This exciting new role as a Buyers Admin Assistant in the Outdoor Living department within the Outdoors Buying team involves providing crucial administrative support to the team and serves as a key link between buying, merchandising, retail, and online sales channels. If you are passionate about the outdoors, this role could be a perfect fit for you!
* Job Title - Buying Admin Assistant - Outdoor Living
* Location: JD Group, Hollins Brook Way, Pilsworth, Bury, BL9 8RR.
* Working Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm
What You'll Be Doing:
Planning
* Assisting with the delivery of analysis and preparation of future strategies
* Providing administrative support for the buying team across all relevant systems
* Ensuring accurate data entry within the relevant critical path
* Seasonal preparation of photographic range catalogues
* Gaining an understanding of the top-line company strategy and how it affects my department
Delivering
* Developing an understanding of the outdoor market, suppliers and competitors
* Maintaining supplier database, workbooks, price lists etc.
* Managing buying team branded samples – ordering, recording, returns.
* Ensuring sample availability for marketing, on-line, photography etc.
* Developing and maintaining an excellent relationship with Suppliers
* Gaining and maintaining an understanding of the systems and processes utilised within JD Outdoors
* Support buyers / liaise with product development teams as necessary
* Support on-line teams as necessary (branded assets, product data, copy)
Trading
* Supporting trading meetings as appropriate – sales samples, new lines
* Tracking competitor activity and document ranging, pricing, promotion etc.
Teamwork
* Share best practice within my team
* Give and receive regular feedback
* ‘Can do’ attitude
* Learn from our mistakes and help it shape our future plans
* We strive for a ‘right first time’ approach in all we do
* We are all responsible for the culture of our office – if we don’t like something, we change it.
Skills/Experience/Knowledge:
* Passion for Outdoor activities and product would be advantageous;
* Previous Retail experience within an established Outdoor Retailer would be advantageous however not essential.
* Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
* Ability to prioritise workload and tasks.
* Ability to make working relationships both internally and externally.
* Flexible working approach during peak periods of the year.