Buying Assistant

5 months ago

Swindon, United Kingdom WHSmith Full time

**Buying Assistant - News & Magazines**
**Based - Swindon** (hybrid working 3 office & 2 home days)
Salary upto £22,000

**The Role**
At WHSmith our people are at the heart of everything we do. They are the ones that go the extra mile for our customers. The ones that enable our growth.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Buying Assistant to join our High Street News & Magazines team at our Support Centre in Swindon.

The Buying Assistant role is right at the heart of the buying team and is a great stepping-stone into a career in buying. You will support the category team by making it possible to get new ranges into stores and will be integral to delivering the day-to-day implementation.

**What you will be doing**
- Managing the set up and maintenance of lines/range
- Sourcing new line information from suppliers
- Managing the store communications for category activations
- Maintaining the pricing and promotions for the category
- Managing the pricing of all lines/range including maintaining any necessary checks vs relevant competitors
- Managing the set up and maintenance of all promotional activity, including raising invoices and managing margin funding on the system
- Running ad-hoc data and analysis
- You will also form part of the wider admin community, driving continuous improvement to our processes

**What we are looking for**
- Either degree level or retail/admin experience
- Computer literate - experience using Microsoft Office (Excel and PowerPoint)
- Great stakeholder management
- Excellent admin and organizational ability
- Resilient and adaptable in a fast paced environment
- Strong numerical skills
- Ability to demonstrate problem solving skills
- Proactive and resourceful
- Great team player

**How we reward our teams**
- Hybrid working model from home and in the office
- 4pm Friday finish
- Flexible Working
- 24 days holiday, plus your Birthday off, plus Bank Holidays with an opportunity to buy extra days holiday
- Family friendly leave
- Company pension
- Sharesave Scheme
- Annual Bonus based on company and Personal Performance
- Competitive salary
- Staff discount card for stores and online

**About us**

Celebrating 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 12,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.

WHSmith have occupied our place as the Hub of the High Street and in our customers’ hearts since 1792. Across our diverse estate of c.525 stores on UK high streets, with our wide-ranging store sizes and formats, we sell a large range of products including stationery, greeting cards, art and craft, newspapers, magazines, books and drinks. We are an ambitious team that thrives on pace, collaboration and innovation resulting in a real entrepreneurial culture.

WHSmith are proud to be an inclusive employer, we want our colleagues to feel welcome, and free to be themselves with us.

**Format of Business**
- Buying

**Full Time / Part Time**
- Full Time

**Position Type**
- Permanent

**Salary From**
- upto

**Salary To**
- £22,000

**Hours / Week**
- 36.25

**Country**
- UK

**County**
- Wiltshire

**Job Code / Grade**
- B

**Post Code**
- SN3 3RX

**Function / Region**
- Commercial (HS)

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