ASSISTANT BUYER GIRLSWEAR

Department: Kidswear

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Head Office, Chelsea House

Reporting To: ANNABELLE ROSE

Description

The Buying team at River Island plays a key role in realising the commercial opportunities created by our unique designs across all of our channels. This is achieved through effective range planning, awareness of key commercial data and customer trends, excellent supplier relations and internal networks, and execution of the Buying Strategy to deliver sales and profit plans. The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer with trading, booking, fitting, range building, negotiation and supplier management, whilst ensuring the BAA team manages the critical path smoothly.

Key Accountabilities

• Support weekly trading reviews, updating and providing information to the Buying team as needed
• Ensure orders and invoices a...