As an Assistant Buyer on the menswear team, you will support product development across all knitwear categories. You will contribute to driving sales and profitability by supporting the development of a strong, customer‑focused assortment aligned with COS aesthetics. Working closely with Buying, Design, Pattern, Production, Material, and Supply Chain teams, you will help secure orders that meet brand and customer requirements across time, price, quality, and quantity, supporting meaningful growth within the department.
What you will do:
- Be part of reviewing and analysing the departments product, assortment, quantity and selling, considering actions according to the business needs and present sales figures.
- Support to maximize the departments sales and profitability by maintaining timelines both before and after order replacement.
- Monitor and react to how the departments customers are affected by trends and their surroundings
- Drive the day-to-day organization within your team
- Manage the post flow to and from recipients
- Conduct regular analysis of our competitors and provide insights to your team, ensuring we offer our customers great value for money.
- Communicate with the production office regarding product development. Follow up order placements and meet deadlines.
- Support with driving the product development from start to end and in close collaboration with the buyer and in line with dept margin targets.
- Prepare and assist fittings, organize agenda, provide samples at the right place, right time and right quantity.
- Responsible for handling samples as well as overseeing and maintain the sample wardrobe, making sure all samples are kept neat and tidy
- Raise orders and order updates.