Buyer Sheet Street at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• Own a substantial, specialised portfolio and make it your playground. You'll build a product assortment our customers can't resist — the right style and taste level, quantity, quality and price, sourced smart and aligned to where the business is heading. Every range you build should feel like a win for the customer walking into our stores. You'll drive the full product lifecycle, always thinking three seasons ahead, and bring your energy to mentoring the next wave of buying talent.

Responsibilities
Post-Mortem & Seasonal Strategy

• Dig into what worked and what didn't — trade results, competitor moves, supplier performance, marketing and trend feedback — and turn those insights into a sharper strategy for next season. You'll build and present the seasonal plan for your portfolio: targets, pricing, supplier strategy, marketing tie-ins, trend direction and product calls, all in line with where the Company's going.

Assortment Building & Execution

• Craft a balanced, compelling assortment — sub-categories, attributes, promotions, volume plays, test lines — built to hit your department's targets. Brief designers on artwork and tech packs, source samples, and drive approvals. Keep every KPI, width and depth target, and sales number locked in and on track.
• Then make it real: book and execute the range within budget, on time, and to spec, working closely with Planning and Sourcing. Raise and manage purchase orders, own the critical path, and make sure product lands in store exactly when it should — quality intact, targets met.

Sourcing & Supplier Relationships (where applicable)

• Build supplier partnerships that go the distance. Scout new partners and territories, secure the best total cost of ownership without cutting corners on quality or timelines, and keep the critical path moving so stores get what they need, when they need it.

Current Trade

• Stay close to the season as it unfolds. Track performance against plan and KPIs, spot opportunities, manage risk, and make sharp, timely trade calls to protect stock levels and hit budget. Keep management and other teams in the loop on anything that shifts.
• Trend & Competitor Intelligence
• Keep your finger on the pulse — locally and globally. Track competitor pricing, products and trends so we're always delivering what customers want, at the price they love. Spot growth opportunities and take new product ideas from concept through to production from both the local landscape and the global markets.

Qualifications
Education 

• Diploma or Degree

Experience

• 5+ years, including technical product experience. Manufacturing background a strong plus.
• Sharp technical knowledge of garment/product construction, fabrics, fibres and quality standards. Strong grasp of business strategy and retail market trends. Confident with numbers and systems. A natural communicator, negotiator and presenter. Commercial handwriting and a solid taste level. 
• Solid understanding of merchandise and business processes, sound commercial judgement, real insight into what customers want, and comfort working within internal MRPG systems.