Admin Assistant (Buying Team)

YGC PARTNERS LIMITED; Tong; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Yorkshire Garden Centres Group is seeking a Temporary Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team for a three-month period. You’ll support the Buying Director and team with admin, data handling and supplier liaison during a busy trading period.

This role suits a graduate or aspiring office professional who enjoys working with data, Excel and reports. Full-time (37.5 hours per week), on-site, during a key seasonal window.

Qualifications

• Strong administration and organisational skills.
• Confident using Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Comfortable working with data and spreadsheets.
• Good communication skills and confidence liaising with suppliers.
• Able to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.
• Proactive, reliable and keen to learn.

Responsibilities

• Providing day-to-day administrative support to the Buying Director and Buying Team
• Maintaining and updating spreadsheets and reports
• Extracting and running data from Tableau and other business systems
• Carrying out basic data analysis and identifying trends
• Chasing suppliers for information, pricing and product data
• Supporting the team with product administration and buying processes
• Ensuring information is accurate, organised and up to date
• Assisting with general administrative tasks and projects as required

Skills

Administration

Excel

Data handling

Tableau

Supplier liaison

Multi-tasking

Proactive

Attention to detail

Communication

Organisational skills

Tools

Excel

Tableau

Office apps

Job description

Description

Fixed Term Contract: 3 Months

Hours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)

Are you highly organised, confident working with data and spreadsheets, and looking for an opportunity to gain valuable commercial experience within a growing retail business?

We're looking for a Temporary Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team for a three-month period. Supporting our Buying Director and wider buying team during one of our busiest trading periods, you'll play a key role in keeping the department organised, informed and running efficiently.

This is an excellent opportunity for a graduate, someone seeking office experience, or an administrator who enjoys working with data, systems and suppliers. Perhaps you've always admired the retail, garden centre or lifestyle sector and would love to understand how products make their way from idea to shelf.

Maybe you're a recent graduate looking for practical commercial experience to strengthen your CV.

Or perhaps you're looking to make a career change and want an opportunity to learn new skills in a supportive environment.

Whatever your reason, if you're organised, curious, confident working with data and enjoy solving problems, we'd love to hear from you.

This role offers a genuine opportunity to get behind the scenes of an ambitious and fast paced business, gain valuable commercial experience and make a real contribution during a key trading period.

What you'll be doing

• Providing day-to-day administrative support to the Buying Director and Buying Team
• Maintaining and updating spreadsheets and reports
• Extracting and running data from Tableau and other business systems
• Carrying out basic data analysis and identifying trends
• Chasing suppliers for information, pricing and product data
• Supporting the team with product administration and buying processes
• Ensuring information is accurate, organised and up to date
• Assisting with general administrative tasks and projects as required

What we're looking for

• Strong administration and organisational skills
• Confident using Microsoft Excel and other Office applications
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Comfortable working with data and spreadsheets
• Good communication skills and confidence liaising with suppliers
• Able to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively
• Proactive, reliable and keen to learn

At Yorkshire Garden Centres Group, you'll be part of a friendly and supportive team, gaining exposure to the commercial side of a multi-site retail business. This role offers hands-on experience within buying, merchandising and data analysis, making it ideal for someone looking to develop their office, commercial or retail career.

Company Overview

We are an independently owned business committed to our vision: to deliver great experiences for all the family. Through retail, food and play offerings in each of our retail destinations, we believe we have created a unique mix of brands that always deliver great experiences for families across multiple sites in Yorkshire.