Buyers Assistant

7 days ago

High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Mint Velvet Full time

Buyers Assistant:

The Buyers Assistant is your first step into a dynamic career in Buying.

You'll learn the business from its heart, developing the commercial thinking and creative flair to help you develop and buy the season's must-haves.


Based in our stunning head office in High Wycombe, our product teams live and breathe fashion, translating the trends into relaxed and covetable styles that our customer has to have.

TO JOIN OUR VIBRANT AND FAST GROWING BUSINESS AS A BUYERS ADMIN ASSISTANT


You will demonstrate an authentic creative passion and eye for product and emerging trends, proactive in seeking out your own inspiration.

You have the ability to think both creatively and logically, processing information from a range of sources while keeping an eye on the bigger picture.

You have as strong commercial awareness and a level of financial understanding & numeracy as well as affinity with product.

You'll be a confident communicator, who takes a collaborative approach
- focussing on building strong relationships. You will be resilient, adaptable and open to constructive feedback. You demonstrate a courage to back your decision, try new things and challenge where necessary. You are naturally curious in your approach and focus on solutions not problem.


You consistently role model our Mint Velvet brand values: 'Entrepreneurial Spirit', 'Passion & Drive', 'Courage & Resilience', 'Collaborative' and 'With Soul'.


YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

  • Providing strong administrative support ensuring that the day to day running of your department is smooth
  • Managing buying samples across the department, ensuring they're always organised and ready for reviews, fit sessions and marketing requests
  • Preparing buying samples for meetings (internal & external) in line with our high presentation standards
  • Assisting with fit sessions, recording comments and actioning any relevant followup communication
  • Building and maintaining strong relationships with your colleagues across Design, Buying and Merchandising, Garment Technology, Digital and Marketing
  • Developing strong relationships externally with suppliers
  • Proactively maintaining the critical path, demonstrating an extensive and detailed knowledge of every item within your product range
  • Utilising your strong product knowledge to ensure the right product is always available for inhouse ecommerce shoots
  • Understanding department sales performance (Trade) and suggesting ideas to improve
  • Combining a clear understanding of the Mint Velvet customer and brand handwriting, as well as trend and competitor knowledge, to input into product decisions and the department product development process

YOU'LL BE REWARDED WITH

  • Competitive starting salary and great career prospects in a fast paced and growing business
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and an additional day off on your birthday
  • Companyfunded private health insurance
  • Access to Smart Health providing a range of services such as private GP appointments, mental health support, nutritional advice and more
  • Life assurance
  • Discretionary bonus scheme
  • 50% staff discount
  • Interestfree season ticket loan
  • Free Parking
  • Early pay day finish
  • Finish at 3pm every pay day Frid

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