Buyers Admin Assistant - Level 1

New Look; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 30.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

40% staff discount

Access to discounts from top retailers

Contributory private pension scheme

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Free Virtual GP access

Buy more holiday scheme

Extra paid day off on birthday

Cycle2Work scheme

Interest-free season ticket loans

Free breakfast if running late

Descripción de la vacante

Join a forward-thinking company that values creativity and teamwork! As a Buying Admin Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in supporting the Buying team, ensuring that fashion trends are met with accuracy and passion. This dynamic position involves managing daily tasks, preparing samples, and maintaining purchase orders, all while working in a fast-paced environment. With a commitment to employee development, the company offers numerous benefits that enhance work-life balance and promote personal growth. If you're eager to make an impact in the retail industry, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Formación

• Understanding of fashion trends and high street knowledge.
• Previous experience as a Buying Admin Assistant is preferred.

Responsabilidades

• Manage daily/weekly tasks and support the Buying team.
• Maintain purchase orders and assist with supplier management.
• Prepare samples for meetings and maintain department range.

Conocimientos

Understanding of fashion trends

Accuracy

Passion for Product

Experience in Fashion/Retail

Descripción del empleo

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From our first store in the 1960s, a little Taunton shop with great clothes and even better prices, to an omni-channel business serving millions of customers… we're New Look.

Our purpose is always to inspire That New Look Feeling and we believe that starts with us. Our values motivate us every day: we play to win, we’re customer-obsessed and we work as one.

The Team

Buying is the department that brings together creative inspiration & commercial planning to deliver the best ranges for our customer. Product is at the heart of everything we do, from developing the best prints for dresses, the must have coat of the season or the ‘It’ bag. Always thinking ‘customer first’ we work hard with our suppliers in the UK & across the world to deliver fashion at amazing prices & as quickly as possible. Buying is fast paced and exciting & every day is unique.

Responsibilities:

• Managing daily /weekly tasks in line with Ways Of Working (WOW)
• Preparation for Departmental Meetings
• Supporting the Buying team with data entry
• Working to the Critical Path to meet all deadlines
• Maintaining purchase orders in the Critical Path in the relevant system
• Assisting the team with supplier slippage management
• Actioning any order amendments under direction from the B&M team
• Labeling, logging, organising and filing samples
• Preparing samples for meetings
• Maintaining the departments range and samples
• Driving the press sample process to ensure that the department offer is fully potentialised

About You:

• An understanding of fashion trends and knowledge of the high street
• Accuracy
• Demonstrates passion for Product
• Previous experience working in Fashion / Retail and / or as a Buying Admin Assistant

Why New Look?

The amazing people, the fashion – there are so many reasons to love working at New Look. We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

Benefits & Perks:

• You’ll *love* our generous staff discount – 40% off for you and a loved one, and 25% off for up to 12 friends and family members!
• Get special access to hundreds of discounts from top retailers and gyms, along with free workout classes, on our rewards platform Runway.
• Plan for your retirement while you work with our contributory private pension scheme.
• Our family-friendly policies include enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Benefit from free Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you.
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year.
• Save money with our Cycle2Work scheme.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans.
• Enjoy a free breakfast on us if you’re running late!

Please note – these benefits and perks are non-contractual and may be changed from time to time.

Apply now to find out more!

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer; our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Administrative, Purchasing, and Supply Chain

Industries

Retail and Retail Apparel and Fashion