Buying Admin Assistant
- Recruiter
- Confidential
- Location
- Watford
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 01 Jul 2022
- Closes
- 29 Jul 2022
- Sectors
- Admin, Secretarial & PA
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
About the opportunity...
We are recruiting for a Buying Admin Assistant to work at our busy Pep and Co head office in Watford. The role has a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate in Fashion to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK. We are 10 minutes' walk from Watford Junction and 20 minutes train journey from London Euston and also offer a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.
Working across all departments, you will be responsible for supporting the buying team ensuring all admin and sample management is managed effectively and efficiently.
We are committed to supporting our colleagues with their development, this role comes with the ability to study an apprenticeship in Buying and Merchandising Assistant Level 4
What you'll be doing...
As a Buying Admin Assistant, you will be responsible for:
Looking after critical paths and approvals
Visiting the competition to prepare accurate competitive shop & benchmark analysis
Regular store visits to view Pep&Co collections
Accountable for sample management including ordering and chasing samples
Raising orders and liaising with suppliers
Researching trends and producing reports, ordering
Any other administrative tasks to ensure the department is meeting deadlines.
What you'll need...
To be successful, you need to have:
Ideally 12 months experience in a Buying Administration role
A relevant qualification in Fashion
Good communication and organisation skills with the ability to work to lead times and deadlines
Sound knowledge of all Microsoft office packages
Full UK driving licence and own vehicle due to the volume of comp shops and store visits
What we can offer...
Competitive salary
Potential to earn bonus
Onsite coffee lounge
Sample sales
Pension
About us...
Since opening our first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day!
Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. We are now on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer.
Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, you will see Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.
Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of our larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a stand-alone brand, offers customers a full range of women's, men's and kids' fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that's hard to find on local high streets.
PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.
If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today
We are recruiting for a Buying Admin Assistant to work at our busy Pep and Co head office in Watford. The role has a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate in Fashion to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK. We are 10 minutes' walk from Watford Junction and 20 minutes train journey from London Euston and also offer a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.
Working across all departments, you will be responsible for supporting the buying team ensuring all admin and sample management is managed effectively and efficiently.
We are committed to supporting our colleagues with their development, this role comes with the ability to study an apprenticeship in Buying and Merchandising Assistant Level 4
What you'll be doing...
As a Buying Admin Assistant, you will be responsible for:
Looking after critical paths and approvals
Visiting the competition to prepare accurate competitive shop & benchmark analysis
Regular store visits to view Pep&Co collections
Accountable for sample management including ordering and chasing samples
Raising orders and liaising with suppliers
Researching trends and producing reports, ordering
Any other administrative tasks to ensure the department is meeting deadlines.
What you'll need...
To be successful, you need to have:
Ideally 12 months experience in a Buying Administration role
A relevant qualification in Fashion
Good communication and organisation skills with the ability to work to lead times and deadlines
Sound knowledge of all Microsoft office packages
Full UK driving licence and own vehicle due to the volume of comp shops and store visits
What we can offer...
Competitive salary
Potential to earn bonus
Onsite coffee lounge
Sample sales
Pension
About us...
Since opening our first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day!
Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. We are now on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer.
Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, you will see Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.
Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of our larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a stand-alone brand, offers customers a full range of women's, men's and kids' fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that's hard to find on local high streets.
PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.
If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today