Boardriders Australia
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Buyer Full Time
Boardriders is the home of some of the world’s most iconic action sports and lifestyle brands. Built on a passion for surf, snow and skate culture, our brands connect people with the outdoors, creativity and community.
Why You’ll Love It Here
We live the lifestyle our brands represent and work with passionate people who care about what they do. You will join a team that values authenticity, collaboration and community and you will have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while enjoying:
- Generous discounts on clothing and products – save up to 75% across our brands for you and your family
- Opportunities for career growth and personal development
- A genuine work/life balance within a unique, supportive environment
- Regular staff events, including our legendary annual surf day (that’s right, a fully paid day at the beach featuring our own surf competition with team athletes, outdoor Pilates, beach games, food trucks, and plenty more)
- A campus‑style workspace showcasing each of our brands, complete with an on‑site café, free parking, and just a 5‑minute drive to the beach
- Free, exclusive lunchtime gym sessions at World Gym Burleigh
About the Role
Our Buyers work closely with the product, marketing and planning team by using their creative expertise, market knowledge, along with buying and planning acumen to deliver commercially relevant ranges in our retail channels. You’ll lead and drive product assortment that best supports the current and future wants and needs of our customers and delivers optimal range opportunities. As well as executing the Buying strategy to drive sales and margin, delivering best-in-class visual experience and delivers on stock turns and closing inventory requirements. And ultimately, bring a merchandise assortment to life in DTC (Direct to Consumer) channels that encompasses total outfitting, compelling brand storytelling, maximises the businesses sales and margin potential and leads the target market in future trend.
This is a dynamic role providing you with unique exposure across multiple high-profile brands and the opportunity to interact with all our channel teams that help deliver our product to the end consumer. It’s a great opportunity for experienced Senior Buyers and Buyers to gain experience in a large business with a suite of lifestyle brands.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead the end‑to‑end product assortment for DTC channels, ensuring ranges meet current and future customer needs while aligning with brand strategy and market trends.
- Drive sales, margin, stock turn and inventory outcomes through strong buying execution, commercial decision‑making and data‑led range optimisation.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Planning, Marketing, Retail, eComm and VM teams to deliver cohesive seasonal ranges, compelling storytelling and best‑in‑class visual execution.
- Manage forecasting, OTB, supplier relationships, quality standards and supply continuity to maximise profitability and protect commercial performance.
- Analyse sales, customer behaviour and market insights to inform pricing, promotions, markdowns and ongoing assortment refinement.
What You Bring
You are a commercially minded buyer with a sharp eye for product, a deep understanding of customer needs and the ability to build ranges that deliver real commercial impact.
You’ll bring:
- Proven experience in buying, ideally within a fast‑paced multi‑brand, multi‑channel environment.
- Demonstrated leadership capability with experience coaching, developing and managing teams.
- Strong track record executing strategic category and buying plans that drive sales, margin and inventory efficiency.
- Solid merchandise planning expertise, including OTB management, ROI principles and strong numerical competency.
- Highly analytical and commercially minded, with the ability to interpret data and make sound decisions.
- Excellent communicator and collaborator with strong influencing and negotiation skills.
About Us
Boardriders is home to the world’s most iconic action sports and lifestyle brands, including Quiksilver, Billabong, Roxy, RVCA, Volcom, DC Shoes, Element, and more. We exist to awaken the spirit of freedom and adventure, building communities and protecting the playgrounds we love.
