Assistant Buyer
Burberry
Total years of experience :17 years, 0 Months
• Closely collaborating with merchandising, sourcing, planning and design teams to forecast seasonal and carry forward products
• Ensure to buy forecasted raw materials in a timely manner to meet projections and on-time delivery
• Negotiating costs and time with the fabric mills and co-ordinate sudden changes in the production process
• Approve bulk fabric for quality and colour
• Resolve production and quality issues with the fabric mills to ensure raw materials and finished goods are delivered on time
• Ensure accurate inventory levels and utilise available material wherever possible to minimise excess
• Conduct analysis and reporting to understand historical data and make strategic decisions
• Being the first point of contact for internal departments and external vendors
• Liaising with senior members within the organisation
• Preparation and selection of merchandise for the coming season to plan product stores and promotions
• To enhance the store image and its merchandise through creative merchandising in order to promote sales
• Design, dress and install displays of selected merchandise and follow through to visual standards
• Organise and liaise with store manager on monthly targets, chosen projects and strategies
• Reporting to Director and CEO in Italian Headquarters
• Developing and delivering product knowledge training
• Study practices of competitors
• Managing time effectively to achieve a given deadline
• Travelling to Italy for seasonal product selection and training
• Providing excellent level of luxury customer service
• Demonstrate extremely high product knowledge when assisting clients
• Providing one-to-one customer service
• Maintaining the brand's visual standards throughout the store
• Knowledge of current collection, with attention to detail
• Knowledge of fashion trends and fashion designers
• Overseeing all aspects of the store operations
• Liaising with allocations and merchandising team for store merchandise and inventories
• Regularly communicating with area manager and retail operations manager to discuss and implement store performance and strategies
• Managing and training staff members
• Setting daily objectives and delegating to department managers and team members
• Liaising with visual merchandising manager to implement UK store visual standards
Women's Premium Branded Footwear
Tailoring
Casual Jersey
BA (Hons) Fashion Buying and Merchandising Main subjects studied include: Building and Finalising Ranges, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Retail Operations, Product Development, Cultural and Historical Studies, Visual Merchandising, Research Planning
Arabic Language (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing)
Diploma in Production Tailoring Pattern making, pattern cutting, fashion culture, history, fashion forecasting, technical drawing
A Levels Business Studies Textiles Technology
English Maths Scinece Textiles Technology Art Business Studies Geography French