Wholesale Assistant
Job Type | Permanent |
Location | City Of Manchester, Greater Manchester |
Area | North West, UK |
Sector | FashionRetail Head Office - BuyingFashion Design, Production & Wholesale - Wholesale |
Salary | GBP26000.00 - GBP30000 per annum + Benefits |
Currency | GBP |
Start Date | ASAP |
Advertiser | Zachary Daniels |
Job Ref | BBBH29898_1710244627 |
- Description
WHOLESALE ASSISTANT | NORTH WEST BASED | FASHION | ONLINE & RETAIL | UP TO £30K | HYBRID WORKING
This is a brilliant opportunity for anyone who has been operating at Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer level. The reason why... you must be able to work into & develop product, trade effectively, have built strong negotiation skills and can ultimately build and nurture relationships either suppliers, or with internal stakeholders.
Wholesale focussed roles are a brilliant way to add another string to your buying bow - not only do you utilise and expand your buying knowledges but you'll also get to develop new skills & work with some amazing brands.
WHOLESALE ASSISTANT DETAILS:
As the Wholesale Assistant you will assist your Senior Buyer on the daily running & trading of the entire wholesale department.- Monitoring daily sales and weekly trade both internally and with all key partners
- Lead meetings with all partners to understand how your stock/brand has performed weekly, monthly and yearly.
- Proactively work with your partners to build and tailor product selection
- You will also need to work internally with all buying, design & merch teams to understand what the core teams will be signing off this coming season
- You will need to have strong presentation skills to ensure you're at all times representing the brand and delivering the best on trend, high quality product for partners
- When working into OTB or trading opportunity you will be able to do product development with you designer and suppliers, creating exclusive offers if needed
- Ability to build well thought out, balanced ranges that tailor each of your partners customers & handwriting
- Being commercial, agile and adaptable is all key
- Gather initial costs and fairly negotiate
- Set clear pricing architectures
- Reviewing margin through all costing exercises
- Supporting the Buyer and Designer with sample briefs and the delivery of new samples into the business
- Actively researching the market for latest trends, influencers and social media movements in fashion
- Monitor the critical path ensuring delays are communicated
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