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As Assistant Buyer you will be joining an established and growing catalogue and web based brand, located just outside Oxford. Offering a competitive salary, Monday to Friday hybrid working with two days WFH. the company who offer a lifestyle range, including clothing, homeware, jewellery and accessories. The role is full time and permanent. They have a friendly, supportive and collaborative culture working well together to achieve excellent results.
Purpose of the role:
Supporting the Senior Homeware Buyer sourcing and managing a range of homeware products for two catalogues.
Key Responsibilities for the Assistant Buyer:
- Support with the sourcing a range of homeware products, working to margin and quality
- Support managing range of c250 skus per season, approx. 50% repeat lines
- Sourcing you own product within domestic textiles, tabletop and toiletries
- Liaising with suppliers, managing the relationship and communication to optimise efficient ordering and sample management
- Negotiate cost price and terms with suppliers, commercial price points
- Managing the busying process ensuring all lines are ready for launch and critical path is met
- Maintain and develop in depth current knowledge of trends, competitor activities, retail prices
- Logging all product information accurately
- Organising samples for selection, range reviews and photo shoots
- Writing accurate content for catalogue and websites
- Resolving any customer or warehouse quality queries
- Manage liaison with warehouse to ensure efficiency and quality
Key Skills Required for the Assistant Buyer:
- Buyer experience from within homeware or gifting market
- Ability to understand sales analysis
- Commercial experience of product development as well as sourcing of the shelf product
- Strong negotiating skills
- Excellent planning and project coordination skills
- Organised, used to working to deadlines
- Confident communicator
- Work well under pressure and able to multitask
- Adaptable in a changing environment
- Strong IT skills, particularly excel
- Able to work on own initiative
- Own transport essential, due to remote location
What's in it for you?
- A competitive salary
- Working as part of a supportive and collaborative team
- Training progression and personal development
- Standard office hours Monday - Friday
- Hybrid working two days WFH, working 100% onsite during selection
- 20 days holiday increasing with each year to a max of 25
