Buyer (April to November)
8-month contract | (minimum 4 days per week)
Are you an experienced Buyer with a passion for Lifestyle categories? We’re looking for a skilled professional to join our team for an 8-month maternity cover from April to November 2025.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Product Coordination & Development: Manage and develop Lifestyle categories for upcoming seasons (SS26, FW26, and SS27).
- Vendor Management: Liaise with suppliers, buying offices, and agencies to ensure smooth communication and workflow.
- Pricing & Margins: Prepare, attend, and report on business meetings, focusing on pricing strategies and margins.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Design, Technical teams, and other departments to ensure seamless processes.
- Data Management: Maintain item master data in the ERP system, manage PIM attributes, and ensure collection book accuracy.
- Sustainability & Materials: Handle administrative tasks related to product data, materials, trims, and sustainability.
- Sample Management: Secure on-time delivery of proto samples, SMS, and counter samples.
- Feedback & Communication:
- Prepare and communicate fit comments alongside the Technical team.
- Collaborate with the Design team to address Proto and SMS feedback.
- Collection Preparation: Oversee and prepare seasonal collection overviews.
What we are looking for:
- Experience: proven background (5 years) in buying (in the apparel / sportswear industry);
- Passion for Lifestyle: knowledge or experience in Lifestyle products and/or BAH (Bags, Accessories, Headwear & Sandals) is a strong advantage;
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a keen eye for detail;
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously;
- Collaborative, open to feedback, and a natural team player;
- Great communication skills – you’re confident interacting with internal teams and external suppliers.
What we offer:
- A dynamic, international work environment with inspiring colleagues.
- Opportunities to grow and enhance your skills within a company that values initiative and creativity.
- A Health & Wellbeing program, for example HIIT & Yoga opportunities in the office and an Individual Wellbeing budget to spend;
- 25 holidays, with an option to ‘buy’ 5 extra;
- Staff discount.
O'Neill was founded in Northern California with one simple mission—to surf longer. Over seven decades later, that mission remains at the core of our brand, inseparable from the history of surf itself. Powered by ongoing innovation, we continue to reinvent the O'Neill wetsuit—the original wetsuit, a game-changing invention—and design functional and versatile surf- and snow-gear and lifestyle apparel that enables our customers to enjoy their playground longer. As a brand created to enjoy nature, we see it as our responsibility to actively preserve it and contribute to a cleaner, more sustainable world. Our Ocean Mission is how we stay close to Jack O'Neill's original words: "The ocean is alive, and we've got to take care of it".
Interested?
We look forward to receiving your application!
