Buying Assistant - Mens & Womens and BSS

Asda Stores Ltd; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Asda Stores Ltd is looking for a Buying Assistant to support the buying team in a fast-paced retail environment. The successful candidate will track sales, manage supplier relations, and maintain timely records. A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package are offered, alongside a hybrid working model. This role presents an excellent opportunity to kickstart a career in Buying within a leading retail company.

Benefits

Discretionary company bonus

Company pension up to 7% matched

15% colleague discount in store and online

Free access to wellbeing services

Excellent parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Experience in retail or buying is beneficial.
• Organizational skills for maintaining accurate records.
• Ability to collaborate and work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Buyer in sales tracking and analysis.
• Keep admin updated on line listings and supplier queries.
• Assist with competitor research and trading activities.

Skills

Sales tracking

Admin support

Liaison with suppliers

Job description

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Apply locations Asda House time type Full time posted on Posted 3 Days Ago time left to apply End Date: July 7, 2025 (9 days left to apply) job requisition id R-062156

Job Title

Buying Assistant - Mens & Womens and BSS

Location

Asda House

Employment Type

Full time

Contract Type

Permanent

Hours Per Week

37.5

Salary

Competitive salary plus benefits.

Category

Buying

Closing Date

6 July 2025Are you interested in kickstarting a career in Buying?Getting the details right can have a surprisingly big impact, as you'll soon realise when you join our team. In this incredibly fast moving and ever changing environment, you'll discover exactly how much the little things matter. From daily sales and profit reports, to admin support and marketing getting everything accurate is hugely important. And doing it as efficiently as possible will bring savings to our customers as well as to our business.You will support the Buyer in all areas, including sales tracking and analysis. It's important that you keep the admin up to date, including line listing, cost and retail changes and liaise with suppliers to ensure that they keep to deadlines and tasks. You will Impute into decisions on ranges and promotions and answer and resolve store/supplier queries.Other important tasks include raising and reconciling of internal and external invoices to the category and assisting the Buyer with competitor research and the day to day trading of your category.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves

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