Assistant Buyer - Fashion

About Seraphine

Seraphine is a global leader in maternity and nursing wear. With over two decades of experience. What we do at Seraphine is more than just fashion and clothes. We help women feel confident in their changing bodies and enable them to continue to express the choice and style they had prior to pregnancy and during pregnancy, whilst providing them with product innovations that make motherhood a breeze.

We're more than just a clothing brand. We're a community that understands the unique needs and challenges of expectant and new mothers. Our commitment to quality, comfort, and style has made us a trusted choice for women worldwide.

Workplace and Culture

Driven by innovation and a passion for excellence, our team thrives on achieving market-leading results. We value resourcefulness, dependability, and diverse perspectives, fostering a culture of go-getters who push boundaries every day. At Seraphine, we do what we love and invite exceptional individuals from all backgrounds to join us on this exciting journey.

Purpose of the role: 

The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer and Head of Buying in the smooth and commercial delivery of the product range to drive profitable sales growth. This role supports the management of the process to ensure that the collections, once designed are appropriately priced and that they are effectively produced to the quality expectations of the Crew customer and in line with department and business expectations. 

3 days a week in central London and 2 days from home

Salary - 28k

Responsibilities: 

• Assisting Buyer and Head of Buying in all aspects of the product development process 

• Buy and develop ranges inline with agreed range and in line with business strategy 

Range Development: 

• Support Buyer and head of Buying on range development to agreed plan and margin, making sure they are inline with agreed supply partners 

• Complete regular price comp shops on our competitors to ensure we remain in line and highlight any changes or opportunities 

• Support with seasonal strategy contributing to team lessons learnt and SWOT 

Critical path and fit process: 

• Update and manage the critical path weekly 

• Report exceptions to all channel launch dates to buyer on weekly basis 

• Liaise weekly with direct team, merchandising and technical through garment approval stages and update critical path 

Samples: 

• Ensure timely delivery of photo shoot samples according to critical path 

• Manage sample tracker and liaise with channels on handover 

People: 

• Manage workload of Admin Assistant 

• Work well cross functionally  

• Experience in same or similar role 

• Excellent communication and organisational skills 

• Excellent computer literacy in Excel/Outlook/Word 

• Ability to prioritise and manage a work schedule whilst working to tight deadlines 

• Ability to initiate and build strong relationships with suppliers and other department members 

• Team work but motivated and able to work independently 

• Understanding of the buying function and critical path processes 

• Annual leave entitlement – 25 days paid holiday + any bank/public holidays.

• Birthday Leave – Paid day off for birthday.
• Early finish Friday – Early finish on Fridays at 3pm.
• Core Hours – Core hours are from 10:00am – 4:30pm.
• Staff discount – 50% off on full-price & 20% on sale items.
• Life Assurance.
• Income Protection.
• Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme – 5% Employee and 3% Employer contribution.
• Employee discount benefits via Enjoy Benefits Hub: Gadget Insurance, Cancer Screening, Pet Insurance.

Upon successful completion of the probationary period:

• Salary Exchange Benefits: Enjoy Technology/Mobile Phones, Will Writing, Holiday Exchange Buy/Sell, Workplace Nursery (saves both Tax and NI), Gym Benefit, Cycle 2 Work.
• Health Cash Plan: Medicash – Dental Treatment, Eye Tests/Glasses, Physio etc.

On the completion of 1 years’ service:

• Electric Car Scheme.
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave.