Clothing Buyer Cover Letter

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the clothing buyer position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for subject matter expertise to drive operational compliance and performance, enabling through the line management across the retail environment.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Partners with Regional Store Managers and attends VM model store to provide guidance that ensures presentation guidelines which help product supply meet customer demand
• Partners with the Allocation Team to ensure product demands are met for Top 15 and other stores consistently
• Strong Systems & Process Abilities
• Ownership of buying for the Womenswear range of MP Clothing
• Accountable for driving category performance, including sourcing, managing supply base and departmental kpi’s
• Understanding the market place, target customer and key competitors
• Presenting in trade, sign offs and range direction with directors
• Assist in the development of the supply base to ensure delivery of the strategy

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the clothing buyer position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for target costing, target IMU's, target retail for all new wall and lighting product.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Presents monthly best sellers to overall merchandising and planning teams
• On-going market, competitor and trend analysis to identify NPD opportunities for growth
• Presentation of conceptual new product development with internal stakeholders
• Working with Merchandising team within WSSI meetings to assess stock levels and coordinate strategic replenishments based on data analysis
• Monitors sales data to identify NPD performance and reports accordingly
• Sample management and sample and price logging
• Work with brand teams to ensure samples are requests and delivered on time to support photoshoots
• Work with design team to ensure visibility of NPD and when products will be available

I am excited to be applying for the position of clothing buyer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for the specific training (trendy Information, key item focus, regional delivery timetable) to retail staff and tracking their performance.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Develop trading opportunities and implement as commercially appropriate
• Review wssi with merch on a weekly basis to ensure we are hitting monthly intake targets and leaving cash aside for repeats/otb
• Highly self-motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual
• Flexible and able to perform in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Execution of agreed budget spend for category
• Allocation of team resources across the category, performance management and ongoing coaching of the Buying team
• Conduct competitor pricing review, market and customer analysis and present back to Buyer & Senior Buyer
• Support preparation for meetings and liaise with sample coordinators to ensure samples are managed according to requirements

I am excited to be applying for the position of clothing buyer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for collection retail assortment guidelines, objectives, IPR, and line plans to brand creative management and attends Form & Fabric meetings in AG.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• To adhere to buying milestones within the critical path to ensure on time launches and feedback as appropriate to team
• Deliver against critical path to ensure the execution of the annual customer plan, working in conjunction with Merchandising and Digital and ensuring compliance against competition law and internal guidelines for legal trading
• Partners with Regional | Store Managers and attends VM model store to provide guidance that ensures presentation guidelines help product supply meet customer demand
• Analyze full price seasonal performance and based on results, recommend markdown percentage to Planner(s)
• Work with Merchandiser to develop a commercially sound global trading plan
• Owns a key business or category, presents weekly and seasonal strategies, creates seasonal buys for said area
• Partners in NOS business development
• Leads the Internet business, weekly sales, seasonal strategies, seasonal buys

I am excited to be applying for the position of clothing buyer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for key relationship management & interface with the Retail Business in India with responsibility to provide pro-active strategic procurement and contracts management for all Goods and Services supplied by third party vendors.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Delivery of product that maintains commercial targets (Buying In Margin, Cost Price) and brand targets
• Commercial understanding of product development
• Experience working with internalise supply bases
• Experience working with an internationalise D2C retailer
• Excellent computer literacy in Excel /Outlook/Word
• Assist buyer in achieving sales, and gross margin
• Recap and analyze selling, category and vendor performance
• Manage promotional activities to drive in season business