Buying Admin Assistant - Womenswear

H&M; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Buyers Admin Assistant for their Womenswear RTW Team in London. The role involves managing samples, collaborating with team members, and ensuring smooth information flow within the buying department. Ideal candidates will be highly organized and proficient in communication.

Qualifications

• Highly organized with a clear understanding of COS aesthetics.
• Ability to work towards meeting deadlines within a team.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product team and coordinate daily priorities.
• Manage samples, prepare for meetings, and report website issues.
• Conduct competitor analysis and support the Buying Team during fit sessions.

Skills

Organisation

Communication

Collaboration

Time Management

Job description

Job Description

As a Buyers Admin Assistant for the Womenswear RTW Team, you should be highly organised, keeping up to date with the day-to-day admin, ensuring the collection room, sample wardrobe, and buying floor are kept tidy and organised. In this role, you will have a clear understanding of the COS aesthetics and the customer.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with all members of your product team, contributing to an efficient information and workflow process.
• Coordinate workload, organising daily priorities including ad hoc requests.
• Work actively towards meeting deadlines with your team.
• Manage samples for the team and wider business, including post, fits, marketing, updating the collection room, and sample sale.
• Prepare and support the Buying Team during fit sessions, updating the fitting list, steaming samples, and updating our PLM system.
• Support product overview updates and order amendments.
• Communicate daily issues with the production office team and supply chain.
• Collaborate with the Assistant Buyer to ensure smooth information handover to the wholesale team.
• Prepare for meetings, coordinate samples, and lab dips on request.
• Attend key department meetings, such as weekly trade, wholesale handover, and fitting sessions.
• Conduct competitor analysis and shopping in collaboration with the Assistant Buyer.
• Report issues regarding website copy and imagery to relevant teams.