Job Description

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Founded in 2008, BrandAlley is the UK's leading off-price premium and luxury brand e-tailer across fashion, home, beauty, and lifestyle. We partner directly with over 500 premium brands offering luxury products at exclusive prices to our members. We are a fast-paced, rapidly growing, and dynamic retailer, and we're looking for talented, fresh-thinking, and driven individuals to join us!



We are looking for an Assistant Buyer to join our Home team based in our London office. A passion for product and customer is a must and an eagerness to learn within a fast-paced environment

What will you be doing?

Key responsibilities:

Collaborate with the Buyer to achieve individual financials including sales, margin, and profit


Secure the best prices through effective negotiation, ensuring our offers remain highly competitive throughout the sales period


Managing suppliers and ownership of sales on a weekly basis


Continuously source new brands, ensuring we have the best product and offers whilst making speedy and commercial decisions


Execute daily sales in line with monthly targets offering a balanced range with sales targeted at the customer


Develop and review a weekly/monthly strategy with the Buyer to meet business targets, adjusting as needed


Work with support functions and provide all sale collateral within the guidelines of the critical path


Ensure critical path deadlines are met and the wider teams are not jeopardised


Understanding of competition, brands and keeping up to date information on competitive sales to assure we are offering the best sale within the time the sales are live. Regularly review online competition and share innovative ideas


Utilise market knowledge to negotiate the best value for BrandAlley customers, while delivering a high sell through for the brand


Attend weekly trade meetings to analyse and establish current performance in order to deliver an action plan to ensure sales targets are met


Collaborate with marketing and production to ensure all sales are traded and have the marketing support to overachieve


Attend brand meetings with Buyer to create understanding of high value negotiations and sale planning

Team Development and Support

Responsible for developing the BAA's within the Department - through coaching, training, and developing with regular reviews and constructive feedback


Conduct performance reviews twice a year, setting objectives and goals for team members


Understand the roles of other departments and provide necessary support and information for effective cross-departmental collaboration


Act as a consistent ambassador for BrandAlley, cultivating and maintaining positive relationships with suppliers

What you'll bring...

The good stuff


You'll be an experienced Assistant Buyer, with a minimum of 12 months experience


Home experience preferred but not essential, passion for Home & Kitchen product a bonus


You'll have a good understanding of the latest trends, and a with a keen interest in the latest fashion


You're highly organised, self-motivated and have a flexible approach to managing high workload along with ad hoc tasks


You have strong analytical skills and a good knowledge of Excel, experience of Algolia, InRiver or other PIM software - not essential but great if you do have it


You're great at building relationships across the business and have experience of working across teams, including merchandising

The great stuff


You're a motivated individual, able to work independently and as part of a team


You have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail


You have excellent written and verbal communication skills


You're proactive in problem identification and resolution


You're happy to get stuck in and take ownership of a broad range of tasks