Assistant Buyer

ASOS.com; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a Buyers Administrator to provide essential support to the Buying teams. This role is pivotal in managing the critical path, ensuring timely product delivery, and collaborating with various departments to enhance product development. The ideal candidate will be passionate about fashion, highly organised, and adept at building professional relationships. Join a vibrant team where your contributions will help shape exciting fashion ranges for a diverse customer base, all while enjoying a supportive and creative work environment.

Benefits

Employee discount

Personal development opportunities

Employee sample sales

Access to LinkedIn learning materials

25 days paid annual leave

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private medical care scheme

Flexible benefits allowance

Qualifications

• Super organised and able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of 20-something culture and ASOS customer.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the Critical Path and communicating with suppliers.
• Managing a high volume of samples and raising purchase orders.

Skills

Organisation

Attention to Detail

Fashion Knowledge

Relationship Building

MS Office Proficiency

Job description

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

Company Description

We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.

Job Description

THE ROLE

Buyers Administrators provide critical admin support to our Buying teams. They help the Buyer and Assistant buyer to develop and select the most exciting fashion ranges that are loved by our 20-something customer. They work collaboratively to ensure that the department runs smoothly, supporting with sample management, updating the critical path and raising orders in line with supplier and brand deadlines.

THE TEAM

ASOS is one of the UK's top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, creative and disciplined, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.

The Buying team is instrumental in making ASOS the first for fashion and trends across womenswear and menswear. Within our Own Buy function, which includes ASOS Design, ASOS White and Collusion, our teams focus on developing and delivering a range that pushes the boundaries and meets the needs of our customer. The Buyers work closely with several business areas including Design, Merchandising, Marketing and Garment Technology, and have relationships with a wide supplier base ensuring that the product we deliver is the best it can be. The Branded buying teams are responsible for creating and sourcing the brand mix for their department, covering big commercial brands through to high-end designers and emerging brands to offer our customer the most exciting fashion trends and create a point of difference in the global market

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining the Critical Path and communicating with suppliers to ensure that we meet each key date in the trading calendar and the product runs on time
• Managing and keeping track of a high volume of samples, through fit sessions, development, shoots, sign off meetings
• Accurately raising purchase orders in line with supplier/brand deadlines, and managing these throughout the product lifecycle to ensure the range plan is fully up to date
• Working closely with Merchandising, Design, Production, Technical, Marketing and your Brands/Suppliers daily
• Delivering efficient administrative support to the team, to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that relevant reports and files are kept up to date at all times
• Supporting your Buying team with product development that is customer focused and aligns with the wider business strategy, with relevant attention to commercialism, costing, and innovation
• Conducting regular comp shops to understand competitor activity, identifying opportunities for the department and presenting back ideas to the team
• Attending relevant systems and soft skills training, to drive your development
  
  
  

Qualifications

We'd love to meet someone who...

• Is super organised, able to use their initiative and to work in a fast-paced environment
• Lives and breathes fashion and is passionate about product
• Has a strong understanding of 20-something culture and the ASOS customer, and is able to find the latest trends relevant to them
• Has great attention to detail, to ensure all the important details such as selling price, shipment dates and product attributes are precise
• Is able to build great professional relationships
• Is confident using MS Office and learning new systems
  
  
  

Additional Information

BeneFITS’

• Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
• ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
• Employee sample sales
• Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
• 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day for a special moment
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private medical care scheme
• Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  General Business

• Industries

  Retail

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