Buying Assistant

**Job Title: Buying Assistant**
**Position: Permanent, Full-time**

**Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:45am - 17:30pm.**
**Location: Plymouth, Devon**
**Salary: Competitive**

**Responsibilities**:

- **Support the Senior Buying team to drive sales, maximise profit and achieve stock and sales targets.**
- **Assist in sourcing, listing, managing and developing product ranges and promotional offers.**
- **Liaise with suppliers to manage ranges and maintain the product file.**
- **Monitor competitor activity.**
- **Research, compile and interpret data to formulate strategies as required.**
- **Ensure all relevant administrative, financial and system procedures are completed accurately and within agreed timescales.**
- **Produce regular information for, liaise with and provide support for stores.**
- **Liaise with our retail staff to ensure implementation of new ranges into stores happens seamlessly**

**Requirements:**:

- **A degree is preferred but not essential.**
- **You must be able to demonstrate knowledge of and an interest in retail.**
- **Excellent commercial understanding and communication skills are a priority.**
- **You will be committed and confident with strong administrative, organisational and prioritisation skills.**
- **You will be comfortable working both individually and with a team.**
- **You will have proficient written, numerical/analytical and PC skills.**
- **Confident with Microsoft Excel and capable of working with formulas and graphs.