Retail Buyers select and purchase the product ranges that define a retailer's commercial offer — balancing trend, vendor relationships, and margin requirements. Found through dedicated retained search — not job boards.
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Developing seasonal product strategies and range plans, negotiating with vendors on pricing and terms, managing open-to-buy budgets, analysing category performance and responding to sales data, attending trade shows and building vendor relationships, and collaborating with planners and merchandisers on assortment decisions.
4–9 years of retail buying experience, strong vendor negotiation and relationship management skills, open-to-buy management experience, and analytical capability for sales performance assessment. Category-specific knowledge is often required.
Buyers who have built a vendor base from scratch — identified new vendors, negotiated initial terms, and developed a productive long-term relationship — demonstrate commercial initiative that pure inherited-book buyers do not.
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Retained recruitment delivers a pre-screened shortlist within 21–38 days. Start with a free 25-minute consultation.
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