Buying and Merchandising Assistant

We are currently searching for Buying & Merchandising Assistant to join our Buying Team. This is a brilliant opportunity. You'll be providing support to the Purchasing teams, with focus on sample management, product data management, supplier liaison, maintainingthe critical path and general administration.

**What you'll be doing**
- Managing and maintaining the sample library. Ensuring samples are delivered and returned to suppliers on time and to critical dates for sign off deadlines, other key events (Press & Marketing).
- Ensuring new suppliers are set up on all systems accurately.
- Liaising with suppliers to resolve any issues regarding purchase orders, samples, delivery dates and other ad hoc requests.
- Inputting key product information into the range plan and inputting short codes and product attributes into back office systems.
- Creating group purchase sheets and uploading into our intranet for store use.
- Creating Dobbies barcodes for products as required.
- Resolving scanning queries received from store.
- Setting up promotions and assisting in the preparation of seasonal product catalogues.
- Providing analytical reports where required.

**What you'll bring**
- Ideally, previous experience of working within a similar role within a retail environment.
- Excellent organisation skills with strong attention to detail.
- Proactive to get things right, every time.
- Top notch planning, prioritisation, presentation and problem-solving skills. You'll need to be comfortable managing multiple tasks with tight deadlines.
- Strong interpersonal skills - you will be building relationships with colleagues and stakeholders throughout the business.
- Excellent written and communication skills.

**It's a super place to work**
- Generous team member discount to be enjoyed in the store, restaurant and foodhall.
- Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to our customer.
- 33 days annual leave.
- Stakeholder pension with shared employee and employer contribution.
- Company paid life insurance plus a bunch of flexible benefits
- Unlimited access to our confidential Wellbeing Provider, including access to our retail discounts platform