Buyer - London - Competitive Salary
Selfridges
Mid-level
Not specified
London, ENG, GB
Posted 1 day ago
Job summary
Join Selfridges as a Buyer, where you'll manage Luxury Concessions and negotiate the best terms for a unique shopping experience. Enjoy a competitive salary and various benefits while working with top brands. Apply now to shape the future of luxury retail!
Role details
- Role
- Temp
- Industry
- Retail
- Employment
- Temporary
- Experience
- 2 Years +
Responsibilities
- Oversee the Luxury Concessions
- Manage performance through regular meetings and analysis
- Negotiate terms with suppliers
- Collaborate with internal teams
- Forge partnerships with concession businesses
- Manage existing brands and take necessary actions
- Support Buying Director on pop-up activations
Requirements
- Well-developed understanding of the product/market
- Ability to influence stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficient in excel
- Excellent communication skills
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Various benefits
Key skills
Negotiation
Analytical Skills
Excel
Collaboration
Influencing Skills
Customer Focus
Commercial Strategies
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Job Introduction
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As a Buyer, you will be responsible for a specific buying area for the business: Luxury Concessions. You will negotiate the best terms for Selfridges, manage existing brands and work with marketing to drive sales and maximise profitability of Luxury Concessions
As Buyer you will
Be responsible for overseeing the Luxury Concessions
Manage the performance of Luxury Concessions 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/318309/6145
Contract Type Temp
Closing Date 25 July, 2025
Job Category Buying
Location London, United Kingdom
18 July, 2025