The Role

We are looking for a Junior Buyer to work with our Senior Category Manager and our Junior Merchandiser to support the buying and trading of adidas Arsenal products. You will be working across adidas, our Ecommerce, Stores, Brand and Partnerships teams, as well as external contacts. Ensuring products are delivered in a timely manner, maximising revenue opportunities and minimising risk. You will also have responsibility for managing and growing the memorabilia and golf apparel categories.

Working with our Product Buying and Merchandising team, you will recommend Arsenal buy volumes to our Senior Management, presenting growth initiatives with an innovative mindset to identify opportunities and risks.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

Deliver growth strategy initiatives - you will passionately contribute to and implement the kit partner growth strategy initiatives, delivering short and medium-term objectives
Be integral in the product buying process - you’ll ensure that all products ordered are delivered in a timely manner, representing us in the order tracking meetings with adidas
Strive for growth - you will manage and grow both our Golf apparel and Memorabilia categories, making product buying recommendations with the support of our Senior Category Manager
Identify new opportunities - you’ll proactively identify range gaps, trends and where open-to-buy exists, finding opportunities where it makes commercial sense to do so
Champion data analysis - you will prepare ad-hoc reports and work with our Senior Category Manager to present this data in monthly and quarterly meetings and you'll utilise reporting and performance analysis to ensure we're making data-driven decisions
Support Trading functions - you’ll attentively input into the retail marketing calendar process, contributing at trading meetings as well as the planning of launches and ongoing sales performance
Collaborate with Retail Marketing - you will regularly communicate ranges and launches to our Brand and Ecommerce and Stores teams, providing product nominations to support through paid social and paid search activities and you'll work with the BAA's to support the management of Ecommerce product shoots, deciding what products will be shot, taking buy and revenue opportunity into consideration
Establish and maintain impactful relationships - you'll relish the opportunity to build strong relationships across our Commercial and Football department to leverage endorsement opportunities to help drive sales, maximising player time at monthly club day with our Marketing team to ensure product usage on player shoots
Uphold our commitment to sustainability - you will contribute towards our Retail sustainability strategy, in line with our Brand strategy and Sustainability objectives

What we are looking for

Proven experience in a similar retail environment - you have substantial experience (at least 3 years) in buying or category management in apparel at a major retailer or supplier
Track record of buying and trading experience - you will possess a good level of operational experience across stores and Ecommerce as well as experience across women’s, men’s and kidswear apparel with the agility to work cross functionally to deliver goals
Best-in-class specialist knowledge - you have a passion for apparel and are ambitious with product direction and numbers, having excellent market awareness and knowledge of industry trends allowing you to identify areas of change, future actions and manage implementation whilst also challenging the status-quo
Detail-orientated mindset - you have excellent attention for product detail and financial awareness with the ability to multi-task and remain extremely organised
Proactive and adaptable approach - you thrive in a fast-paced, supporter focused sales environment and hold dynamic and entrepreneurial qualities alongside a trading mentality with the ability to quickly identify and communicate opportunities
Project management expertise - you have the ability and experience to manage projects and see things through to completion in a challenging environment, implementing strong communication and presentation skills throughout

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

An exciting reward and recognition scheme
Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
Great internal learning and development programmes
A flexible hybrid working model
Priority access to apply for match tickets
A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
A leading Employee Assistance Programme
Great discounts with some of our Partners

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch. 

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Application Closing Date - Thursday 30th January 2025

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.

Good luck!