Buying Admin Placement

The Dune Group; London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic footwear brand, known for its quality and style, seeks an enthusiastic Buying Assistant for a one-year placement in London. This role involves supporting the Buying team efficiently, ensuring seamless product movement and contributing to market awareness. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and a passion for footwear, while enjoying a vibrant workplace culture that promotes growth and well-being.

Benefits

60% employee discount

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Cycle2work

Company pension scheme

Life assurance for all team members

Team socials and drinks

Access to employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Ability to cope under pressure.
• Strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buying team with administration duties.
• Maintain the critical path and liaise with suppliers.
• Assist with sample handovers for photography.

Skills

Time management

Communication

Trend awareness

Passion for buying

Job description

About us

Dune London is the leading affordable luxury footwear and accessories brand in the UK, with broad distribution across both the UK and internationally. It has 50 stores in the UK and over 100 in 25 countries around the world. The company is entering a period of sustained growth both through additional stores, expansion of sales on its online channels and through third party partners both in the UK and globally. Celebrating its 30th anniversary the group has over the years built an enviable position as the specialist in quality fashion footwear and accessories which has given it a unique position at the high end of the high street.

About the role

Kick-start your career with a 1-year placement in our energetic Buying team! You'll play a vital role in keeping products moving into the business—especially across our fast-paced wholesale and international markets—while gaining hands-on experience and building skills that matter.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the Buying team on a day to day basis with administration duties.
• Maintain the critical path and liaise with Suppliers when needed to identify any issues or changes and take action.
• Raise Purchase Orders numbers and ensure consistent communication across the team.
• Maintain data integrity on all wholesale and US POs as instructed by supply chain to ensure customs compliance
• Assist with sample handovers of wholesale and US ranges for photography in line with wholesale and US critical path
• Coordinate sample handover between Buying team and US wholesale team to send sample sets to US account managers in line with US critical path
• Keep up to date with current and future trends to be aware of our competitor activity and send round weekly comp report
• Adhoc duties to assist with wider buying team where additional resource is required, including but not limited to holiday cover for BAAs across all buying teams

EXPERIENCE / SKILLS REQUIRED:

• A passion for Buying and footwear.
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to cope under pressure.
• Aware of current and future trends.
• Good communication skills.

About the perks

• Blended working – spreading your time across our office and remote working
• Brand new sustainable office in bustling West London (near Westfield)
• Friendly and open culture with flat structures allowing plenty of opportunity for development.
• Company growth and opportunity; Dune is opening new stores and channels and evolving all the time
• Open-minded company, welcoming thoughts and ideas to be shared
• Working with charitable organisations to help raise funds and give something back. Our current charity partner is Mental Health UK.
• 60% employee discount on Dune products – what’s not to love!
• 25 days holiday (plus the bank holidays)
• Cycle2work
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance for all team members
• We look after our people
• 3.00 p.m. finish every pay day Friday!
• Team socials and drinks – we like to have fun!
• Access to our employee assistance programme, retailTRUST, who provide loads of resources to support with wellbeing and personal development offer free counselling legal advice and financial guidance.
• Our own Wellbeing Allies – there to talk when you need them.

What happens next?

We will take a good look at your application and if we don’t feel we are right for you, we’ll make sure we let you know but sadly we are not able to give tailored feedback.

If we are excited to find out more about you, we will give you a call and arrange to talk.

A few things that might help:

• Research the brand, the role, your interviewer on LinkedIn; browse our website; and visit a store if you can
• Make sure you have plenty of examples to show off all your amazing skills and experience relevant to this role