Inspire Resourcing are recruiting an Assistant Buyer on behalf of our client in Chesterfield.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a market leading business, with opportunities to further develop your career.
Main Duties:
* Working within a small team of 5 at our showroom.
* Managing the critical path throughout the product cycle ensuring timelines are kept and working alongside our 2 x buyers.
* Communicating with factories UK and overseas regularly.
* Helping manage gold seal sampling and product progress for company ranges as well as customer Own Label within timelines.
* Be proactive in communicating any delays and offer ways of resolving any hold ups.
* Setting up Product spec sheets and liaising with our QC department
* Tracking of samples for photography shoots.
* Analysing sales data and creating various reports on best and worst sellers, sell thru, profitability and stock sheets and present to the buyers the findings.
* Collate comp shop information and photographs
* Trade Fair preparation as a team including ticketing and boxing up samples for shows within our own Showroom as well as on location.
Requirements:
* We are looking for candidates ideally with approx. 2-4 years’ experience working in a retail/importing buying office
* MS Office packages
* Excellent communication skills