Address What we expect from you:
Range Planning & Sample Management
Communications & Web, Catalogue, Social Media
Team Success
Key competencies and skills will include:
Key performance indicators could include:
The benefits.:
To assist the clothing buying team to help ensure the smooth-running process of purchasing and producing own brand clothing and where required also Maternity and Essentials Department. Working closely with the other members of the buying and wider design and production team this role helps ensure goods are developed and then produced to schedule, to target costings and to the quality standard expected.
What we look for in you: Systems, Supply and Delivery
- Under the supervision of the Assistant Buyer issue new & revised items to the vendors
- Assisting in maintaining information flows & ensuring critical dates are achieved
- Assisting in the maintenance of accurate data on the system, including PO delivery & dates.
- Under the guidance of the Assistant Buyer helping gather and track information from new and existing suppliers.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Buyer setting up new styles & vendors on the system.
- Assisting the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in sending out top line order to vendors.
- Assisting the Buyer and Assistant Buyer to raise purchase orders & distributing them to the vendors.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Buyer liaising with the vendors regarding their Critical Paths & key dates (sample sending date, handover dates, etc.)
- Attending critical path & delivery meetings & liaising with the production & shipping teams on item statuses.
Range Planning & Sample Management
- Organising samples for reviews.
- Assisting the team in sending and logging samples and submissions on the critical path.
- Under the direction of Assistant Buyer collating seasonal & weekly comp shops, as required.
- Presenting comp shops to the wider team during the Monday trade meetings when BAA or AB is absent.
- Supporting the Assistant Buyer to produce key team visual and data led information such as sales and selections and helping maintain key product information files.
Communications & Web, Catalogue, Social Media
- Requesting & chasing photo and wholesale samples
- Supporting the team in preparing & packing samples for Photoshoot
- Attending Photoshoot, if required
- Proofing of data, website and catalogues as necessary
Team Success
- Managing own tasks and speaking up when completed or if unable to complete.
- Assisting colleagues where possible
- Identifying issues and raising them to more senior BAA or AB
- General administrative support to the wider Buying Team.
- General office duties such as taking messages and forwarding calls, accepting parcels and couriers. Supporting reception if required
Key competencies and skills will include:
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- Exemplary verbal and written English
- Good computer skills – MS office package, ability to learn in house programs, database experience and strong excel skills. Experience with Microsoft Navision an advantage.
- Highly organised, numerical and efficient with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Degree or equivalent experience that demonstrates the expected skills.
- Ability to be an efficient, multi-tasking and reliable team member who can be responsible for their own priorities and workload.
Key performance indicators could include:
- Successfully supporting the Clothing Buying Team to meet the critical path.
- Accuracy of Navision and spreadsheets.
- Actively seeking to achieve team goals and assist others, supporting colleagues.
- Using initiative to improve the way we do things.
- Aptitude to learn whilst in the role.
- Being a positive influence in the team and wider business
- Acting in accordance with our B-Corp principles and engaging in our ethos and culture.
The benefits.:
- We believe R&R is important so for each year you’re with us, you have an extra day’s holiday (up to 10 additional days)
- Why work on your Birthday? Have it off!
- Helping plan for the future - contributory pension scheme
- Being mindful – Health and Wellbeing Hub
- Having a great time - fabulous social events
- Supporting our communities – volunteer days
- We love our products! Up to 40% discount for you to enjoy
- “It’s up to you” learning environment - ongoing training and educational development initiatives and opportunities.
- Dog Friendly Offices
- Hybrid Working up to 3 days a week
