Buyer - London - Competitive Salary

Selfridges

Mid-level Not specified London, ENG, GB

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Job summary

Join Selfridges as a Buyer and take charge of the innovative Wonder Room, ensuring profitability by managing brands and negotiating supplier terms. Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits while working in a vibrant, collaborative environment. This role offers the chance to influence retail strategies and drive exciting product offerings.

Role details
Role
Full-time
Industry
Retail
Employment
Full Time
Experience
2 Years +
Responsibilities
  • Oversee the performance of the Wonder Room
  • Negotiate terms with suppliers
  • Manage brand performance through analytics and recommendations
  • Liaise with internal teams for effective brand onboarding
  • Build partnerships with concession businesses
  • Support the Buying Director on key activations and brand launches
Requirements
  • Highly knowledgeable with a deep understanding of product/market
  • Collaborative with strong relationship-building skills
  • Strategic and operational analytical skills
  • Excellent influencing and communication skills
  • Customer-focused with a keen taste and instinct
Benefits
  • Competitive salary
  • Additional benefits
Key skills
Negotiation Analytical Skills Commercial Strategies Relationship Building Communication Excel Customer Focus
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    Job Introduction
    Job Introduction
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    As a Buyer, you will be responsible for a specific buying area for the business: Wonder Room. You will negotiate the best terms for Selfridges, manage existing brands and work with marketing to drive sales and maximise profitability of the Wonder Room
    As Buyer you will
    Be responsible for overseeing the Wonder Room
     Manage the performance of the Wonder Room through regular meetings with the concession partners and through analysis of their performance, making recommendations to the Director of Buying
    Negotiate the best possible terms with suppliers i.e. margin, minimum guarantees, marketing budgets and exclusivity
     Liaise and work closely with internal teams including but not limited to Digital, Marketing, Retail Operations, Personal Shopping, Legal, Property and Security to ensure effective brand onboarding and execution of projects
    Forge meaningful partnerships with our concession businesses through regular meetings
     Work with concession partners to exploit new opportunities across the regional stores
    Manage existing brands through analysis of performance, taking action when necessary and making decision to keep or discontinue within the business
     Support the Buying Director on key pop\-up activations and brand launches
    A bit about you
    Highly knowledgeable. You will have a well\-developed understanding of the product/market
     Collaborative. Building relationships is one of your strengths, both with internal stakeholders as well as our brand partners
    Strategic and operational. With strong analytical skills and experience driving long\-term and profitable commercial strategies, you’ll be able to successfully manage projects through to completion.
     Engaging. Able to influence your stakeholders, retail and brands, you know how to use both data and market trends to drive commercial opportunities
    A great communicator. You have excellent influencing skills, building professional, lasting relationships at all levels, both internally and externally
     Customer focused. Combined with exceptional taste and instinct, you are able to push the boundaries to offer new and exciting produce
    All over the numbers. You are numerate with a highly commercial approach, as well as proficient in excel
     Collaborative. Working flexibly as part of the wider Buying team you will support in projects and cross functional meetings as appropriate
    * An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague
    Selfridges

    Salary Competitive plus benefits

    Annually

    Job Reference selfridges/TP/318309/6146

    Contract Type Permanent

    Closing Date 17 August, 2025

    Job Category Buying

    Location London, United Kingdom

    18 July, 2025