New Zealand Job Openings

The Warehouse Group

Buyer - Apparel

Auckland

FULL TIME

August 26, 2024

Company Description
The Warehouse Group (TWG) is a true Kiwi household name - evolving from a single The Warehouse store to today’s multi-brand retail group, home to The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming. We’re more than just a retailer; we proudly recognise the role that we play in communities throughout New Zealand including the opportunity to bring our high quality, great value products and ranges to life, “Helping Kiwis live better every day”.
We recognise the unique opportunity we get to create collections that are relevant, relatable and unique for our customers, aiming to inspire & excite whilst bringing great value.

Job Description
Exciting opportunities exist and we’re looking to connect with dynamic, customer-centric Buyers to join and add to our very talented Apparel buying team. Fashion forward, commercial, a keen eye for trend and passion for quality, the team build and curate ranges from clothing, right through to accessories/jewellery and sleepwear.
As our Sleepwear Buyer, you’ll be passionate about creating fashion forwarded ranges in the exciting growing world of Sleepwear and Loungewear whilst maintaining a strong everyday offer for our customers.
As our Apparel Accessories Buyer, you’ll be responsible for curating a range of on trend outfit-completing pieces for the family from bags, hats, gloves and scarves, to wallets, purses sunglasses and jewellery.
Key responsibilities include:

Building and curating a cohesive and compelling range that resonates with our diverse customer base and delivers to category strategy.
Working cross-functionally to maximise delivery of commercial plans including sales, margin & inventory
Maximising opportunities and managing risk to financial plans.
Working to critical path milestones and managing product life cycle.
Deep-diving into sales data, analysing trends, and drawing actionable insights. Reporting findings and proposing actions to stakeholders, providing valuable information that shapes our business strategies.
Working closely with Sourcing and suppliers to meet our customers’ needs

Qualifications
Bringing a combination of commercial acumen, creativity and insightful decision-making, your stakeholder engagement and communication skills will serve as key strengths for seamless collaboration. You can easily point to some notable buying successes and have some great examples of constructing commercially balanced ranges adhering to critical path.
Also on our wishlist:

Previous experience as a Buyer
Solid category management experience within retail
Experience/interest in working with licensed products
Strong negotiation skills
Experience developing branded and own brand categories
Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
A customer driven mindset
The ability to trade utilising promotional activity and advertising to maximum effect
Decisiveness in a fast-moving environment as well as a resilient and driven nature
The ability to build long term sustainable partnerships

Additional Information
Come work with us!
We are intentional about finding the right people to drive things forward in our brand-centric, retail-focused journey - allowing us to perform work as a team that truly makes a difference for the business and or customers. What we can promise in return is work that will challenge and excite, working with people passionate like-minded people.
Our teams balance a hybrid working approach (up to 2 days per week from home). Conveniently located in Northcote, we offer free car parking on-site plus EV charging! We'll also give you your birthday off, great discounts across our brands and excellent career opportunities within the business!

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