JUNIOR BUYER WOMENSWEAR, ARKET

Company Description
Do you want to be a part of building the most loved lifestyle brand? Then you might be the Junior Buyer we are looking for!
about us
A modern-day market with a Nordic soul, offering a mix of fashion, homeware and a café while having quality, sustainability, and transparency at the core of our business.
ARKET was founded with the mission to simplify good choices and influence positive change in our industry. By presenting a broad collection of well-considered fashion, food, scents, beauty, and home items under one roof, we want to inspire people to live a more sustainable lifestyle.
At ARKET, we believe that collaborating in diverse teams and including various perspectives into our everyday work are key to meaningful growth. As an employer, we are committed to cultivating a workplace culture that celebrates our unique talents and differences as individuals. This allows us to harness our collective knowledge to reflect the diversity of our clients in all the products and experiences we create.
we offer
We offer a work environment where culture and values play a big part in everything we do. We have a flexible attitude and value an entrepreneurial spirit. We want every employee to take ownership of the ARKET’s success and believe that a fun working place generates great results.
Job Description
As Junior Buyer, you will join a highly skilled and experienced team of designers, pattern makers and buyers. In your role, you will work in close collaboration with buyer, designers, patternmakers, section head and business controller dedicated to create the ARKET WOMENSWEAR collection of knitwear and denim, always with our target customer in mind and sustainability at the core of our work. You will actively support a Senior Buyer with daily tasks such as quantification, calculation, communication with our production offices, assortment planning, sample handling, placement, and quantification of orders. You take an active role in doing sales analysis, taking actions and follow-up. Organizing fitting sessions will also be one of your responsibilities as well as organizing and administrate wholesale.
Qualifications
To be successful in this role you have a strong business sense, customer focus and passion for fashion and analyses. As a Junior Buyer you will follow and analysing current trends as well as sales figures, so great analytical skills are key. You are passionate about developing the best product and have a good knowledge of materials. We value strong multitasking capabilities and a will to take action and ownership.
As Junior Buyer at ARKET you work in an environment where not every process and structure are set and flexibility, problem solving and a prestige less mindset will be important abilities to reach success. You will need to be organised, manage your time, and keep focus on what creates value, also when there is a lot to do. We believe that the best results are created together with your team, and we look for a team-oriented person that wants to grow into the role as well as the brand.
Additional Information
If you feel your experience, skills and ambitions are right for this role, please send your application as soon as possible but latest 1st of October. Interviews will be held on a continuous basis.
This is a 1-year temporary position. Start date is October 2023 and you will work out of the ARKET HQ, Maria Skolgata 83 Stockholm.
If you have questions regarding the role, please contact Linda Mets Liljebergh on: linda.metsliljebergh@arket.com.
For the recruitment process please contact Sally at claire.holmgren@hm.com
We know that diversity is what makes us strong. Our teams should consist of great mix of people that share and combine their knowledge, experiences, and ideas. It leads to a positive impact on how we address challenges, what we perceive possible and how we choose to relate to our colleagues and customers all over the world.
We look forward to hearing from you!