Buying Assistant

Rise Resourcing; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Resourcing is recruiting for a Buying Assistant to join a well-established retailer at their Midlands head office. You will support the Buying Team to drive growth within the category and thrive in a fast-paced retail environment.

Key duties include creating product listings, processing supplier invoices, collating promotional information, and maintaining supplier data. The role requires accuracy, strong Excel skills, and excellent communication across levels.

Qualifications

• Experience in Buying or a relevant degree.
• Ability to work under pressure with deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills at all levels.
• High level of accuracy and organisation.

Responsibilities

• Providing support to the Buying department.
• Creating new product listings on the system.
• Raising and inputting supplier invoices.
• Assisting in collating promotional information from suppliers to build the promotional pack for each category.
• Collating and inputting supplier information.
• Work cross functionally with Buying & logistics to maintain relationships.
• Liaising with internal customers, suppliers and other departments.
• Reviewing pricing and analyzing figures in Excel.
• Maintaining data records and files.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Job description

I am currently recruiting for a Buying Assistant to join a well-established retailer to join the team based within their Midlands head office. You will be responsible for assisting the Buying Team to ensure continued growth within the category. As a Buying Assistant, you will need to be driven and dynamic and thrive working in a fast-paced retail environment.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Providing support to the Buying department
• Creating new product listings on the system
• Raising and inputting supplier invoices
• Assisting in collating promotional information from suppliers to build the promotional pack for each category.
• Collating and inputting supplier information
• Work cross functionally with Buying & logistics to ensure departmental relationships are maintained.
• Liaising with internal customers, suppliers and other departments
• Reviewing pricing & analysing figures within Excel
• Maintaining data records and files

Key requirement for the role;

• Experience within Buying or a relevant degree
• Highly accurate with a good attention to detail
• Ability to manage a varied workload with conflicting deadlines.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively at all levels.
• Good level of education – degree is preferable.
• Excellent understanding of all MS Office products specifically Excel

In return they are offering a fantastic working environment so if you think you have the right experience as a Buying Assistant or strong Administrative skills and want to be given the opportunity to develop your career.