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Buying is not just about products, numbers and margins. You also need to know how to work with suppliers, communicate with colleagues, build trust and handle pressure. These articles cover how you build a good reputation, how to speak up when you are the junior buyer in the meeting and how to manage difficult conversations. As you become more senior, you will also need to lead a team, give feedback and deal with different personalities.
This is for those buyers who understand the commercial side of the job but sometimes struggle to get people to agree, listen or make a decision. Being right is only part of the job. Knowing how to influence people is what helps you get things done.
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Stakeholder communication is one of the most important skills a buyer can develop and one of the least formally taught. Knowing your numbers is good.
Effective supplier negotiation in fashion buying has very little to do with tactics and a great deal to do with what you think a supplier
What Happens When Fashion Buyers Go Too Far: How Supplier Relationships Are Destroyed. Anonymous social media posts from fashion suppliers recently exposed a reality that
When it comes to talking about careers in fashion buying, the conversation is usually centred around about how do you become a fashion buyer and
“How you do anything, is how you do everything” is an old saying that has been well quoted. This idea has been used across various