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Buyer's Assistant
Net-a-Porter
New York, NY, United States
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THE OUTNET is the most fashionable fashion outlet. Since its launch in April 2009, by the people behind the award-winning website NET-A-PORTER, THE OUTNET has quickly established itself as the chic, go-to destination for the global, style-conscious shopper looking for the best designer brands at a great discount price.
We are now looking for a talented Buyer’s Assistant to join THE OUTNET Buying team.
Responsibilities:
• Order Administration; analysing stock packages, writing, reviewing, checking confirmations and revising accordingly. Order Upload.
• Management of Vendor Terms Directory & New Supplier set up, in conjunction with Retail Coordinator.
• Market prep; Update vendor packs for buying trips, confirm appointments, liaise with Merchandising to collate required information for each vendor meeting.
• Weekly Trade; Pull weekly sales reports and work with Buyer to review risks and maximise opportunities. Feedback actions to internal teams where appropriate.
• Supporting the Buy team to achieve OTB targets. Weekly monitoring of orders due and in writing, work in conjunction with Retail team to monitor deliveries, highlighting risk and feedback to teams.
• Communciate Buy Strategy to wider business- creation of Buy Alert documents to best showcase aesthetic and outline financials.
• Regular Competitor analysis and feedback to team.
• General admin, constant site monitoring, correcting pricing inaccuracies, pulling ad hoc sales information, support retail team with any invoice queries.
Essential Skills & Requirements:
• Significant commercial experienced gained in a fashion retail merchandising environment (ideally luxury, multi-brand)
• Off-Price experience will be a distinct advantage
• Numerate with strong analytical mind and computer literacy.
• Advanced Excel knowledge absolutely essential.
• Commercial Awareness – working to develop full understanding of the nature of our business, products and competitive market in order to drive the best performance.
• Team player – build relationships with other internal and external teams and functions for personal and business development.
• Strong eye for detail and organisational skills and strives for a high level of accuracy.
• Proactive and able to work with stringent deadlines.
• Excellent work ethic and ability to multi-task.
• Professional and well spoken with excellent communication skills.
Location: New York, NY
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
To Apply: Please apply online with your CV and a supporting cover note explaining why you are suitable and interested in this opportunity.
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is an equal opportunities employer, if you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly.
About Us:
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is the world’s leading online luxury fashion retailer. The Group is a Global company with Anglo-Italian roots, the result of a game-changing merger, which in October 2015, brought together YOOX GROUP and THE NET -A-PORTER GROUP; the two companies had revolutionized the luxury fashion industry since their birth in 2000.
YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is a unique business with an unrivalled offering including multi-brand in-season online stores NET-A-PORTER and MR PORTER, and multi-brand off-season online stores YOOX and THE OUTNET, as well as numerous ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES, all “Powered by YNAP”. Through a joint venture established in 2012, YOOX NET -A-PORTER GROUP has partnered with Kering to manage the ONLINE FLAGSHIP STORES of several of the French group's luxury brands.
In 2016, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP joined forces with Symphony, an entity controlled by Mohamed Alabbar’s family, to establish a ground-breaking joint venture to create the Middle East’s undisputed leader for online luxury retail.
Uniquely positioned in the high growth online luxury sector, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP has an unrivalled client base of more than 2.9 million high-spending customers, 29 million monthly unique visitors worldwide and combined 2016 net revenues of €1.9 billion. The Group has offices and operations in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Hong Kong and delivers to more than 180 countries around the world. YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange as YNAP.
For further information: www.ynap.com | Linkedin: YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP | Twitter: @YNAP