
Buying Manager
Pandora
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: North Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Lead the assortment and buying strategy across all collections and channels – ensuring every store has the right product at the right time.
- Shape the product direction using insight, consumer intuition, market trends and bold commercial thinking combining sales insights, trend forecasting, and local customer understanding to influence global direction.
- Influence global product decisions by bringing strong ANZ perspective, grounded insights and product opportunities forward
- Partner cross-functionally with VM, Marketing, Training, and Retail to bring our product stories to life.
- Analyse performance and lead actions that maximise sales, profitability, and inventory health.
- Drive continual improvement in assortment effectiveness and category growth
- Inspire, mentor, and develop a talented team of assortment planners – building future merchandising leaders.
Requirements
- A strategic product leader with strong buying or merchandising experience
- Commercially brave – comfortable making decisions that drive growth, not just protect the plan
- Passion for product storytelling and understanding what unlocks customer demand
- Strong analytical capability combined with intuition and curiosity
- Proven ability to challenge, influence and inspire cross-functional partners
- A self-starter who thrives with autonomy and loves to “own the space”
- Ready to grow, reshape and elevate the assortment approach across ANZ
- A leadership style that is collaborative, empowering, and built on curiosity
Benefits
- Generous staff discount on all Pandora products
- Extra days off including Wellness Days and Birthday Leave
- Opportunities for development
- Health care package
- STIP Bonus
- Hybrid Working Arrangements: 3 days in the office, 2 days working remotely
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
buying strategymerchandisingtrend forecastingsales analysisinventory managementassortment planningcategory growthproduct directionconsumer insightsperformance analysis
Soft Skills
strategic leadershipcommercial decision-makingproduct storytellinganalytical capabilityinfluencementoringcollaborationempowermentcuriosityself-starter