Love products and spotting the next big idea?
Join our Household Buying team and play a key role in bringing new products to life across our catalogues and online channels. This is a fantastic opportunity for a highly organised and commercially minded Assistant Buyer to gain hands-on experience in product sourcing, supplier management & negotiations, and retail range planning while working closely with experienced buying professionals.
What’s in it for you?
- Opportunity to develop your buying career
- Work closely with experienced buyers and product teams
- Exposure to product development, suppliers, and retail strategy
What you'll be doing
• Support the development of new main mailed product ranges and styles
• Manage & source direct dispatch product ranges, looking for new innovations to achieve seasonal KPI’S
• Analysis & Reporting: Reviewing weekly sales data
• Manage product samples and coordinate with the photography studio
• Prepare briefs for the creative and publications teams
• Assist with catalogue creation and product listings
• Maintain product and merchandise data
• Monitor competitor activity and market trends
• Work closely with Merchandising, E-Commerce and Marketing teams
• Build strong relationships with suppliers and manage pricing and sample requests
• Ensure deadlines are met across product launches and catalogue production
About you
* Previous experience with product sourcing & range building
* Passionate about product and retail
* Highly organised with excellent attention to detail to meet critical path deadlines
* Confident communicating with suppliers and internal teams.
* Strong negotiation skills for supplier management and effective communication for team collaboration.
* Able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Proactive with ideas and keen to identify opportunities
About Damart:
Damart is part of Damartex and is thriving in Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and the USA as well as France. Along with partner companies in Australia, Cyprus and Spain we keep over 10 million happy customers looking fabulous. If you would like to work for one of Europe's biggest senior lifestyle brands, look no further. We are a leading provider of fashion, footwear and home & garden products aimed at the senior customer market.
We are passionate about our customers and our excellent reputation stems from the key benefits we offer our customers - outstanding value for money, excellent customer service, speedy delivery and comfortable stylish clothing. When you join us you'll be joining a company that is focused on putting the customer at the heart of everything we do.