Buyer

Assembly Label is looking for a Buyer to join our Buying team, based at our Alexandria Head Office.

The primary purpose of the Buyer is to develop and deliver a commercially successful product assortment that aligns with Assembly Label’s brand identity, customer needs and seasonal strategies. By combining a strong understanding of consumer behaviour, market trends and sales performance, the Buyer will optimise product selection, maximise sales and margin, and ensure the right products are available across our retail network to deliver a best-in-class customer experience.

The Role

The Buyer is responsible for developing and delivering a product assortment that aligns with Assembly Label’s brand identity and commercial objectives. Combining a strong understanding of customer needs, market trends and product performance, the successful candidate will curate a considered assortment across our retail network, ensuring the right products are available to meet customer expectations, drive commercial success and deliver a best-in-class customer experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for driving the product assortment in Assembly Label’s Retail to deliver Sales, Margin, and Stock Targets.​
• Responsible for executing the buying strategy to achieve the Value Proposition objective.​
• Responsible for delivering a product assortment that upholds the Assembly Label minimalist design standards. ​
• Responsible to ensure a thorough understanding of consumer behaviours and trends.​
• Responsible for managing the departments OTB and option plan across vertical and branded opportunities.​
• Responsible for the preparation of store grading plans across distribution channels based on display capacity, demographic and current sales trends​
• Responsible to monitor in season trading performance, identify reorder opportunities and determine exit strategy to maximise sales, margin and closing stock. ​
• Accountable to collaborate with Merchandise to accurately forecast continuous products ensuring full stock availability. ​
• Accountable for managing seasonal stock flow, communicating to all stakeholders to support the brands merchandising strategy.​
• Accountable for providing seasonally relevant feedback to Design (and Stakeholders), which drives trend analysis, exemplary price architecture and option plan strategy. ​
• Accountable to onboard the Sales and Marketing Channels for seasonal product assortments. ​
• Accountable for maintaining effective relationships with key suppliers and research new potential suppliers.​
• Responsible for building a forum across the company for development and implementation of key buying initiatives. ​
• Responsible for self-development and career growth.​

About You

• 5 years of experience in a buying role
• Attention to detail and accuracy. 
• Ability to drive a trade culture and identify strategic growth opportunities.  ​
• Ability to analyse and understand both commercial & creative metrics​
• Strong ability to build rapport with stakeholders. ​
• Time management and ability to prioritise. ​
• Flexible and collaborative.​
• Open to regular feedback.​
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.​
• Entrepreneurial​
• Humble, Hungry and Smart

Applying

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and underrepresented groups who reflect our wonderfully diverse community. If you would like to request accommodations within the recruitment process, please contact us via work@assemblylabel.com. Please include the job title and location in the subject line of the email.