footwear and bags sourcing buyer

Executive Mandate Specification

Company Description

We're BEAUUT Team.We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too.

You'll be...

• Researching, developing, and designing Footwear ranges for including identifying key shapes for the season, colour, fabrication and building a range which offers choice for our global customer base.
• Reacting to sales information and design commercially relevant fashion forward ranges.
• Researching current and future trends by a collection of different sources to identify newness and interpret into first to market pieces.
• Working with the technical team on initial fits. Identifying and helping problem solve for the department.
• Building relations with suppliers and advising factories on direction, construction, key details, materials, and trims.
• Adhering to the critical path to achieve deadlines, ensuring product is developed for the relevant and optimum selling period.
• An ability to research and develop unique product working on long lead time product as well as quick reaction short lead ranges.

Qualifications

We'd love to meet, someone with...

• Previous experience in designing for an aspirational brand or similar High Street Retailer.
• Footwear experience is essential.
• Previous experience of working with Far East and European suppliers.
• Experience in working with a Buyer to plan and deliver a balanced range and first to market pieces
• Strong commercial handwriting and understanding of the BEAUUT Brand and Customer
• Computer Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
• A fashion forward perspective
• Strong time management
• The confidence to identify problems and makes improvement suggestions, seeking practical ways to overcome barriers and remaining calm under pressure
• The ability to communicate to the team & senior management the performance and strategy of the department
• Willingness to travel in the UK and Internationally as required, for supplier meetings and inspiration / development trips

Next steps

If you are interested in the excellent opportunity on offer, we would love to hear more from you! Please click apply and send your CV through, along with a covering letter on why you would be a great fit for the role.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: From £30,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexitime

Flexible Language Requirement:

• English not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Flexitime

Work Location: One location

Statutory Executive Benefits & Governance

• Executive Health, Vision & Dental Coverage with Global Provider Options
• Corporate Pension Auto-Enrolment / 401(k) Retirement Plan with Fiduciary Matching
• Annual Discretionary Performance Incentive & Long-Term Equity Participation
• Executive Leave Allotment, Statutory Holidays & Dedicated Health Care Reserves
• US Department of Labor & E-Verify Work Authorization Sponsorship