Retail and Wool Buyers

Key Tasks

• •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

Employment Projections to 2034