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Buying Admin Assistant - Luxury Fashion

Office Angels
Posted a day ago, valid for 16 days
Location

London, Greater London W12 9JB, England

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Part Time

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  • This job opportunity is for a Buying Admin Assistant to support a luxury fashion ecommerce brand's buying team.
  • Candidates should have a minimum of previous commercial experience in fashion retail buying or merchandising, along with strong administrative skills.
  • The role involves tasks such as managing order confirmations, maintaining purchase orders, and preparing vendor packs for buying trips.
  • The position requires advanced MS Office skills and a strong attention to detail, with a salary of £25,000 per year.
  • Applicants must demonstrate commercial awareness and the ability to work under stringent deadlines.

Are you looking for the opportunity to launch your career in fashion buying?!

Do you have a passion for luxury fashion!

We are currently seeking a talented and detail-oriented individual to join our client's team as a Buying Admin Assistant to assist their buying team within a world renowned ecommerce brand!

Responsibilities:

  • Obtain, check, and update order confirmations from suppliers with 100% accuracy.
  • Manage the introduction of new suppliers, ensuring they are correctly set up with accounts payable and internal systems.
  • Maintain accurate purchase orders within Fulcrum, including uplift/cost price/style code/shipping window details.
  • Keep records of payment terms and shipping details up to date.
  • Raise re-orders as requested by the department.
  • Perform site checks and request product merges, creating new PID's when necessary.
  • Perform pre-upload checks and resolve any issues before go-live, including pre-shoot management.
  • Collect, check, and upload all recommended retail prices (RRPs) each season, ensuring appropriate margins.
  • Perform pricing checks (margin, default & RRP) prior to upload.
  • Prepare vendor packs for buying trips, including relevant files such as sell-through reports and range plans.
  • Act as a single point of contact for query resolution and follow-up across various departments.
  • Provide support to the department with administrative duties as requested.

Qualifications:

  • A minimum of previous commercial experience in a fast-paced fashion retail buying or merchandising environment with strong administrative skills.
  • Advanced MS Office skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
  • Commercial awareness and understanding of the fashion industry, our products, and competition.
  • Strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and commitment to accuracy.
  • Ability to work with stringent deadlines.
  • A positive work ethic and excellent multitasking abilities.
  • Strong numerical and commercial reasoning skills.

Office Angels acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. Office Angels UK is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.