Buyers Assistant - Cremorne, Australia - Skechers

Skechers

Verified Company

Cremorne, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Established in 1992 Skechers USA, Inc is based in Manhattan Beach, California is an award-winning global leader in the lifestyle footwear industry.

With over 150+ Skechers stores across Australia & New Zealand, our lifestyle footwear appeals to trend-savvy men, women and children.

Skechers' success stems from its team, high-quality, varied product offering, diversified domestic and international distribution channels, and targeted multi-channel marketing.

About Us:

Accent Group Limited is the leading digitally integrated retail and distribution business in the Apparel and Footwear performance and lifestyle market in Australia and New Zealand.

With over 750+ stores, 35 brands and 40 online platforms. Our brands include; Glue, Platypus, Skechers, Hype DC, Vans, Dr. Martens, Subtype, The Athletes Foot, CAT, Merrell, The Trybe, Pivot, Timberland, Stylerunner, Palladium, Stance, Saucony, & Nude Lucy

Established in 1992 Skechers USA, Inc is based in Manhattan Beach, California is an award-winning global leader in the lifestyle footwear industry.

With over 120+ Skechers stores across Australia, our lifestyle footwear appeals to trend-savvy men, women and children.

Skechers' success stems from its team, high-quality, varied product offering, diversified domestic and international distribution channels, and targeted multi-channel marketing.

About the role:

We have an opportunity to join our Distributed Brands division as a Buyers Assistant for Skechers. Reporting into the Buyer for Skechers, you will provide operational support both administrative and analytical.

You will assist the Buyer in all facets of the buying process & inventory management which supports the overall company sales objectives, gross margin, and turnover results.

Other duties include cross functional & departmental projects within skill and competency level.

Why Accent Group?

Team member discounts up to 40% across all our Retails brands.
Join a POWERHOUSE Retail Company with plans for significant growth
Paid Parental Leave

Your key responsibilities will include:

Trade reporting; Weekly sales report, Store sales report & trade dashboards
Post season analysis (PSA); completed monthly, quarterly and each half

Inventory reports

Including WR, GR, & PSR
Ad hoc reporting
Assist the buyer in creating, ranging, and quantifying a merchandise strategy for brands and/or categories in assigned portfolio in line with merchandise objectives.
Analyse brand and line performance weekly to identify best sellers and slow movers to maximise sales profit and identify risk and opportunity.
Maintain an understanding of current and forward fashion trends as well as marketplace trends
Managing the order process to ensure deadlines are met and orders are put into the system accurately in a timely manner and that all records are always kept up to date.
Accurate maintenance of all buy plans in assigned portfolio
Build and maintain strong relationships with brand partners.
Develop and maintain good communication with all suppliers to achieve proactive outcomes
Purchase order entry and maintenance
Product hierarchy and data integrity
Follow correct EDI protocol
Managing the delivery process with consistent communication to all key stakeholders
Accurate maintenance of all buy plans in assigned portfolio

To succeed in this role, you will need to have:

Previous experience in a Buying admin role and Retail
Degree qualified preferred
Proficient with Microsoft Office, PowerPoint and AP2
Previous experience in a buying role
Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team
Up to date with current trends in the market
Affiliation with Accent Group Core values and "Make It Happen" attitude

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion.

We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability.

We strive on creating an equal employment environment where everyone from any background can be themselves. The Accent Group acknowledges, and pays respect, to the Traditional Owners and ongoing custodians of the land. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and Maori people.

At Accent Group Limited we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and inclusion.

We believe in the diversity of our people across age, gender, identity, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, physical and mental ability.