FASHION RETAIL - High Street Retailer Jobs

Assistant Buyer - ladies JerseyUp to £27KCentral London A unique opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Buyer to join one of the UKs leading fashion retail brands. The organisation has a huge portfolio of stores and is well known for its on trend affordable fashion. They are continually broadening their customer base and are looking to launch online. Working alongside a Buyer, The role will involve planning and building the range plan, sourcing and developing new product whilst working with a wide supply base a well as overseeing a buyer's administrator. You will be an experienced Assistant Buyers with a background in fast fashion ladieswear, ideally with exposure to jersey product areas. You will play a pivotal role in driving the range therefore all candidates need to be commercial minded have a good eye for trends with a genuine passion for the industry and a work hard can do approach. In return you can expect to strengthen your career in with a brand that offers an excellent work environment, clear progression routes and a competitive salary and bonus scheme. To find out more about Buying and Merchandising positions please contactDonna Jones at Freedom Recruitment onTel No: 02077584535Or email donnajones@freedomrecruit.com

Are you looking for a new challenge with a brand that is on everyone's lips ? Junior MerchandiserUp to £35kCentral LondonA directional, design led, unisex retailer is currently looking for a Junior Merchandiser for the leading ladieswear team. This pivotal role for the business as the Junior Merchandiser will drive strategy and trade the department to increase revenue and margin. As the Junior Merchandiser you will be extremely product focused as you will work closely with the design and finance team to range plan and deliver an on trend commercially viable range. You will train and develop a team and deal with the day to day running of the department. Strong technical skill and communication skills are a must as you will be analysing and forecasting in-season sales, range planning stock, managing the WSSI and OTB whilst communicating all companies departments. The ideal candidate will be an established Senior Assistant Merchandiser ready to progress their career to the next level or an existing Junior Merchandiser / looking for a new challenge. You will have experience in working within womenswear preferably within a cutting edge design led environment. A strong awareness and passion for both high end and fast fashion is a must. This is an excellent opportunity to join a leading retailer that continues to see growth year on year whilst offering a competitive salary a structured career path and a fantastic work environment. To find out more about Buying and Merchandising positions please contact Donna Jones at Freedom RecruitmentTel: 02077584535Email donnajones@freedomrecruit.com

Assistant Merchandiser

Junior MerchandiserUp to £38KCentral LondonA fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented Junior Merchandiser to work for a hugely successful high street fashion retailer on one of the largest departments. The brand has huge growth plans both in the U.K and internationally and have had coverage in the press for their on trend rangeYou will report into the Head of Merchandising and work closely with the Buying team, you will take ownership for one department and be responsible for the trading and planning of that entire area. This is a very challenging and varied role where your key responsibilities will include analysing best and worst sellers, planning options, calculating markdowns, identifying repeat buys, working closely with Allocation and monitoring deliveries. The ideal candidate will ideally be an existing Junior Merchandiser looking for a fresh challenge or a Senior Assistant Merchandiser looking for a step up. You will ideally have experience working for a fast fashion retailer, strong organisational and communication skills and the ability to trade your area. In return you will have the opportunity to work for a respected and established company with all the benefits that would bring including job stability, career progression and excellent training!To find out more about this position please contact Donna Jones at Freedom RecruitmentOn tel : 02077584535Or email donnajones@freedomrecruit.com

A fantastic opportunity has come available for an established Product Manager to join a world famous French retailer who specialise in providing on trend apparel, lingerie and accessories to high street markets around the world.This opportunity will be focusing on one of the new up and coming lingerie brands, the role will be highly focused on the structure of the collection, ensuring an on trend and cohesive collection is retailed.Your main responsibilities will include: - Overseeing the structuring of the collection - Monitoring the collection mix in terms of style, colour and fit - Liaise directly with designers to brief them on collection requirements- Analyse sales and product performance - Regular trend and market analysis, reacting quickly to any changes need to the collection- Manage 1 assistant or a junior PM The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic and energetic attitude, they will be entirely comfortable with analysing data and will come from a Product Management background in fast fashion/ high street retail. They will have a minimum of 4 to 5 years experience in a similar position and will be fluent in French.Please only apply if you fit the above criteria.

Jersey Buyer wanted to join Global high street retailer at there office in Paris!!An exciting opportunity has come available for an experienced Jersey buyer to join a womenswear fast fashion retailer who strive to be attract and develop the best talent in fashion. There products are tailored to a fashion conscious, trend aware yet self assured young women, all ranges are designed and developed in house.As a Senior Jersey buyer your responsibilities will be: - Anticipate future market trends and incorporate them into the range - Continually develop the product portfolio in order to maintain a competitive edge and satisfy customer needs - Work closely with suppliers and understand their strengths and weaknesses and negotiating directly with them to achieve the margins required.- Full responsibility for the budget and regular analysis of the sales performances The successful candidate will have a minimum of 3yrs to 4yrs experience within women's high street fashion buying and must have had substantial exposure to working with Jersey products. You must have a strong understanding of the product and of the customer. This position is based in Paris and will offer full support with relocation. The main business language is English.

We are currently looking for an established merchandiser to join a highly successful and well established Fashion Accessories group at their Paris office. This Company retail on a global basis and have an especially strong presence in France; they have recently under gone a major merger and have restructured a number of departments. Due the large scale growth plan that they are currently implementing, they have decided to create a merchandising position to manage the foreign markets such as Middle East, Morocco, Eastern Europe, Italy and Spain.You will work with all foreign partners to increase sales and establish an effective Merchandising strategy. This is a new position that has been created to support the retail and buying divisions, it will be an instrumental role in ensuring a more structured way of working is put into the business and that sales are maximised. Your main responsibilities will be: - Develop and implement and effective merchandising strategy to support business growth- Create, review and present seasonal category plans to board of Directors- Analyse sales, stock and profitability performance by item, category, division, and supplier. Establish various groupings and use this knowledge and trend direction to provide recommendations to maximise opportunities and limit liabilities for buying division- Develop and oversee a cohesive markdown and promotional strategy. And a profitable exit strategies for discontinued and dead stock - Provide critical analytical support to the buying team with regard to supplier gross margin and Brand development - Develop strong partnerships with buying departments and franchise partners to understand the vision and direction of the brand - Review and make recommendations to support buying department, providing guidelines for current orders and future purchases - Establish an understanding of consumers and buying trends. Formulate guidelines for consumer centric opportunities- Monitor and evaluate the Open-to-Buy and Open-to-Ship on a regular basis - Provide timely and accurate re-projections based upon current trends to effectively manage inventory. - Help develop assortment plan by setting volume targets by store clustersThe successful candidate will have a minimum of 3 to 4 years experience in either fast fashion Merchandising / Planning role , they will come from a well structured background and will be looking for the next challenge to push there career forward, and take ownership for establishing and implementing processes. This is a highly exciting role that will offer an amazing opportunity to work closely with senior management and considerably grow the business.

A fantastic and very exciting opportunity has come available for a Senior Jersey and Knit Buyer to join this global retail brand. The products are aimed at a fashion conscious and trend aware customer, they are funky and feminine ranges tailored to the high st market. As the senior buyer you will be responsible for taking ownership for driving the product offering within the Jersey / Knit Collection.Your key responsibilities as a Senior Buyer will be: - To develop an expert knowledge and understanding of the market and the customer needs, from consumer trends to competitor offering - Anticipate future market trends and incorporate them into the range build and monitor the collection assortment strategy - Continually develop the product portfolio in order to maintain a competitive edge and satisfy customer needs - Work collaboratively with other teams in the business to execute and implement a cohesive brand vision - Regular analysis of the market trends, competitor analysis and of the sales performances- Liaise and negotiate directly with suppliers ensuring that the collection requirements are met. The successful candidate will have strong experience in womenswear within a fast fashion retail brand. An international (European) background will be looked upon favourably and minimum experience of 3yrs or 4 yrs is required to be considered a suitable fit. The position will report directly into the Head of buying.The company offer a generous package and full support with relocation to Spain. Some knowledge of Spanish or Italian is essential. Due to the number of applicants only successful candidates will be contacted.

A fantastic and very exciting opportunity has come available for a en experienced fashion Buyer to join this global retail brand. As the buyer you will be responsible for taking ownership for driving the product offering within the 'Work' and 'Smart' categories. Their products are aimed at a fashion conscious, trend aware yet self assured young customer. They are funky and feminine but always bang on trend.Your key responsibilities will be: - To develop an expert knowledge and understanding of the market and the customer needs, from consumer trends to competitor offering - Anticipate future market trends and incorporate them into the range Build and Monitor the collection assortment strategy - Continually develop the product portfolio in order to maintain a competitive edge and satisfy customer needs - Work collaboratively with other teams in the business to execute and implement a cohesive brand vision - Regular analysis of the market trends, competitor analysis and of the sales performancesThe successful candidate will have strong experience in womenswear within a fast fashion retail brand. An international (European) background will be looked upon favourably and minimum experience of 3 yrs+ is required to be considered a suitable fit. The position will report directly into the Head of buying.The company offer a generous package and full support with relocation to Paris. The main business language is English. Due to the number of applicants only successful candidates will be contacted.