Junior Buyer - Menswear

New Look Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer is seeking a Menswear Buyer to understand business strategies and influence pricing. You will work with design and marketing to develop products that meet customer needs while contributing to departmental profit margins. The ideal candidate has experience in fast-paced fashion retail, especially Menswear, and a strong grasp of product and commercial performance. Join a team that values collaboration, diversity, and personal development.

Benefits

40% staff discount

Life assurance policy from day one

Extra paid day off on your birthday

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Interest-free season ticket loans

Cycle2Work scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced fashion retailer, ideally in Menswear.
• Strong understanding of product and commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Understand business strategy impacting the department.
• Influence pricing strategy in collaboration with Merchandise.
• Apply brand strategy to product decisions.

Skills

Experience as a Senior Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer in fashion

Understanding of product, customer, and commercial performance

Ability to work with data for decision making

Education

Fashion-related qualification or degree

Job description

The Role: Menswear

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest‑free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We’re proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust

What you’ll be doing

Planning

• Understanding the Business Strategy and how that impacts your department
• Influencing the pricing strategy and price point policy for ranges in conjunction with the Merchandiser
• Applying knowledge of the current competitive marketplace and trends to drive the direction of the department
• Capacity planning proposing the production capacity required to meet changing demands for the product
• Solid understanding of the Department’s current Customer insights, Market Share and opportunities
• Applying New Look brand and sub-brand strategy to product and range decisions within own area
• Working in conjunction with Marketing and E-Comm to identify opportunities for your department
• Developing pricing strategy

Buying

• Working with design to develop brief and product, providing focused, clear development direction to supplier base
• Managing and singing off product specification packs, thinking creatively to meet the Critical Path
• Negotiating the best cost price to achieve departmental margin targets
• Understanding product trends and interpreting them where relevant into product areas
• Developing the right product at the right time, in line with the departmental design brief to meet customer requirements
• Utilising Open to Buy (OTB) through product development
• Building Ranges to option framework to maximise sales and profit and to offer the customer the best assortment
• Un derstanding the best sourcing route and Supplier for product whilst developing a short lead time route for trading
• Monitoring Critical Path on Commitment to insure intake and distribution targets are met
• Highlighting trial product opportunities to maximise future sales and reduce risk
• Working with Garment Tech to complete fit sessions in order to develop blocks and fit, that reflects design input and customer trends
• Agreeing packaging requirements and presentation of product in line with the Critical Path
• Report directly to the Head of Buying

Who you are?

Knowledge & Experience

• You’ll bring experience as a Senior Assistant Buyer or Junior Buyer, ideally within a fast pace fashion retailer and within Menswear.
• You have a strong understanding of product, customer and commercial performance, and you’re confident working with data to inform decisions.

Education & Qualifications

• A fashion-related qualification or degree is desirable, but we value relevant experience and a passion for product just as highly.

What Success Looks Like

• You build a balanced, commercial range that’s delivered on time and aligned to the Critical Path.
• You help deliver departmental profit margin targets through smart, customer-focused decisions.
• You contribute to a motivated, collaborative team where people feel supported.
• You role‑model our New Look values in the way you work and partner across the business.

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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