Buyers Admin Assistant - Online Fashion Brand

The Company:

An excellent opportunity for a Buyers Admin Assistant to join a fast growing online Fashion Ladieswear Retailer & provide essential support to the fashion buying & design teams. Working hours are Monday to Friday 930am-530pm. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious and fashion driven candidate to join a fast-paced Buying team and begin a career in fashion Buying. The ideal candidate will have experience in Buying, Merchandising or similar.

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
• Birthday day off
• 40% discount throughout the brand Website
• Regular in-house sample ''sales

The Role:

• Ensuring the smooth running of the whole fashion buying cycle.
• Placing purchase orders and completing order amendments including delivery delays, quantity adjustments and price amendments in system.
• Creating and maintaining the critical path/monthly boards.
• Preparing the fit rails in advance of fit session.
• Attending fit sessions & updating critical path accordingly.
• Chasing outstanding samples on a weekly basis, at all stages of development.
• Updating the buying team on sample status.
• Complete regular competitive shops and report back to wider team.
• Maintenance of the sample library, preparing samples for meetings.
• Sample handling support for cross functional teams; marketing, press and online.
• Creating fashion trend boards for buying meetings.
• Take minutes in buyer meetings and circulate.
• Provide essential support to the fashion buying & design teams.
• Other duties as required.

Skills Required:

• Have experience within Fashion ideally in a Buying or Merchandising role.
• Have attention to detail and a keen eye for fashion.
• Be an enthusiastic, highly organised team player, with strong communication skills.
• A willingness to support the Buying & Design teams with all admin related tasks.
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of competitors.

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Please be aware the duties listed above are an interpretation of the role and do not form any part of your employment contract. Please ask the interviewer any questions about the role that you wish to clarify.

Tagged Resources Limited acts as an employment agency. We have 25 years of Recruitment and Industry experience, working with Retail and Supply Chain markets and have various positions available. If this vacancy does not suit your experience and you are looking for a suitable role please look at our website or follow us on social networking sites. All are updated on a daily basis.