The Buyer is a commercially-driven strategist who owns the category's growth by identifying market trends and leading critical negotiations—from trading terms and budgets to distribution agreements with global brands. Operating with high autonomy, this role bridges the gap between trend and data, transforming weekly trade insights into immediate sales actions and presenting curated ranges to the senior leadership team

What You'll Be Doing:  

• Attend all scheduled appointments, product launches, and relevant trade shows, actively driving product selection and range editing.
• Analysis and review of previous weeks sales with the merchandising department to propose and drive actions for the week ahead
• Negotiation with selected brands re trading terms and conditions.
• Being constantly aware of new brands and opportunities to diversify and drive department/category sales
• Lead budget forecasting and distribution agreement negotiations with both internal teams and external brands.
• Working independently in a creative and trend led environment
• Managing budgets and OTB on in seasons and forward budgets
• Present ranges for sign off with Senior Buyers, Buying Director and Merchandising Director.
• Preparation and presentation of performance in trade meetings
• Proposals to assist driving sales in your relevant department 
  

What We're Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Management, Economics, or a related field.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• High English level (C1)
• Extensive knowledge of the product market, our store base, and website.
• Essential experience in buying branded goods, with a strong understanding of current and future sports fashion trends across high street and premium price points (Sports Fashion experience is advantageous).
• Highly numerate with advanced Excel skills and a proven ability to exercise data analysis, budget forecasting, and OTB/budget planning.
• Ability to work independently under own initiative, showing strong confidence in product selection and full accountability for commercial decisions.
• Exceptional organizational skills, and the confidence to drive projects forward.

What we offer:

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Hybrid Work
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Flexible/optional benefits: restaurant ticket, health insurance
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Continuous professional development in hard and soft skills
• And… much more!

The Company:

Since founded in 1981, JD Group has achieved remarkable growth through rapid global expansion. We have become the leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

At JD Group, we are all about finding passionate and skilled individuals who can elevate our team and have exceptional impact on the running of the business. We seek dynamic individuals who are invested in their own development, so that together we can evolve our brand's success, alongside evolving your career.

Join us in an exciting journey, where Talent meets Opportunity.

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, apply now!

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.