Buying Assistant (3 days a week)

Superdrug; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday (38 with service)

Staff discount codes

30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand

Pension matching

Learning & Development programmes

Job summary

Superdrug is seeking a detail-oriented Buying Assistant to support category plans and promotions from our head office by East Croydon. You will help implement range reviews, pricing, stock checks and new product setup, while collaborating with Marketing and the Buying team to follow brand guidelines.

If you’re health and beauty obsessed, thrive in a fast-paced environment and are keen to learn the buying journey, this role offers progression into product category ownership in time.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Assist with the smooth implementation of category plans including range reviews, promotions pricing and stock that are consistent with overall commercial strategy and financial objectives.
• Collaborate with the Marketing team to implement buyer led marketing promotion plans and strategies developed by the buying team which adhere to legislation and brand guidelines.
• Help with the review and evaluation of the effectiveness of promotions.
• Assist with the smooth implementation of new product setup, including checking retail and cost prices.
• Potential to buy your own product category once you’ve settled into the role, which will offer the opportunity for future progression.

Skills

Organisational & communication

Attention to detail

Deadlines & prioritisation

Process & initiative

Flexibility & adaptability

Confident energetic approach

Excel

Buying career passion

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

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 exciting bit…a day includes

Assist with the smooth implementation of category plans including range reviews, promotions pricing and stock that are consistent with overall commercial strategy and financial objectives.

Collaborate with the Marketing team to implement buyer led marketing promotion plans and strategies developed by the buying team which adhere to legislation and brand guidelines

Help with the review and evaluation of the effectiveness of promotions

Assist with the smooth implementation of new product setup, including checking retail and cost prices

Potential to buy your own product category once you’ve settled into the role, which will offer the opportunity for future progression

This job is for you if:

You are health and beauty obsessed and love staying up to date with the latest trends

You’re resilient and would thrive in a fast-paced, everchanging environment

You know you add value through your ability to build great collaborative relationships

You understand the importance of your role in the business and take pride in your attention to detail

You’re ambitious and eager to learn the first step in the buying journey

You are motivated by delivering results and can easily work to deadlines

You get satisfaction though seeing the products for the category you support out on store shelves for our customers to buy

Your adaptable approach means you can easily pick up a new way of working or process

Your curious and can challenge where you see an opportunity for us to do better

What you’ll need to succeed

• Excellent organisational and communication skills: written and verbal
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work to deadline and prioritise workload
• Able to work both following process and on own initiative
• Flexible and adaptable
• Confident energetic approach
• Excellent PC skills – Microsoft Office packages especially Excel
• A passion for developing a career in Buying

Here’s what’s in it for you

Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK.

• 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
• Experience working in fast paced commercial or retail head office environment
• 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!
• 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
• 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
• Currently we are working from home in line with government guidelines When we are able you will be working in a stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
• Company pension matching and bonus
• Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes