Yesterday I started a two-week placement at a well-known high street brand in their buying department. I’m working in the jersey section, which includes casual and smart jersey based clothing.
My main jobs so far have been compiling a spreadsheet on competitive stores prices on specific items, sorting out samples and the sample cupboard and steaming clothes. Yesterday I had the chance to sit in a review which was really interesting where some assistant buyers and BAA’s from each buying group sat in a large meeting room and showed there best selling, number of sales for items in the week, how many ordered/reordered.. etc. I found that really interesting and was a great insight to how they work. They also where arranging fitting sessions for samples with Buyers and the Garment Tech and a model wore each item and they discussed (very quickly) what needs to be changed and emails of the instructions were emailed to the supplier for the next sample to be made up. They had to be quick as it’s important for all the groups to fit in their fitting sessions and they’re all very busy throughout the day.
I’ve found these first two days really interesting to see how the buyers work, and I’m looking forward to the rest of the two weeks as I learn more and ask questions. The other departments are on the same floor so as time goes on I will also get an insight to how they work.
No comments:
Post a Comment