Buying Assistant

3 weeks ago


Accrington, United Kingdom Bensons for Beds Full time

Job Type - Permanent - Full Time

Location - Accrington

Salary - £22,000 p.a. + Benefits

Closing Date - 03/04/2023

Job Details
- Buying Assistant - Accrington Head Office - £22,000 p.a. + Benefits - Fantastic opportunity to come and provide comprehensive support to the Import team
- The Role - Buying Assistant

We are currently looking for a Buying Assistant to join our Commercial team.

The purpose of the role is sit as part of our Imports team and to give direct systems support to the Import category.

Daily responsibilities include:

- Provide comprehensive support to the Import team
- End to end set up of new import products
- Accurately inputting data for new articles, managing product launches from WMS - NPI forms to digital assets & web product data
- Liaising with suppliers to collect data to enable new lines to be set up
- Communicating with new suppliers and ensuring new vendor set ups are completed accurately and with pace
- Completing regular competitor shops and updating of pricing monitor tools
- Maintenance of system based product catalogue
- Collaboration with the Marketing department to generate information for in-store price tickets
- Promotion set up to allow processing of discounts in store
- Cost and Retail price change implementation and maintenance
- Review and amendment of weekly reports
- Weekly update of supplier lead times
- Point of contact for all store colleague product detail queries for imports
- Managing of store colleague commission queries
- User acceptance testing of new addition data output to in store till systems

Skills needed

We are looking for a Buying Assistant with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

- Previous experience in a buying / marketing administration role
- Experience in data management / Product Information Management related systems is desirable
- Previous experience working in a similar sector (retail) is desirable
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders
- Good knowledge of standard Microsoft packages
- Strong team player
- Proven experience of multi-tasking with the ability to work under own initiative
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Strong commercial awareness
- Great organisational and time management skills

Our Benefits

In return for your contribution to the team’s performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus _all these extra benefits:_
- Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
- Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
- Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
- Pension scheme - provided by Legal & General
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Annual leave buy & sell scheme - you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
- Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
- Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
- Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
- Career progression - access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
- Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like

(*qualifying periods apply)
- About Bensons for Beds

We're Bensons for Beds We put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With 100 years of experience in sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience. We have 170+ locations and employ c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission.


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