Buying Admin Assistant Opportunities
5 months ago
**Summary**
From Merchandising and Marketing - Product Development and Design, through to Supply Chain and Space Planning - our mission is to bring stylish wardrobe, home and beauty essentials to our customers via an easy, inspiring shopping experience online and in store that will delight them every time.
As we accelerate the transformation of our business to suit the changing needs of our customer, we need results-orientated colleagues that not only have a passion for our product, but a strong team working ethos, creativity and a healthy commercial aim to join us on our journey.
To put the customer requirements at the centre of the product offer to develop and deliver a commercial and profitable range that optimises sales opportunity
**All the details**
**This is an entry level role to start an exciting career in Buying or a next move for a current Buying admin assistant looking to take the next steps in their career.**
**We have various roles within our Business units, this could be in Womenswear, Menswear, Lingerie, Jaeger or Kidswear or even the Brands team.**
**At the top of your CV please explain why you would like to start a career in Buying**
**What’s in it for you**
Being a part of M&S is exactly that - becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special
- 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
- A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S.
- Competitive holiday entitlement
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave - that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
- Charity Volunteer Day - A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
- A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
- Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support - this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes
**What you’ll do**
Your key accountabilities will include
- Support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer by developing a clear understanding of M&S’ customer, ensuring the segments and demographics needs are understood and put at the heart of the product offer developed
- Support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer working with Design to interpret and adapt to market trends and direction, ensuring that the conceptual range developed is differentiating and targeted to the needs of the customer through compiling and presenting competitor shops.
- Contribute as an active member of the Buying team to work within a commercially focussed culture.
- To support the Assistant Buyer with the co-ordination and development of product Tech Packs to ensure they are delivered complete and on time to minimise sampling lead times
- To work with the Buyer & Assistant Buyer to ensure the departmental critical path is met, providing support to the buying and product development process and contributing to the management of the production critical path
- Manage the sample and product management process daily and ensuring that the floor / product rooms are tidy and aligned with H&S requirements.
- Work in collaboration with Sourcing Offices globally to help develop appropriate supply routes enabling the Department to react to trade.
- To support the Assistant Buyer with the co-ordination and preparation for range for sign off and systemic elements of the buying process, ensuring the timely completion of the relevant systemic approvals and processes
- Work with the Assistant Buyer to analyse historical sales in line with trends and design direction to manage product mix parameters including price architecture, colour balance, shape and margin to deliver a highly commercial and balanced range
- To liaise with press, marketing, retail, ecom, international and other external functions to support business priorities
- To support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer with the development and sourcing of packaging
**Who you are**
Your skills and experience will include
- Either Buying experience with a major retailer or alternatively experience within a retail environment
- Passion for products and desire to learn about the brand and customer.
- Highly organised with attention to detail when performing tasks, ability to anticipate and manage problems, with an ability to prioritise and escalate where necessary
- Systems experience or a clear demonstration of the ability to learn to use systems quickly
- Knowledge of, or strong desire to learn about the end to end Buying process to take responsibility for Critical Path Managemen
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