Here at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our vibrant head office team as a Buyer based at our Head Office in Carlisle, Cumbria.
If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking business and have a job with excellent career prospects, we would love to hear from you.
Main Responsibilities:
1. To develop the product ranges and presentation in line with agreed product strategy, brand and store values, ensuring the ranges represent the agreed image and value levels.
2. Utilising historic data and trends plan and implement the product strategy for areas in conjunction with the Merchandiser to meet the agreed sales and margin objectives.
3. Working with the Sourcing Manager/Sourcing Trainee Manager develop the plan implementation of the strategy for intake margin growth assuring security of supply/risk assessment fully incorporated.
4. Drive the front end product development strategy and implementation cross functionally ensuring progress of sampling/fabric/pricing in line with dates required for progress and sign off meeting, i.e. all elements of range planning/range development
5. Ensure range plans, product brief, design brief, fabric brief, fit sessions, colour issue etc. are completed in full to agreed dates within the critical path and are progressed effectively internally and externally.
6. Ensure amendments to any aspects of point 5 are communicated effectively an...