Junior Buyer

Role Summary :
Own the day to day buying of TA's design led menswear range from range build through to delivery. You'll work hand in hand with Design to make the design vision commercially successful, costing and negotiating with suppliers to hit margin targets, managing the critical path from fit approval onwards and turning weekly trade performance into clear commercial actions. Works closely with Product Development and Merchandising.

This UK based role is hybrid with in person office attendance required 3 days per week in Leicester. We offer a competitive salary, with bonuses and benefits. You have the autonomy to develop and expand within the role.

Remember the feeling of a new pair of football boots? Your first tennis racket? Your favourite gym shorts? And how it made you feel like you were going to perform better than you ever have… That’s the feeling we replicate in EVERY one of our products here at TAILORED ATHLETE. As a team and a company we are here to unlock the full potential of Athletes to become the best version of themselves.

As our Junior Buyer, you'll own the day to day buying of our design led menswear range from range build right through to delivery. You'll work hand in hand with our Design team to turn their vision into a commercially successful range for our UK and worldwide site and our US site. That means negotiating with suppliers, owning costings and COGS, keeping the critical path on track and using weekly trading performance to shape what we do next.

The question left to answer is this - are you ready to be part of creating & launching the most exciting and impactful products ever experienced by the modern day athlete? If you hear yourself screaming a big YES, continue reading.

We are your biggest fans in becoming the best version of ourselves and helping you lead a healthy life inside and outside of work. Here are the highlights of how we support you doing just this.

• Hybrid working with in person office attendance 3 days per week
• A competitive salary and employer pension contributions via a Salary Sacrifice scheme
• Regular team meet ups including a Summer Party
• 25 days holiday, all UK Bank Holidays plus your birthday off (on us)!
• Support setting up your home workspace or subscription to a coworking space plus a paid gym membership (up to £50 per month)

You’ll be supported by a fast growing, visionary, hybrid working, diverse and tight knit team. Our core values are: honest and open, learning and growing, vision and ‘we get things done’.

• Work alongside our Head of Buying & Design, Merchandising and Design to build each collection and seasonal newness drop in line with the base plan, bringing commercial insight to seasonal planning.
• Prepare and present our range build meetings with accurate samples and range information. You'll also own retail price sign off at range build so every garment and the range plan carry the right prices.
• Carry out regular competitor shops, trend research and price benchmarking across our UK, worldwide and US markets. You'll map our price architecture, spot any gaps and make recommendations backed by clear evidence.
• Keep the range plan accurate and up to date throughout the season with support from our Buying Assistant. You'll also coordinate product and colour naming with Design and Merchandising.
• Build and own the sample and costing sheets for every new and repeat line, capturing supplier costs, freight and duty.
• Lead cost negotiations and supplier terms to secure the best cost prices, lead times and supply routes. You'll hit COGS and margin targets and look for cost savings on core and repeat lines.
• Be the main supplier contact from fit approval through to delivery. Assess the…