Buying Assistant

Superdrug Stores; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Staff discount

Discount on Superdrug products

Hybrid working

Company pension matching

Stream app

Learning & development

Enhanced maternity

Job summary

Superdrug Head Office in East Croydon is seeking a proactive Buying professional to join our team. You will collaborate with suppliers and colleagues across Buying, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing and Stores to drive promotions and product setup.

This role emphasizes data, reporting, and process improvements, with hybrid work options (2 days from home, 3 days in the office). We offer 33 days holiday, staff discounts, and a supportive development culture.

Qualifications

• Excellent organisational and communication skills: written and verbal.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Ability to work to deadlines and prioritise workload.
• Able to work following process and on own initiative.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Team player.
• Confident, energetic approach.
• Excellent PC skills – Microsoft Excel.
• A passion for developing a career in Buying.

Responsibilities

• Interacting with stakeholders across Buying, Merchandising, Supply Chain and Marketing.
• Managing promotional activity and loading offers onto systems.
• Supporting end-to-end promotional process including POS sign-off.
• Assisting with new product setup, checking retail and cost prices.
• Providing accurate reporting for weekly trade and on request.
• Collaborating with Marketing to implement buyer-led promotions.
• Reviewing effectiveness of promotions and communicating results.
• Producing communications for stores and ensuring teams have information.

Skills

Organisational skills

Attention to detail

Deadline driven

Flexible and adaptable

Team player

Energetic approach

Excel proficiency

Career in Buying

Job description

Join Superdrug Head Office- Make a Real Difference Every Day!

Location: East Croydon
Hours:37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
Salary:Competitive

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here’s the excitingbit… A day includes:

• Interactingwith a variety of stakeholders including suppliers and colleagues acrossBuying, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Marketing and Stores
• Managingpromotional activity and loading offers onto our systems
• Supportingthe business to effectively deliver the end to end promotional processincluding POS sign off and promotional loading
• Assistwith the smooth implementation of new product setup, including checkingretail and cost prices
• Providingaccurate reporting for weekly trade and on request
• Proactivelyresolve queries and escalating where necessary
• Collaboratewith the Marketing team to implement buyer led marketing promotion plansand strategies developed by the buying team which adhere to legislationand brand guidelines
• Helpwith the review and evaluation of the effectiveness of promotions
• Producingcommunications for stores and ensuring teams have the information theyneed.
• Creatingreports and analysing data for sales and category meetings.
• Supportingthe development of more efficient ways of working and helping improveexisting processes
• Beingthe go-to person who keeps everything organised and running smoothlybehind the scenes
• Alwaysseek out fresh ways to work through technology and/or Ai that can boost the business and move things forward.
• Activelydeveloping your ability to use AI effectively and think critically aboutoutputs

This job is for you if:

• Youare health and beauty obsessed and love staying up to date with the latesttrends
• You’reresilient and would thrive in a fast-paced, everchanging environment
• Youknow you add value through your ability to build great collaborativerelationships
• Youunderstand the importance of your role in the business and take pride inyour attention to detail
• You’reambitious and eager to learn the first step in the buying journey
• Youare motivated by delivering results and can easily work to deadlines
• Youget satisfaction though seeing the products for the category you supportout on store shelves for our customers to buy
• Youradaptable approach means you can easily pick up a new way of working orprocess
• Yourcurious and can challenge where you see an opportunity for us to dobetter
• Committedto join in, have some fun and celebrate everyone’s hard work
• Buildsgreat working relationships based on trust, respect and takes into accountothers needs
• Regularlyasks for feedback and uses it to improve and grow
• Breaksdown problems into smaller, manageable steps for easier resolution.

What you’ll need to succeed

• Excellentorganisational and communication skills: written and verbal
• Excellentattention to detail
• Abilityto work to deadline and prioritise workload
• Ableto work both following process and on own initiative
• Flexibleand adaptable
• TeamPlayer
• Confidentenergetic approach
• ExcellentPC skills – Microsoft Office packages especially Excel
• A passion for developing a career inBuying

Here’s what's in it for you:

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• We offer Stream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
• Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
• We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support
• Come and be part of something special!

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