Buying Assistant (part time)

Superdrug Stores; Croydon; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team at an innovative retailer where your skills in buying and organization will shine! As a Buying Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the commercial trading team, managing promotions, and ensuring seamless product administration. This exciting position offers opportunities to develop your skills in a collaborative environment, while being part of a company that values personality and fun. Enjoy a hybrid working model, competitive benefits, and the chance to grow within a leading health and beauty retailer. Be part of something special and make a difference in the lives of customers every day!

Benefits

15 days holiday rising to 18 days

30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products

Company pension matching and bonus

Wagestream access to pay as you earn

Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills with a history of prioritizing workloads.
• Diligent with a keen attention to detail and excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end promotional processes and execute POS management.
• Process financial retros and ensure new product creation aligns with deadlines.

Skills

Organizational Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Microsoft Excel

System Friendly

Education

Degree Education

Tools

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Outlook

Job description

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 exciting bit… a day includes

Role Purpose:

The buying assistant role is critical in supporting the effective running of the category to deliver the commercial plan. Working within the commercial trading team to coordinate promotions and ensuring the accurate and effective administration of our products, to enable the brand to provide a breadth of range inclusive to all our customers, at a price they love. This role reports to Senior Buyer for Superdrug Stores Plc.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Manage promotional end-to-end process including loading of promotions and queries as well as requesting promotional material from suppliers.
2. Own and execute POS management.
3. Process and check financial retros as well as raise invoices.
4. Ensure that New product and supplier creation are seamless and in line with business deadlines.
5. Process changes to ensure Superdrug maintains its competitive nature within the market.
6. Opportunity to progress skills within Buying through trade reporting when team is on annual leave.
7. Request samples from suppliers for various marketing activities.

Core Skills:

1. Superbly organised with a history of prioritising workload(s).
2. Diligent with strong attention to detail.
3. Excellent communication.
4. Desire to challenge the norm.
5. Comfortable with Microsoft, in particular Excel.
6. System friendly (there will be a few to learn!).

What you need to succeed:

1. Ideally degree education but not essential.
2. Proficient in Microsoft programs especially Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
3. Previous experience in Buying environment desired but not essential.

Here's what's in it for you:

• 15 days holiday rising to 18 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 Wagestream - 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.

Come and be part of something special.

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.

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