Assistant Buyer & Merchandiser

Hulcan; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retailer based in the UK is looking for an Assistant Buyer and Merchandiser to support the Buying and Merchandising teams. Key responsibilities include maintaining accurate product data, assisting with brand onboarding, and ensuring stock integrity. The ideal candidate should be detail-oriented, organized, and have a background in buying or merchandising. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, professional development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package

Opportunities for professional development

Collaborative work environment

Exposure to international brands

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with product data.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets and internal systems.
• Experience in a buying or merchandising environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buying team with data accuracy and buysheets.
• Assist with product uploads and maintaining product information.
• Organize assets for visual merchandising campaigns.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Spreadsheet proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The Assistant Buyer and Merchandiser supports the Buying and Merchandising teams by maintaining accurate product data, buy documentation, and stock integrity across assigned brands. The role plays a key part in ensuring products are commercially sound from buy through to launch, supporting smooth day-to-day operations and contributing to well-informed buying and merchandising decisions.

Buying & Product Administration

• Support the Buying team with buysheets, ensuring product details, pricing, sizes, and imagery are complete and accurate.
• Assist with brand onboarding admin, including gathering product data and supporting documentation.
• Conduct Order Confirmation checks to validate product, pricing, and quantity accuracy.
• Complete brand discrepancy reports, flagging inconsistencies across deliveries, data, and documentation.
• Perform simple data pulls and reporting to support buying and trading decisions.

Product Data & Stock Integrity

• Collate, review, and verify product data ahead of uploads to ensure consistency across systems.
• Support product uploads from a data accuracy and merchandising perspective.
• Assist with maintaining clean and reliable product information across internal tools and platforms.

Merchandising Support

• Support Visual Merchandising tasks by organising assets and preparing product content for campaigns and launches.
• Prepare and update Product Files for the design and merchandising teams.

Skills & Experience

• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with product data and documentation.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, shared drives, and internal systems.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working cross-functionally with Buying, Merch, and Operations teams.
• Required: Background buying or merchandising.

Personal Qualities

• Commercially curious with a structured, detail-oriented mindset.
• Proactive and reliable, with a strong sense of ownership.
• Enjoys working behind the scenes to keep processes running smoothly.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Exposure to international brands.