales and trend analysis.
• Attend buying meetings, leading them in the Senior Buyer’s absence.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business including Trade, Marketing and Studio.

• Established Junior Buyer experience, confident to work independently once settled.
• Excellent administrative, communication and organisation skills.
• Self‑motivated, resilient, collaborative and able to influence at all levels.
• Confident decision maker with strong commercial judgement.
• Solid understanding of market trends, competitor activity and price architecture.
• Customer‑obsessed, putting them at the heart of decision making.
• Keen interest in the Menswear and Sportswear markets.
• Driven and motivated.
• Online retail experience essential.

• Hybrid working.
• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays).
• Annual bonus scheme.
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave.
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution.
• Mental health support internally and externally, including wellbeing champions and counselling services.
• Financial wellbeing support, including the Stream tool.
• Colleague discount across all N Brown brands.
• Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts.
• Life assurance.
• Paid volunteer time – a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of your choice.

We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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