Buying Assistant Beauty

Fortnum & Mason; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A luxury retail brand in the City of Westminster seeks a candidate for product management and supplier coordination. Responsibilities include managing product data, coordinating marketing events, and ensuring high-sample quality. Ideal candidates should have excellent communication skills, the ability to adapt quickly, and a passion for retail. Benefits include a competitive salary, generous discounts, and personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Store discount up to 40%

25 days holidays plus birthday off

Subsidised staff restaurant

Personal and professional development

Excellent pension scheme

Responsibilities

• Product set up and maintaining product data in D365.
• Collate trade reports and manage supplier sampling calendar.
• Coordinate with marketing for key events and manage QC processes.

Skills

Ability to learn quickly

Comfortable working with different systems

Ability to work under pressure

Excellent communication skills

Highly organised

Self-motivated

Highly numerate

Previous retail experience

Passion for retail

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Job description

Responsibilities

• Product set up
• Maintaining product data in D365
• Collating trade reports where appropriate
• Managing the supplier sampling calendar
• Co-ordinating with marketing on key events
• Day to day sample and new product management with suppliers
• General department admin
• Cross functional working with all other areas of the business
• Manage the QC process with the technical department
• Co-ordinating shop floor product layouts
• Arranging presentations
• Accounts queries

Qualifications

• Able to learn quickly, and adapt to changing priorities
• Comfortable working with different systems and juggling multiple tasks
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritise, and manage your own workload to meet deadlines and manage expectations
• Highly organised
• Excellent communication skills
• Able to quickly establish and maintain positive internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Self-motivated and a proactive attitude to work
• Highly numerate and commercial
• Articulate
• PunctualExperienced with excel, word and outlook
• Previous retail experience
• Passion for retail

Benefits

• A competitive salary
• A generous store and restaurant discount of up to 40%
• 25 days holidays (excluded bank holidays) and an extra day off for your birthday
• A fantastic subsidised staff restaurant which uses Fortnum's ingredients
• A range of opportunities to develop and grow personally and professionally
• Excellent pension scheme