Assistant Buyer

2 days ago

Abingdon, United Kingdom Whittard of Chelsea Full time

**Position title**
- Assistant Buyer

**Description**

Department - Product and Buying

At Whittard, we’re passionate about bringing luxury tea and coffee to our communities. We’ve been achieving this goal since 1886, and have ambitious objectives to grow our business with each role being key in delivering these. The Assistant Buyer role is an exciting opportunity to be part of this journey with the Product and Buying team at our Milton Park offices.

Reporting to the Senior Buyer you will assist them in all aspects of the buying cycle, taking responsibility for product categories and support driving product category growth. In return you’ll benefit from hybrid working, generous holiday allowance, fantastic product discounts and investments in your professional training and development.

**Responsibilities**
- To maintain and manage category range plans, ensuring accuracy and effective deployment across Retail, Online, Wholesale and Franchise Stores
- To seek feedback on product performance from all selling channels (Web & Retail), playing an active role in post campaign range reviews for relevant categories
- To handle queries from Suppliers, Retail teams, Customer Service and escalate if appropriate
- To create Product Briefs, detailing all aspects of a new product (barcode, cost, unique features etc.) to enable copy and design to take forward
- Various reporting and analysis including pre-buy analysis, market trade reports, product performance reporting
- Collaborate with suppliers
- Manage seasonal product calendars
- Develops and implements the range extensions for a global business.
- Develop new product ranges with effective sourcing, ensuring the best product for the best price

**About You**
- Proven experience as an Assistant Buyer within the retail industry, preferably within the food and beverage sector
- Strong analytical skills with advanced excel skills
- Good at time management with the ability to manage own workload
- You have strong project management and organisational skills with the ability to analyse commercial and customer information
- Good communication skills, both verbal and written as you will be working with a range of colleagues and prospective employees at all levels
- Team player, with the desire to support across all levels.

**Job Benefits**
- Generous holiday allowance + enjoy your birthday off
- Up to 50% store discount on Whittard products.
- Monthly product allowance.
- Auto-enrolment Pension scheme.
- Access to our wellbeing portal and Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible working opportunities.
- Selection of family friendly benefits.

And much much more
- Whittard of Chelsea is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We thrive to be a diverse and an inclusive organisation. We want to be a place where differences are recognised and celebrated, with a workforce that builds teams from all individualities, backgrounds, and experiences._
- Together as a Whittard family, we continue to create a culture that encourages, supports, and inspires all our employees to have a voice, to make a positive difference in helping to develop our ambitious brand_

**Hiring organization**
- Whittard of Chelsea

**Employment Type**
- Full-time

**Job Location**
- First Floor West, 25 Western Avenue, Milton Park,, Abingdon, OX14 4SH

**Working Hours**
- 37.5

**Base Salary**
- £Competitive_ Per year_

**Date posted**
- 3rd March 2025

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