Buying Admin Assistant

N Brown Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fashion retailer in Manchester is looking for a Buying Admin Assistant to support the buying team with administrative tasks, maintain accurate systems, and assist in market analysis. Candidates should have excellent organizational skills, a strong customer-focused attitude, and ideally some retail experience. The role offers flexible hours and a hybrid working model, along with benefits like a bonus scheme and mental health support.

Benefits

24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays)

Annual bonus scheme

Enhanced maternity and adoption leave

Company pension with up to 8% contribution

Mental health support

Colleague discount across all brands

Onsite café with subsidised rates

Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance

Paid volunteer time

Qualifications

• Strong administrative capabilities with proficiency in communication.
• Interest in retail and home products.
• Motivated individual with a passion for customer service.

Responsibilities

• Support the buying team with their administration tasks.
• Ensure accuracy of information in all systems.
• Maintain the critical path for timelines.
• Assist with market analysis and trade meetings.
• Manage the samples and ad hoc administrative tasks.

Skills

Excellent administrative, communication and organisation skills

Keen interest in home product and customer first

Driven & motivated

Retail experience preferred

Job description

Here at N Brown, we champion inclusivity by making our customers look and feel amazing. We don’t believe that age, size, shape or background should stop anyone from feeling confident, stylish and happy with the way they look and feel. With our industry leading expertise in creating fashion that fits, we’ve been proudly breaking down these barriers for over 150 years. We help our customers to express themselves with stylish products, helpful services and flexible finance. Now, we’re moving forward together, embracing innovation and new technology, to continue to delight our customers.

Working here you’ll explore everything the world of digital retail has to offer — asking questions, trying new things and chasing new opportunities. Combine this curiosity with the freedom to make your own decisions, take charge of projects and work flexibly, and you’ve got the perfect place to show your skills and learn new ones. It’s fast and furious here at times, but this just means something new and exciting is always on the way. So, if you collaborate, think on your feet, embrace innovation and love rising to a challenge, your work with us will have a serious impact on the business, your career and our customers’ lives. We are proud to be N Brown.

Buying Admin Assistant

The Buying Admin Assistant role reports to a Buyer / Category Manager, working together to deliver the best ranges for our customers, and manages the administration of a given department, ensuring all systems are kept up to date. The aim is to deliver a profitable customer centric range and provide day to day administrative support to the category.

What you’ll be responsible for as a Buying Admin Assistant :

• Supporting the buying team with their administration
• Responsible for keeping information up to date and correct in all relevant systems and database’s
• Maintaining the critical path
• Supporting AB’s with analysis of the retail market and customer activity through competitive shops, sales and trend
• Supporting weekly trade meetings through best seller reports
• Maintenance of samples – chasing and booking in
• Ad hoc duties are also an essential daily part of the Buying Admin Assistant job role as you are providing full administrative support to the fashion buying team

What you will need to succeed as a Buying Admin Assistant :

• Excellent administrative, communication and organisation skills
• A keen interest in home product and customer first
• Driven & motivated
• Retail experience preferred

What’s in it for you?

• 24 days holiday (+ 8 bank holidays) with the option to buy an additional 10 days
• Annual bonus scheme
• Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Company pension with up to 8% N Brown contribution
• Mental Health support both internally and externally, including access to our wellbeing champions and counselling services
• A range of financial wellbeing support Colleague discount across all N Brown brands Onsite café with subsidised rates and local restaurant discounts!
• Life Assurance and Private Medical Insurance
• Paid volunteer time – all our colleagues can take a full day paid to volunteer for a charity of your choice

Ways of Working :

We offer hybrid working which varies across the business depending on the role you’re in. Our Head Office is located in the Northern Quarter in Manchester City Centre. So if you are travelling by train, tram or bus we’re perfectly located, plus we’re surrounded by cool cafes, trendy bars and the best places to eat!

Our full-time working hours are 36.17 per week over 5-days. We don’t have strict working hours therefore there is some flexibility around start and finish times as long as you are meeting the needs of the business.

Our promise to you :

We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

What happens when you apply to a role at N Brown?

As soon as we receive your application, we’ll send you an email to let you know. We always aim to come back to you as soon as possible with an update and we really appreciate you taking the time to apply for a role with us. Good luck!

Employees in our business may have access to our customers’ personal data therefore for a number of our roles, offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory criminal record check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an individual from obtaining a position with N Brown Group.