Online Trading Assistant – Immediate Start

Fashion Personnel Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Retail Human Resources plc is recruiting an Online Trading Assistant to help a well-established fashion and lifestyle retailer during a busy trading period. This temporary role supports the e-commerce team with admin, data entry and reporting.

Ideal candidates are immediately available, with strong Excel skills, good numeracy and an interest in e-commerce, online merchandising or retail trading. You’ll collaborate with Buying and Marketing and assist with trading activities.

Qualifications

• Strong administrative skills and attention to detail.
• Confident with Excel to input, manage and interpret data.
• Good numerical and analytical skills.
• Highly organized and proactive in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in retail, merchandising or e-commerce is advantageous.
• Interest in AI tools and their workplace use is a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Support online trading team with daily admin tasks and data entry.
• Prepare daily and weekly sales and performance reports.
• Use Excel to analyse data, identify trends and support trading decisions.
• Assist with promotional activity, markdowns and product performance analysis.
• Monitor slow-selling products and support online merchandising updates.
• Liaise with buying, marketing and other internal teams on trading activities.

Skills

Administrative skills

Excel proficiency

Numerical ability

Analytical thinking

Retail experience

AI tools interest

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are recruiting for an Online Trading Assistant to join a well-established fashion and lifestyle retailer on a temporary basis, supporting the e-commerce team during a busy trading period.

Candidates must be immediately available and not on a notice period to be considered.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong administrative skills, excellent Excel knowledge and an interest in e-commerce, online merchandising or retail trading.

Key responsibilities:

• Supporting the online trading team with daily administrative tasks and data entry.
• Preparing daily and weekly sales and performance reports.
• Using Excel to analyse data, identify trends and support trading decisions.
• Assisting with promotional activity, markdowns and product performance analysis.
• Monitoring slow-selling products and supporting online merchandising updates.
• Liaising with buying, marketing and other internal teams on trading activities.

About you:

• Strong administrative skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Confident using Excel to input, manage and interpret data.
• Good numerical and analytical skills.

• Highly organised, proactive and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Previous experience in retail, merchandising or e-commerce would be advantageous.
• An interest in AI tools and their use in the workplace would be a bonus.