Join ASOS as an Assistant Buyer in London on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will support the team in delivering fast-paced, trend-led products across jersey and woven, leveraging live trade and customer insights in a collaborative hybrid environment.
Requirements
Currently working at Assistant Buyer or Senior Assistant Buyer level within a fast-paced fashion retailer or brand.
Strong jersey and woven buying experience with great product knowledge.
Highly trend-aware and commercially minded with experience using trade data.
Strong supplier management and negotiation skills.
No specific degree requirement stated in the posting.
Skills & Responsibilities
Trend analysis: Identify emerging trends early and translate them into commercial products at pace across jersey and woven.
Data analysis: Review trade regularly and use performance data and customer response to inform repeating, adapting, or dropping products.
Supplier management: Build strong relationships with suppliers to negotiate costs, lead times, and deliveries for maximum speed and flexibility.
Critical path management: Manage the critical path proactively to remove blockers and get new products to market quickly.
Potential transition routes: People from merchandising, allocator, or junior design roles may bring commercial awareness and product knowledge, alongside meeting the fast-paced retail buying requirements.
Job description
Company Description
We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.
We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.
Job Description
The Role
As an Assistant Buyer within ASOS DESIGN Womenswear Test & React, you'll join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract, playing a key role in responding quickly to what our customer wants next. Using live trade, trend and customer insight, you'll identify opportunities, test new product and react to what's working to deliver relevant newness at pace.
Working closely with Buying, Design, Merchandising and suppliers, you'll help turn emerging trends and trading opportunities into commercial product across jersey and woven, keeping the ASOS customer at the heart of every decision.
The Team
Test & React is all about speed, newness and responding to our customer. The team uses trade performance, emerging trends and customer insight to identify opportunities quickly, test new ideas and react to winning product.
You'll work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where strong product instinct and commercial judgement are key to getting the right product to our customer at the right time.
What you'll be doing
Supporting the Buyer to deliver fast-paced, trend-led product across jersey and woven, reacting quickly to customer demand and trading opportunities.
Reviewing trade regularly to identify winning product, emerging opportunities and areas where we need to react quickly.
Identifying trends early and working with Design and suppliers to translate them into relevant, commercial product at pace.
Testing new product opportunities and using performance and customer response to inform what we repeat, adapt or move away from.
Partnering with Merchandising to identify risks and opportunities and take clear trading actions.
Building strong supplier relationships, negotiating costs, lead times and deliveries to maximise speed and flexibility.
Managing the critical path and proactively removing blockers to get newness to market quickly.
Supporting and developing Buying Assistants while role modelling ASOS behaviours.
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.
Qualifications
We'd love to meet someone who
Is currently working at Assistant Buyer or Senior Assistant Buyer level within a fast-paced fashion retailer or brand.
Has strong jersey and woven buying experience, with great product knowledge and an understanding of how trends translate into commercial product.
Is highly trend-aware and passionate about identifying what's emerging and relevant for the ASOS customer.
Is commercially minded and confident using trade data and customer insight to make quick, informed decisions.
Thrives in a fast-paced, reactive buying environment and is comfortable changing direction in response to trade, trends and customer demand.
Has strong supplier management and negotiation skills, with a good understanding of speed-to-market.
Is proactive, organised and confident collaborating across Buying, Design and Merchandising.
Demonstrates the ASOS values of Authentic, Brave, Creative and Disciplined.
Additional Information
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
