Degree in business administration or comparable business training., 3+ years of professional experience in international buying in the Luxury & Premium Brands sector., Strong network of suppliers in the Luxury & Premium Brands area., Fluent in spoken business English with effective communication skills..
Key responsabilities:
Define, implement, and execute the brands buying strategy plan with accountability for classification KPIs.
Ensure relevant assortment meets customer demand and continuously onboard new brands.
Lead strategic relationships with key brand partners and negotiate for business success.
Support the Buying Director in executing the business strategy and drive innovation across departments.
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BESTSECRET is the leading European online destination for premium and luxury off-price fashion. The Group offers its customers in 27 countries across Europe a standing assortment of highly desirable international fashion brands at exclusive prices in a premium shopping environment. At the same time, BESTSECRET enables its brand partners to clear overstock at scale with minimum visibility and maximum brand equity protection. The unique business model is based on its closed character with an invitation-only customer membership, longstanding brand partner and customer relationships, a tech-focused mindset, and its inherent contribution to more sustainability in the fashion industry. BESTSECRET has a strong track record of profitable growth over many years. It generated revenues of EUR 1.226 billion in 2023 and employs around 2,300 people from over 90 nations. The Group draws on a heritage of 100 years in the textile and fashion industry and today is owned by Permira Funds and the founding families Schustermann and Borenstein.
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Many of our employees live where our BESTSECRET offices are – but they do not have to live where our offices are. Our hybrid working framework is only applicable to those employees, whose jobs do not generally require you to be on our premise, which are traditionally office-based vs. store- or warehouse-based roles. In addition to online retail, BESTSECRET also has brick-and-mortar stores in Vienna, Munich and Dornach.
You strategically define, implement and execute the brands buying strategy plan, with ownership and accountability of classification KPIs to meet the commercial plans (maximizing additional assortment opportunities and mitigating unforeseen risks), using all available data points for informed decision making.
You ensure we offer the most relevant assortment to meet customer demand and continuously bring new brands on board, reflective of your classification strategy.
You lead strategic relationships with key brand partners and use your negotiation skills to deliver success for the business.
You ensure that relevant business information gets shared efficiently across the internal stakeholders and that relevant business messages and priorities are clearly communicated to drive success for your area of responsibility.
You support the Buying Director in setting and executing the business strategy.
As a strategic key user, you are driving existing processes/ tooling's forward and drive innovation and best practice sharing across the departments within your business unit.
Your Qualifications
Degree in business administration or comparable business training.
3+ years of professional experience in international buying in the Luxury & Premium Brands sector and you have a strong network of suppliers in this area.
You are an effective communicator, comfortable to present insights, learnings and complex topics to a variety of audiences, internally and externally.
You must be able to think and act entrepreneurially, analytically and strategically.
Fluent in spoken business English.
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Experience
Spoken language(s):
English
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