Buyer (m/f/d)

Company Description

The online fashion store ABOUT YOU is one of the fastest growing e-commerce players in Europe and has already won several awards. As a fashion and technology company, we work together to achieve our goal of making the shopping experience more inspiring and personal for our customers.

Job Description

As the buying team, we take care of the purchasing of all products and the regular expansion of the ABOUT YOU brand portfolio. We are always on the lookout for exciting, new and timeless fashion and lifestyle trends from all over the world. To this end, we define seasonal product range strategies and draw up seasonal and financial plans. We manage all purchasing budgets ourselves and also analyze and evaluate KPIs. A good relationship with our suppliers is important to us, which is why we take care to maintain good relationships and contact with our partners. If you are interested in these tasks, please apply to join our team.

As a Buyer (m/f/d), you will be responsible for purchasing external brands and keep a constant eye on the relevant KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Independent purchasing of external brands in compliance with the planned purchasing budget and taking into account all relevant KPIs
• Purchasing planning in coordination with the Head of Buying
• Development, optimization and support of the product range
• Conducting and participating in condition discussions with suppliers
• Competition and market monitoring
• Regular and proactive coordination with Merchandise Management and Conditions Management

Requirements

• Completed studies in economics or textile economics
• At least two years of professional experience in independent purchasing of external brands
• Strong analytical thinking and numerical skills
• Strong communication skills, negotiating skills and assertiveness
• Structured way of working and reliability even during periods of high workload
• Strong sense of trends and understanding of fashion
• Hands-on mentality
• Business fluent in written and spoken English

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Company pension scheme
• 40% discount in our online store
• Organic fruit and drinks
• Free language courses (German & English)
• Free sports activities (soccer, volleyball, yoga) & fitness benefits
• Modern office near Hamburg City Hall
• International team

Thanks to our strong growth, you can take on responsibility and help shape the company at an early stage. Our team consists of experts from a wide range of fields: Whether fashion, marketing, business or tech - we are united by a passion for what we do. We motivate and support each other, share our know-how and are open to other opinions and new ideas.

We look forward to receiving your application - preferably online via our application portal. This way we can ensure a faster process and it is also very easy for you to upload your application documents! :-)