Established in 1969, The Original Factory Shop brings big brands at bargain prices to your local high street.
With stores nationwide, our colleagues work as one team and always have fun to bring our customers the thrill of a bargain. We care about our customers and colleagues and strive to get the job done; brilliantly to bringing you best big brands with up to 70% off across fashion, beauty, home & more.
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Buyer to join our commercial team.You will need to live within a commutable distance of our Burnley office, however we offer a flexible hybrid working policy whereby you can work remotely, with the current expectation of being in the office twice a week.
You will be responsible for:
1. Accurately & efficiently create sku’s and raise purchase orders
2. Order price labels & communicate all requirements to suppliers to ensure products arrive correctly
3. Set up and maintain all filing systems for purchase orders
4. Ensure RRP (Recommended retail prices) are received in writing from all suppliers and are carefully filed & can be readily identified
5. Work closely with the buyer ensuring all critical path deadlines are met
6. Communicate effectively and accurately on behalf of buyer with other areas of the business such as merchandising, QA and Marketing.
7. Oversee the fitting and sealing of samples (create size specs, fit garments inline wi...