Buying and Merchandising Administration Assistant
Buying and Merchandising Admin Assistant - Full Time. £24,500pa
Company Background
We are Absolute Snow, the leading adventure sports retailer, worldwide.
This is all about the experience, getting outside, loving what you do and putting a smile on your face. We will get the right equipment to help you reach that summit, put in the deepest turn of your life or conquer your fears by learning something new.
The Absolute Snow ethos is to:
* Constantly question standard business practices in favour of efficient and ground-breaking techniques.
* Fast and effective is the best method.
* Always help out a teammate.
* Provide the very best customer experience.
A little about you
As Buying and Merchandising Administration Assistant, you will play a very important role in working within the B&M team to provide administrative support on all key areas of the department. With a strong work ethic and great attention to detail, you will be able to multi-task and complete your work accurately.
You will also be flexible in your role and help out in other departments when needed.
What we need.
* Maintain the Critical Path and communicate with suppliers to ensure that we meet each key date in the trading calendar and the product runs on time.
* Accurately raise purchase orders in line with supplier/brand deadlines, and manage these throughout the product life cycle.
* Deliver efficient administrative support to the team, to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that relevant reports and files are kept up to date at all times.
* Stock replenishment and order data entry.
* Work with Buyer to approve products onto the site.
* Work with Merchandiser to action price changes on the system.
* Liaise with suppliers to gather all assets and information relating to orders placed by buyers and organise into files.
* Assist with checking order receipts against quantity ordered and flag inaccuracies.
* Assist with the approval of incoming invoices, check correct discounts were applied against order terms.
* Identify sales trends and marketing opportunities.
* Complete competitor shop reports for your category.
* Assist the Marketing Coordinator with campaign preparation.
* Run sales reports weekly for trade meetings and ad-hoc for supplier meetings.
* Managing the booking requests from suppliers.
Key Skills:
* Versatile and adaptable
* Good time management
* Basic Excel / Google Sheet handling
* Organised
Seniority level: Entry level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Administrative
Industries: Retail
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