Company Description
Established in 1854, Ballantyne’s is well recognised as New Zealand’s first department store. We pride ourselves on our welcoming service and quality merchandise. Ballantynes is an iconic family-owned business that continues to provide its clients with a superior customer retail experience.
Job Description
As a Buyer, you will be accountable for providing a complete offering for our customers.
You will develop and implement brand strategies successfully across all stores; achieving budgeted sales, planned stocks and productivity KPI’s.

Being a Buyer at Ballantynes is a varied and exciting role. You will be responsible for:

• Managing the procurement of merchandise for your area, sourcing the latest exclusive stock, ensuring orders match anticipated demand.
• Engage proactively with key suppliers, managing the relationship and building mutually beneficial strategies to grow sales.
• Developing and implementing promotional plans to maximise overall category and department sales.
• Successfully managing sales and stock levels against Budgets.
• Leading and supporting the Purchasing Assistant and Planner to enable delivery of the buying strategy and budgets.
• To actively research the market, identifying and securing new sources of supply that will positively contribute to the business results and that are most relevant to the customer.
• Remain up to speed with the latest trends to understand what our customer wants.
• Actively participating in our events and magazines.

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

Being a successful Buyer is a balance of art and science and requires trend awareness and analytical ability, negotiating skills and the drive to succeed.

We are seeking applicants with the following:

• Buying experience preferred.
• Proven commercial acumen
• Ability to interpret and analyse data, and use forecasting tools to aid decision making, competent Excel user.
• A customer driven focus.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong planning and time management skills.
• Great communication, confident presentation skills and negotiation skills.
• Experience motivating and developing a team.
• Experience with international sourcing would be preferred.
• Full driving license required and willingness to travel.

You will work hard and need to be goal focused. In return you get to work in a great team in a unique environment, enjoy our staff discount and have the opportunity to travel in the future.
Additional Information
This is a permanent full time role working Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week.
Applications close, 11 September 2025.
Please note, we will be interviewing candidates during the application period so the role may close earlier than the end date.
Applicants must have current eligibility to work in New Zealand

• Managing the procurement of merchandise for your area, sourcing the latest exclusive stock, ensuring orders match anticipated demand.
• Engage proactively with key suppliers, managing the relationship and building mutually beneficial strategies to grow sales.
• Developing and implementing promotional plans to maximise overall category and department sales.
• Successfully managing sales and stock levels against Budgets.
• Leading and supporting the Purchasing Assistant and Planner to enable delivery of the buying strategy and budgets.
• To actively research the market, identifying and securing new sources of supply that will positively contribute to the business results and that are most relevant to the customer.
• Remain up to speed with the latest trends to understand what our customer wants.
• Actively participating in our events and magazines