Buying, Buyer, Buyers admin, Assistant Buyer, Fashion, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, Graduate.

As a Buying Admin Assistant, you will be responsible for supporting the Buyer with various tasks and will be a key player in the day to day running of the Buying department. Our client has a fantastic history/ heritage and has a good customer following within the Fashion/ Apparel arena.

The ideal candidate will be a fairly recent graduate with a fashion / or retail related degree

The Role:

• You will provide administrative and creative support to the Buying Team in translating key fashion trends into exciting products that customers will be passionate about.
• Building strong working relationships with product teams, to ensure business standards are correctly followed.
• Understanding and interpreting sales reports.
• Liaising and working with suppliers on a regular basis and understanding and implementing best practice ways of working with suppliers.
• Carrying out regular competitor analysis and presenting findings to the team.
• Developing and maintaining a thorough technical garment and relevant fabric knowledge.
• reparation and involvement in meetings.
• Working collaboratively to ensure all administration is delivered efficiently, effectively and accurately.

The Skills:

• Have exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• be a proficient user of Microsoft packages.

• Have great garment knowledge.

• Have some Retail/Manufacturing knowledge (degree level is fine).

• Strong organizational & problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and initiative

• Have strong numeracy and understanding of figures.

• Be a good team player.

• Be hard working and committed.

• Be self-motivated and be able to manage their own workload.

• Have a proactive and flexible approach.

• Possess excellent attention to detail.

• Be able to multitask and prioritise tasks and business priorities.

• Be a logical thinker

• Have excellent presentation skills.

The Salary & Package:

Salary £20-£25k This is only stated as a guide range and is dependent on experience.

28 days holiday + Bank Holidays.

Discounts

Pension

On-site parking.