Buying Assistant B2C
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| Job Type | Permanent |
| Area | St. Albans, United Kingdom |
| Sector | Procurement and Purchasing |
| Start Date | |
| Job Ref | KL10609 |
- Description
Salary: £25,000 to £30,000 depending on experience + 22 days holiday + bank holidays + birthday off, staff discounts, eye-care vouchers, bonus scheme, free parking, health and wellbeing programme
A great opportunity to join an established e-commerce business near to St Albans.
About You
You will be a driven individual, who is passionate about administration organisation, product, procurement and supplier relationships. You will be eager to make an impact by maintaining exceptional organisational efficiency within the department. Someone who loves collaborating and teamwork. You will have exceptional attention to detail and are meticulous to a fault, along with excellent problem solving and analytical skills. You will be passionate about ensuring customers receive products that match the high quality, they expect.
The Role
You will be responsible for working with the Buyer to ensure stock is delivered and live on site in line with the critical path. You will be accountable for the upkeep and improvement of department administration processes. You will work with the Buyer to monitor SLAs and work to maintain and develop lasting relationships with suppliers.
Experience
· 2 years plus experience working in a similar administration role
· Shopify or similar ecommerce experience preferred
· Understanding of the B2C market preferred
· Previous experience working with suppliers
· Understanding of jewellery manufacturing methods or a background within fashion or jewellery an advantage
· Experience with generating reports
Skills
· Excellent numerical, analytical and communication
· Excellent computer skills, including MS Office and particularly analytical on Excel (knows
· VLOOKUP’s and Pivot tables)
· Extremely organised and able to prioritise work in a fast-paced environment
· Confident communicating with suppliers
· Team player and collaborator
· Ability to demonstrate excellent attention to detail
· Problem solver
· Self-motivated
Key Responsibilities
· Provide support to the buyer in all areas of the buying department
· Work with Buyer to coordinate product production schedules in line with critical path
· Raise purchase orders and place orders with suppliers
· Chase and track suppliers through to delivery
· Highlight to the Buyer any risks of not meeting confirmed dates
· Administration of order management including setting up new lines with ASNs and barcodes
· Check the accuracy and detail of product descriptions online
· Management of department systems
· Manage in bound deliveries
· Communicate with fulfilment, quality control and suppliers to relate and gather information and to resolve issues.
· Keep file of all approved forecasts and orders
· Assist with the creation and population of new collection ‘product cascades’ ensuring accurate product specifications for Marketing team
· Work with Buyer to track supplier performance against SLAs, ensuring delivery dates, quality, quantities and product specifications are adhered to
· Generate monthly stock reports for inventory levels
· Generate reports on product rate of sales, depletion date, stock out periods, merchandising tiering accuracy and collection/product performance
· Report on slow sellers for end of lining and price reduction sales events
· Generate spreadsheets using Excel and internal stock reporting apps
· Communicate with In-house assembly team on stock levels
· Assist in other departments of the company as necessary
Team Structure:
Line Manager: Senior Buyer
Works closely with: This role works closely with Design, Accounts, In-house Assembly, Fulfilment, and Quality Control
Buying Assistant B2C
St Albans – Office Based role
£25,000 to £30,000depending on experience + 22 days holiday + bank holidays + birthday off, staff discounts, eye-care vouchers, bonus scheme, free parking, health and wellbeing programme
8am to 4.30pm or 9.30am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Permanent
KL10609
Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role.
