Buying Director - Womenswear

Quest Search & Selection are currently working with this omnichannel retail fashion business who have over 150 stores and a strong presence online and also via their member's club. Reporting into the MD, you will oversee the full Buying and Design cycle for Womenswear.

This role is in a remote part of the UK within the North-East so would require someone to relocate or be based on location Monday-Friday.

Key responsibilities of this Buying Director:

• Develop and execute the comprehensive commercial product strategy across all product categories.
• Collaborate with the Merchandise Director to oversee the critical path, ensuring timely delivery of all projects and tasks.
• Leading a team of 5-8 Buyers and Designers and oversee the end to end Buying Cycle
• Also oversee the shipping and operational coordinator
• Managing a budget of 150 - 200 million
• Maintain and manage all product development tools, such as margin reports, trackers, cost breakdowns, and packaging.
• Buying for all stores, concessions and online.
• Conduct research on current trends, identifying opportunities and risks for the business.
• Lead the product life cycle, ensuring adherence to timelines by all teams including sourcing via Far-East & Asian hubs.
• Establish and uphold quality standards, ensuring correct garment composition and construction.
• Drive the front-end product development strategy across functions, ensuring progress in sampling, fabric selection, and pricing in line with required deadlines and meetings.
• Maintain quality standards without compromising margins.
• Possess a strong customer orientation with a deep understanding of the market.

Key requirements of this Buying Director:

• Experience in leading design, sourcing, development, buying, and technical teams would be ideal.
• Demonstrate a credible background in Buying across both womenswear and menswear.
• Have a visionary approach for the business.
• Exhibit an excellent eye for product.
• Demonstrate excellent product knowledge.
• Be an outstanding communicator and hands-on approach to tasks.
• Possess effective negotiation and networking skills at all levels.
• Be results-oriented and target-focused.

Benefits included for Buying Director:

• Great Head Office environment (this is a fully office-based role)
• Financial relocation Support is provided - This role is in a remote part of the UK so would require someone to relocate or be based on location Monday-Friday.
• 25 days Holidays
• Pension
• Free Parking

This is a great opportunity if you have the right skill sets. If this role is of interest, please do apply with your CV today quoting the reference No. JO-2405-111386

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.