Buyer - Home

The successful candidate will work on a range of accounts and general merchandise product ranges. The successful candidate will work closely with the wider global team, driving new product ranges and categories and managing margins carefully.

• Experienced and has previously worked with all home categories
• Liaise with Buyers and Category Managers and own these specific accounts and have sales targets
• Able to create commercial ranges that are right for our customers. Ensure that all categories at profitable and achieving good margins
• Experience overseeing and signing off the sample process - lab dips/strike offs, red and gold seals
• Strong understanding of our customer requirements, competitors, and marketplace trends
• Experience working to deadlines and launch dates with multiple customers
• Experience carrying out in-store and online competitor analysis and SWOT reports to assist new product development
• Able to follow the Product Development process from initial ideas to launch. Spend a great amount of time analysing the marketplace and trends to offer out customers the trending products
• Familiar working with margins and cost of goods. The key is to identify the margin the customer wants to make and work on calculations based on this
• Experienced working with overseas suppliers and factories. Attend trade fairs for design inspiration and source new suppliers.
• Flexible and comfortable working in a very fast-paced environment
• A great communicator and able to work with various stakeholders at all levels
• Confident, outgoing and well presented
• Resilient and solutions focussed
• This role may involve travel to our customer's offices and occasional overseas travel to factories.
• Please ensure you have the Right to Work in the UK before applying for this position.
  
  MILES is a globally acting end-to-end supply chain management company which creates holistic product concepts from development, sourcing, production to final delivery and marketing. MILES is part of the Li & Fung Group with a fantastic portfolio of customers.
  
  Job Types: Full-time, Permanent - 37.5 hours a week (Monday to Friday), The opportunity to work with a growing fashion and lifestyle business
• A collaborative, creative, and commercially focused team environment
• Exposure to end-to-end product and packaging design, from concept to retail
• Competitive salary