HEAD OF BUYING

Work Location: Beijing, China

Do you have 15+ years of experience in buying/development from fashion industry?

Are you familier or interested in China/ other Asian market? Willing to join a leading fashion group in China? Then this might be a great opportunity for you. We’re looking for a Head of Buying for ONLY - a high street Womenswear brand of Bestseller Fashion Group China.

Job responsibilities:

• Management of production team, working with buying, product development and fitting
• Drive product development by supporting the total design process and ensuring to bring the latest developments/techniques/fabrics.
• Order placement with suppliers including negotiating purchase prices, quality and deliveries, etc. to meet KPI’s for margins, quality and lead-time/delivery on-time
• Develop & execute a competitive production strategy (incl. speed to market in trends and repeats) and further develop supplier based to meet the objectives
• Collection planning responsible and create together with product director/creative director a detailed collection plan for each season
• Lead partnerships with cross functional departments/brands to develop long term strategies to achieve goals of the business with parameters of cost and quality targets and delivery schedules
• Guarantee fit and quality remains at high level and kept up-to-date
• Constantly looking for improving sales growth and sales-through in the brand’s r multichannel network of retail shops and on-lines shops

Skills

• Strong leadership
• Bachelor degree in textiles or proven track record in the fashion industry
• Ability to set priorities and work organized
• Strong analytical skills and good business mindset
• Strong fashion sense and ability to implement new trends in the product development process
• You have strong negotiation skills
• You have good English skills, both spoken and written
• Eager to bring the best product to the shop floor

Experience

• You have at least 15 years of relevant work experience with buying/development from the fashion industry.
• Proven excellent leadership skills and strong management track-record
• Hand-on product skills and skilled in the technical area

Characteristic

You work well with motivating people and build high performance teams. You are able to use your fashion sense to improve the product look and quality. You love challenges and are result driven but keeping eye for detail. With your entrepreneurial character you spot new business opportunities. You like to travel and able to bring your team to a higher level. Your goal is to buy the best collections ever.

About BESTSELLER Fashion Group China

Bestseller Fashion Group China is a member of the Bestseller Group, Denmark, is considered to be the market leader in the mid-market for apparel in China with the brands: ONLY, JACK & JONES, VERO MODA, and J.Lindeberg. The company entered China in 1996 and today the company has more than 5,000 concept stores in 400 cities in China, as well as having successful digital marketing and multichannel on-line presence.

For more info about ONLY brand, pls. visit https://www.only.cn/

The BESTSELLER Group has about 10,000 stores in 39 countries, primarily in Europe, the Middle East, North America and China. For more information, please check out our websites: www.bestseller.com

Application:

Pls. send your application via our website by click on ‘’APPLY JOB’’ and follow the instructions. Please include the following documents:

1. Your updated CV, please include a personal photo, your family status, contact info etc.
2. Cover letter, please include your motivation, competences for this job and your personality.
3. A scanned copy of your education degree certificate

Application deadline: ASAP

Efficient Recruitment based in Denmark, handles this recruitment process for the company in Beijing. For more info or any questions regarding this position, please contact Jessi Ji by tel.: +45 6131 5847 or e-mail jj@erhr.dk or Michael Folmann at tel. +45 2121 6464 or e-mail mf@erhr.dk

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