Buyer Womenswear in Sydney

Part of the Accent Portfolio of brands, Glue Store is the original ‘House of Brands’ premium retailer. We exist to deliver on-trend clothing, shoes and accessories from an aspirational brand assortment that empowers individuals to be fashion leaders and live their lifestyle. We do this by curating the ultimate edit of global street, fashion and sports culture and brands designed to fire up and inspire individual style.

About the role:

As the Womenswear Buyer you will be responsible for the selection, purchasing and delivery of range strategy for assigned portfolio. To ensure maximum profitability in line with company vision, and brand positioning in consultation with the Merchandise leadership team. You will be consumer focused with a commercial mindset, to build an assortment strategy that inspires growth and new customer acquisition. You will be required to build strong relationships with both internal teams and suppliers to achieve the outcomes of the role.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Work with Merchandise Leadership Team on full year commercial and strategic direction for your portfolio
• Review portfolio on regular cycles to ensure financial targets are met and risks highlighted (Monthly Forecast Reviews)
• Conduct regular trend research and monitor brand health to ensure relevance for the consumer.
• Build seasonal introduction, training & VM directive to deliver to retail team
• Develop a customer centric range architecture
• Identify sales trends highlighting best and worst performers and areas of opportunity
• Ensure assortment depth and size curves are relevant and in line with sales trends
• Develop a deep understanding of the customer through robust market research
• Manage and maintain strong brand partner partnership to ensure market leading assortment
• Negotiate best commercial outcome including intake margin, markdown assistance and/or rebates
• Liaise and collaborate with Brand Partners and Marketing to ensure successful launches and campaign executions, delivering strong ROI
• Source new and relevant brands to enable category growth
• Review of sales at store and brand level, highlighting opportunities
• Weekly in-depth review of portfolio and delivery of performance/suggested actions at Trade Meetings
• Regular reviews of forward order and current inventory hold, highlighting opportunities and risks
• Work with Marketing & Retail Teams to ensure key items are promoted and featured in campaigns

To be successful you will ideally have the following:

• Minimum 3-5 years of experience in retail buying, preferably within the fashion industry
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with proficiency in Excel
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence decision-making
• Exceptional understanding of the fashion and lifestyle market, with an ability to interpret trends and build ranges to ensure brand cohesion
• Detail-oriented with a proactive and solution-focused mindset
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Passion for fashion and a deep understanding of consumer behaviour and market trends

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion. We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability. We strive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves. The Accent Group acknowledges, and pays respect, to the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people.