London Office - Buyers Administration Assistant - Entry Level
2 Whitechapel Rd, London E1 1EW, UK Req #2264
We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.
By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.
Buying is the department that brings together creative inspiration & commercial planning to deliver the best ranges for our customer. Product is at the heart of everything we do, from developing the best prints for dresses, the must have coat of the season or the ‘It’ bag. Always thinking ‘customer first’ we work hard with our suppliers in the UK & across the world to deliver fashion at amazing prices & as quickly as possible. Buying is fast paced and exciting & every day is unique.
Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Planning
• Strategy awareness at Group and Department Level
• Awareness of Brand Vision
• Managing daily /weekly tasks in line with Ways Of Working (WOW)
• Preparation for Departmental Meetings
• Supporting the Buying team with data entry into the planning tool
Buying
• Raising purchase orders
• Working to the Critical Path to meet all deadlines
• Dealing with issues arising with orders both internally and externally
• Taking ownership of finding solutions
• Coordinating barcode process
• Maintaining purchase orders in the Critical Path in the relevant system
• Assisting the team with supplier slippage management
• Actioning any order amendments under direction from the B&M team
• Supporting commitment through the weekly team updates
Sample Management
• Processing samples received
• Labeling, logging, organising and filing samples
• Preparing samples for meetings
• Maintaining the departments range and samples
• Driving the press sample process to ensure that the department offer is fully potentialised.
• Ensuring production samples are received in time to pre shoot for online sales
• Maintaining the latest imagery of samples
• Preparing samples in readiness for3PE partner meetings
Trading
• Basic understanding of trade reports
• Basic understanding of trade decisions
• Attending Group Trade meetings
Product Awareness
• An understanding of the New Look Customer
• Basic understanding of our Customer Insight and Market Share
• Actively contributing in trend and competitor analysis, making recommendations for changes or developments
• Ongoing familiarity of the competition’s product range
• Completing and reporting back on NL store visits and competitor shops
Technical Knowledge & Experience
• An understanding of fashion trends and knowledge of the high street
• Accuracy
• Confident communicator
• Demonstrates passion for Product
• Previous experience working in Fashion / Retail and / or as a Buying Admin Assistant
• Fashion Qualification / Other degree desirable
Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.
We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.
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* Job Family RBY000 - Retail Buying Generalist/Multidiscipline
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