Buyers Assistant - Full-time Permanent Contract
If you have an interest in fashion, retail and strong administration skills this is a fantastic opportunity! You'll support the Buyers and the team in sourcing products for our own buy departments.
You'll work 5 days a week out of 7 for 7.5 hours per day, with a one-hour unpaid lunch break.
Roles and Responsibilities for Buyers Assistant
Reports to the Buyer Admin Manager
About the role
The purpose of this role within Voisins is as follows:
1. To provide administrative support to the buying team, across all categories.
2. Maintain accurate product and stock files and produce meaningful data for use by the buying team, this includes cleansing current data files as necessary.
3. Implement price changes as instructed by the buyers.
KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
• Enter purchase orders accurately onto the Company’s stock management system with correct pricing and other details before the goods are received
• Collate and check order confirmations
• Create new products on the systems
• Implement price changes and product code changes
• Manage auto replenishment systems and oversee stock re-ordering
• Cancel outstanding orders when the delivery window closes
• Clean obsolete data from stock files as necessary
• Match invoices against goods received for invoice approval
• Resolve problems arising from invoices and orders with both internal teams and external suppliers/organisations.
• Oversee supplier returns as instructed
• Liaising with suppliers as necessary
• Assist with any other general admin duties as requested
SKILLS REQUIRED
• PC literate
• Good excel skills
• Competent in using the Swan stock system
• Excellent numeracy skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Effective time management
• Organisation skills
• Commercial awareness
