North Devon Competitive pay Full-time hours Monday-Friday PermanentIntroductionAcorn by Synergie is recruiting for an experienced Buyer to join a successful business in North Devon. This permanent role is responsible for formulating and implementing the buying strategy for an assigned area, ensuring effective planning and trading activity to drive profitable growth.Key Duties:Develop and propose seasonal departmental strategy with the Buying, Design and Merchandising teams in line with overall company strategy.Establish key financial parameters in partnership with Buying and Merchandising, and agree these with the Management Team.Work closely with the Design team to develop seasonal ranges that deliver the product strategy.Contribute to sourcing strategy outlining mid- and long-term plans for the global supply base, and implement accordingly.Negotiate and agree payment terms and product costs, ensuring payment lead times do not impact launch dates.Collaborate with Design, Buying and Merchandising to develop and select commercial ranges that deliver departmental strategy, and secure sign-off from Management.Plan seasonal pricing and promotional policy with the Merchandiser in line with strategy, feeding into the company business calendar.Oversee order placement, ensuring all KPIs and delivery targets are met.Ensure accurate upkeep of key buying documents, including range plans, critical paths and order tracking.Own the critical path process through regular supplier liaison to