Buying Assistant Premium Beauty

Superdrug; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading retailer in the health and beauty sector as a Buying Assistant. This role involves supporting the Cosmetics team, managing product setups, and collaborating with various departments. Ideal candidates are detail-oriented, proactive, and passionate about beauty trends. Enjoy a vibrant work environment with hybrid working options and excellent benefits.

Benefits

33 days holiday rising to 38 days

30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products

Hybrid working patterns

Company pension matching and bonus

Wagestream access

Learning and Development programmes

Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave

Qualifications

• Experience in a fast-paced office environment, ideally in a Buying role.
• Health and beauty obsession with knowledge of latest trends.

Responsibilities

• Support Cosmetics team in delivering business strategy and targets.
• Load promotions and check compliance of customer communications.
• Collaborate with store operations to handle queries.

Skills

Communication

Attention to Detail

Initiative

Job description

Direct message the job poster from 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

To support the Cosmetics team in delivering the business Strategy & Commercial targets.

Setting up all New Product’s on Superdrug systems through populating the online template and liaising with Suppliers and internal teams.

Loading all in store and online promotions and checking artwork and customer comms match these promos and are legally compliant.

Supporting with running reports weekly for Monday Trade meetings and ad hoc for analysing sales performance.

Working in collaboration with store operations to handle store queries

Implement cost and retail price changes in the system

Onboarding new suppliers into the business with their set up.

Raising invoices to suppliers for support gained in line with business plans.

Liaising with Marketing team and Suppliers to support specific Marketing activity e.g. Sampling, Social Media, Online Shoots.

Helping the buyers with any ad hoc tasks and department queries

The job is for you if:

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

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

You have experience working in fast paced office environment ideally in a Buying role

You have excellent communication skills

You have excellent attention to detail

You have the ability to work to deadline and prioritise workload

You can work on own initiative

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 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
• Enhanced maternity/shared parental/adoption leave, company sick pay and pregnancy loss and support

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Purchasing

• Industries

  Retail

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