Overview
Retail and Wool Buyers select and buy goods for resale in retail establishments, and value and buy wool sold by wool growers.
Day-to-day
- monitoring sales data and stock levels, and studying trade, manufacturers' and market information to keep informed of changing market conditions
- negotiating purchase, promotion and supply arrangements with suppliers
- designing and implementing pricing, marketing, promotional and display strategies
- liaising with management on long-term planning and sales promotions
- establishing working plans according to seasonal and budgetary requirements
- anticipating consumer trends and determining quantity, style and quality of goods to be purchased
- inspecting, comparing, selecting and valuing wool by determining colour, yield, micron and length
- inspecting and buying wool at auction, in wool brokers' stores and in farm sheds
- receiving samples from scoured wool exchanges
- may visit freezing works to buy slipe wool.
To become a Retail and Wool Buyer
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You usually need relevant experience to work as a Retail or Wool Buyer. Formal qualifications might be useful but aren't essential. A Vocational Education and Training (VET) or university qualification in retail, wool classing, business, marketing or another related field might be helpful.
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