Assistant Buyer – Homeware – Hybrid (TGN5313) – Excellent £ DOE

Tagged Resources; Manchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an Assistant Buyer to join their Home Buying department in Manchester. The successful candidate will support the Buyer in achieving sales and margin targets, while acquiring valuable experience in market analysis and supplier management.

Qualifications

• 1 – 2 years experience at Assistant Buyer level.
• Good knowledge of the current market.
• Display accuracy when inputting data.

Responsibilities

• Assist with developing product ranges and monitor competitor activity.
• Manage critical path and maintain internal buying documentation.
• Build relationships with suppliers and ensure timely paperwork submissions.

Skills

Organisational Skills

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Teamwork

Flexibility

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SAP

Job description

Location: Manchester

Type: Permanent

Industry: Homeware

Job Ref: TGN5313

The Company

We are recruiting for an Assistant Buyer to join the Home Buying department. The successful candidate will work closely to support the Buyer and wider team to ensure that sales, stock and margin targets are achieved. You will have bundles of passion and energy to successfully drive and contribute to our ranges.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Assist the buyer to develop a range for our target customer, ensuring the best price and quality.
• Monitor competitor activity and demonstrate commercial awareness through regular comp shops and the maintenance of price baskets.
• Complete key administrative tasks, both day-to-day and ad-hoc including the management of the critical path, departmental diary and sample room
• Work to deadlines, creating and updating internal buying documentation to support the smooth running of the department and communicate completion to the wider teams.
• Work closely with the creative team to manage samples and hit all key dates for scheduled seasonal shoots
• Build strong external relationships with suppliers and manage the timely submission of all paperwork, samples & images.
• Build strong internal relationships with Merchandising, Technology and Marketing departments.
• Accurately input data for product into SAP systems

The Successful Candidate will have:

• 1 – 2 years’ experience at Assistant Buyer level.
• Good knowledge of the current market.
• Excellent organisational skills and a good eye for detail.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to build strong relationships both internally and externally
• Enjoy working as a team and demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in responding to ad hoc, one-off jobs.
• Display accuracy and be thorough when inputting data and checking information.
• Microsoft office skills, especially Excel
• SAP data input experience preferred, but not essential as training will be provided.
• Good analytical skills, utilise sales information to improve overall sales
• Excellent communication skills
• Be confident with strong presentation skills