About the  Role:
Working across a very successful and growing department, with responsibility for over 20 accounts (including wholesale and concessions), you’ll support brand management, range selection, and trading activity across lingerie and swimwear. It’s a varied, fast-moving role with exposure to everything from shape wear to seasonal swim launches.

You’ll be joining the Brands buying team, offering them key support for the buying, developing and reviewing of the brand mix in the department. You’ll have key responsibilities at every stage of the process, from account management and product selection to trading the ranges in season to maximise sales opportunities – considering everything from market shifts to new and emerging fashion trends. You’ll also have the opportunity to suggest new brands to bring to the mix and put these forward to launch on the NEXT website. You’ll be responsible for accurately maintaining product systems and ensuring critical dates and deadlines are met. You’ll also build productive and strong relationships with the brands and supply base as well as provide support and development opportunities across the department 

About the Wider Department:
We are looking for additional talent to join our Brands team, and looking for an Assistant Buyers with expert knowledge, passion for product and enthusiasm to succeed!

With our online business constantly growing, Total Platform continuing to strengthen and our retail stores remaining distinguished for our customer base, our buyers have a big responsibility to create attractive and profitable product ranges across the business. They collaborate with our Designers, Merchandisers and Technologists to put together stylish new collections for every season.


About the Team
We’re on the hunt for a proactive and adaptable Assistant Buyer to join our niche and dynamic Lingerie, Sleep & Swim team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Assistant Buyer to join the team Brands team at Next. This team is full of industry experts who live and breathe all things Fashion.  This role will be a platform for an experienced, self motivated Assistant Buyer to embrace the challenge of working with a successful and very fast paced department. You will be responsible for planning and buying the product. The job would be based in our London office.


About you:
You’ll be established in your current role and confident to take on a new challenge. You’ll need to be commercially aware, thrive under pressure, and be confident juggling multiple priorities. A genuine interest in lingerie and a keen eye for product is a must. Experience with brands is a bonus, but we’re open to strong product-focused candidates from other areas too.

We’re a relationship-led business, so being a great communicator and team player is key. If you show potential, there’s even scope to represent the team at UK and international trade shows.

Someone with experience of managing or mentoring would be ideal, as part of this role will be managing the workload and training of the Trainee Buyer in the department.


Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.