Retail Buyer (639211)

Tasks & Responsibilities

• Monitoring sales data and stock levels, and studying trade, manufacturers' and market information to keep informed of changing market conditions
• Negotiating purchase, promotion and supply arrangements with suppliers
• Designing and implementing pricing, marketing, promotional and display strategies
• Liaising with management on long-term planning and sales promotions
• Establishing working plans according to seasonal and budgetary requirements
• Anticipating consumer trends and determining quantity, style and quality of goods to be purchased
• Inspecting, comparing, selecting and valuing wool by determining colour, yield, micron and length
• Inspecting and buying wool at auction, in wool brokers' stores and in farm sheds
• Receiving samples from scoured wool exchanges
• May visit freezing works to buy slipe wool