E-Commerce Buyer

About the role

As our E-Commerce Buyer, you will be responsible for the identification, sourcing, management and sales performance of designated product lines to help deliver to the E-Commerce growth plan.

The E-Commerce Buyer will be responsible for:

Identifying new product / category opportunities to reflect and take advantage of future trends through consumer and market analysis

Discovering & highlighting the most appropriate brands on the market particular in core outdoor activity markets of hiking and camping to bring in products that complement our current product portfolio

Source and securing product lines ensuring the best value and quality for OS customers, with a key focus on sustainability

Managing existing product categories to achieve in plan targets

Working with Physical Product managers to create innovative and sustainable products within the outdoor industry that are customer segment relevant

Developing new proposition ideas for each customer mindset

Working in the E-Commerce team to ensure designated product categories are featured in the best way to maximise sales opportunities

Collaborating with designers to bring initial product concepts to life and to provide users with tangible propositions to give feedback on

Collaborating with Marketing on the products positioning for each mindset to maximise sales

Reviewing packaging propositions and understand how these impact buying behaviour

Reviewing product lines and build and refine as necessary

What were looking for:

Secondary level education, or relevant experience

Up to date knowledge of target customer segments, market channels and relevant product lines

Relationships with key brands in the outdoor industry, particularly among clothing, hiking and camping for a diverse audience base

Experience of sourcing, reviewing and management of product lines in a relevant outdoor focused commercial business

Experience in Open-to-Buy, budgeting and sales forecasting

An empathetic and inclusive perspective on the outdoor market with a keen eye for sustainability and different customer mindsets and situations

The Rewards 

We want you to love what you do. Thats why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Well give you: 

Salary £43,000 - £47,000

Performance related bonus

A competitive pension scheme

37 hour working week (with flexible working options)

25 days annual leave - (30 days after five years) bank holidays and an extra 3 over Christmas

Plus, a suite of excellent additional benefits

Location: This role would normally be based at our state of the art Headquarters in Southampton, however in accordance with Government guidelines, OS are supporting our teams with Working From Home. It is anticipated that a hybrid approach to office / WFH will be adopted in the future. Consideration will be given for the right candidate to work remotely (occasional travel to Explorer House will be required as necessary to support projects).