Senior Assistant Buyer (ASOS DESIGN WW- Miss Selfridge)
Summary
A womenswear buying role at ASOS for the Miss Selfridge label: the Senior Assistant Buyer owns key product categories, builds trend-led commercially successful ranges, runs weekly trade analysis, negotiates with suppliers, and coaches junior team members, based in the London office at least 3 days a week.
The Role
As a Senior Assistant Buyer within ASOS Design Womenswear Miss Selfridge, you'll play a key role in delivering trend-led, commercially successful ranges that excite our customer and drive business performance. Working closely with your Buyer and cross-functional partners, you'll use your commercial awareness, product expertise and customer insight to influence key decisions, identify opportunities for growth and support the development of junior talent.
The Details
- Taking ownership of key product categories within Miss Selfridge, driving performance through a strong understanding of customer, trend and trade.
- Partnering with the Buyer to shape and deliver a commercially successful range strategy.
- Leading the selection and sign-off of product ranges, balancing customer insight, trend relevance and commercial performance.
- Owning weekly trade analysis, identifying risks and opportunities, and making recommendations to improve department performance.
- Deputising for the Buyer when required, presenting trade performance and product strategy to key stakeholders.
- Building strong supplier relationships and leading negotiations around cost prices, delivery schedules and product improvements.
- Coaching and developing Buyers Administrators, role modelling ASOS behaviours and supporting future talent.
- Supporting our culture by championing Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategies.
We believe being together in person helps us move faster, connect more deeply, and achieve more as a team. That's why our approach to working together includes spending at least 3 days a week in the office. It's a rhythm that speeds up decision-making, helps ASOSers learn from each other more quickly, and builds the kind of culture where people can grow, create and succeed.
About You
- Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer or Senior Assistant Buyer within Womenswear.
- Strong commercial awareness with experience using trade performance to drive decision-making.
- Passionate about fashion, trends and understanding the Miss Selfridge customer.
- Proven ability to balance customer, trend and commercial priorities when building ranges.
- Confident influencing stakeholders and presenting recommendations.
- Strong supplier management and negotiation skills.
- Experience coaching and developing junior team members.
- Demonstrates the ASOS values of Authentic, Brave, Creative and Disciplined.
BeneFITS’
- Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!
- Employee sample sales
- 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
- Private medical care scheme
- Fixed Annual Payment in addition to your salary each year, it's just an extra thank you from us
- Opportunity for personalised learning and in-the-moment experiences that enable you to thrive and excel in your role