Buying Coordinator Urmston, England
Job description
Are you a strong administrator with at least 1 year of experience of working within a Buying team?
Looking for a role where you can both assist in the development of new ranges and support our foreign offices to deliver quality sample & bulk merchandise on time?
Do you want to build a fulfilling career within a motivated and hard-working Buying team?
If so, we have an opportunity for a Buying Coordinator to join our Buying Team here at Dare2b.
The Impact you will have in this role is:
Research & Development
- Fabric. trim, packaging and samples are prepared for handover to Asia colleagues for development.
- Sourcing timetable is completed to agreed deadlines, under Junior buyers' supervision.
- Fabric and trim libraries are maintained.
Development & Sampling Programme
- All samples are delivered on time, working closely with the foreign offices under buyers' supervision.
- The salesman sample programme is progressed promptly & to the corporate calendar deadlines, managed through Skype.
- The foreign offices are overseen to ensure sample fabric & garment ordering is completed.
- The sampling critical path is monitored to ensure on time delivery of samples.
- Lab dips, prints and marls are approved and managed.
Product Support
- All bullet point info for trade brochures & swing-tickets are checked, cross referencing fabric & garment
- performance.
- The photography sample program is coordinated with the foreign offices and marketing team.
Buying / Margin
- All buying programmes and other buying documentations are generated & maintained to the deadlines set by the Buyer, working alongside foreign offices.
- Garment costings are prepared for the buying trip, working alongside the Buyer.
- Foreign offices are worked with to negotiate accessory trims and zippers and update buying programmes.
- Garment pricing records are maintained throughout the season and pricing reports are spot checked.
- Sustainability records are maintained alongside Xiamen throughout the season.
Purchasing
- Foreign offices product set up is completed at the start of the buying season.
- Foreign offices review factory loading and resolve any issues with the buyer.
- Purchasing invoices to be signed off are checked.
Efficiency and Communication
The corporate calendar is understood and deadlines relating to buying function are met.
A full job description outlining all deliverables and requirements for the above can be found attached to the advert on our careers page.
As our future Buying Coordinator you will have:
- A degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
- Experience of working in a buying team
- Understanding of Asia cultures
- Experience of liaising with Product Development & Design team.
- Great organisational skills.
- A fast learner.
- Great attention to detail.
- The ability to work well under pressure and deadlines.
- Strong admin skills.
- Understanding of Asia cultures beneficial.
- Computer literate – especially excel & power point
- Knowledge of PLM advantageous or similar software packages but not essential.
We can offer you:
- Discretionary profit share bonus
- Pension
- Staff discounts
- Access to company benefits website
- 24 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
- An extra day of annual leave for every 3 years' service up to an additional 3
- Birthday hours
- Company walks
- State of the art Head Office
- A paid day off for volunteering
- Free parking
- Subsidised canteen and Starbucks
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Fitness suite with options including Yoga and Bootcamp classes
- Shower facilities including hairdryers and GHD straighteners
Our Regatta Family:
The Regatta Group supplies quality outdoor clothing and accessories through our 3 great brands - Regatta, Craghoppers and Dare2b - whether exploring the Amazon rainforest, walking your dog in the local park or cycling the Tour de France, we have what you need.
It’s a friendly, supportive family business – a place where bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travellers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians and more come together to create experiences consumers really appreciate.
The thing we all have in common, is that we share the same core values of Great Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit.
Our investment in the environment:
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, and you will have the opportunity to support our Group wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in!
If this sounds like the role for you, please don’t hesitate to apply now.
