Buyer, Designer Accessories ( Maternity Cover )

Job Introduction

At Selfridges, our customers look for the most extraordinary brands, accessories and the latest products. As a Buyer in our Designer Accessories team, you will ensure that is exactly what they get.

A bit about the role

As a Buyer for our Accessories Department, you'll keep us one step ahead of our competitors, by sourcing extraordinary products and labels whilst negotiating the best possible terms. You'll also apply your product knowledge to deliver exactly what our customers want. Maintaining excellent relationships with suppliers and the wider business, your commercial focus will mean you take interest in your products right through to point of sale.

A bit about you

• Alongside relevant experience as a Buyer, you'll be passionate about Designer Accessories
• E-commerce and multi-site experience with excellent knowledge of the market
• Team management experience
•  Creative flair, attention to detail and strong influencing skills are all essential

A bit about us

We are a shop run on imagination: a place where the world’s most covetable brands combine with the most extraordinary spectacles, events and ideas for an experience like no other.

We have challenged the rules of retail from day one, whilst demonstrating our unwavering commitment to sustainability.  In 2016, we were the first to be awarded with recognition for the ‘World’s Best Sustainability Campaign by a Department Store’ at the IGDS Global Department Store Summit, in-line with its focus on buying better and inspiring change. We are also recognised as the Best Department Store in the World (2010, 2012, 2014 & 2018) underlining our place at the forefront of retail. In 2018 we were recognised as a LinkedIn Top Company to work for.

Our vision is to be the destination for the most extraordinary customer experience, and our people are central to us achieving this.  As an employer we are committed to making Selfridges an exciting, inspiring and fun place to work