Buyers Assistant Job Description
Buyers Assistant Duties & Responsibilities
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Buyers Assistant Qualifications
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Licensing or Certifications for Buyers Assistant
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Education for Buyers Assistant
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Employers hiring for the buyers assistant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Fashion, Graduate, Communication, Education, Merchandising, Design, Business, Computer, Associates, Marketing
Skills for Buyers Assistant
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Buyers Assistant Examples
Buyers Assistant Job Description
- A keen interest in Category Management/buying
- Monitors open purchase orders to ensure that all merchandise ordered is received
- Provides administrative support by maintaining and processing the related paperwork for the buying function and other various duties as needed
- Effectively supports the Buying team, delivering great service to Buying team and stakeholders
- Data integrity (regarding product, promotional set up, range management)
- Tasks and information delivered in timely manner to achieve critical path
- High degree of accuracy for all tasks assigned
- Demonstrates strong organisational skills efficiently managing workload
- Admin excellence
- Demonstrates the Sainsbury’s values
- Ability to present and maintain a professional image and relationship with customers, vendors, and other departmental staff
- Images/Content Amends
- Commercially astute, ambitious and highly intelligent individuals who are hungy for succes and genuine responsibility
- Administrative experience in a retail environment preferable or experience in a clothing manufacturing environment
- Demonstrated taste level and flair
- Results driven and proactive
Buyers Assistant Job Description
- Continually develop knowledge by regularly visiting stores, competitive shopping, reviewing customer insight information
- Ability to manage, mentor and lead others in the performance of their duties
- Interact with financial institutions, customers and vendors in a friendly, timely and quality manner
- Assist staff with questions they have regarding their daily activities
- Management of department systems
- Daily contact with suppliers to maintain sales performance and delivery procedures
- Administration of order management
- Manage department critical path
- Work closely with the DC, Supplier and Accounts team on all queries
- Support Assistant Buyer and Senior Buyer in day to day tasks on the department
- Input on departmental processes and team meetings
- In time there is potential to buy and manage own category
- Work closely with MAA to track stock intake
- Sample management for web shoots & press days
- Fashion degree graduate
- Previous experience in a Head Office environment preferred but not essential
Buyers Assistant Job Description
- Create and follow-up on purchase orders
- Corresponding with vendors by email and phone
- Organizing office and sample room
- Coordinate and organize import order documentation for multiple overseas vendors
- Correspond directly with overseas vendor on product packaging detail
- Responsible for record keeping related to CPSIA Federal and State regulations specific to product category
- Provide administration support to the buying team covering all departmental issues/queries
- Manage orders through to TOP approval
- Manage samples, coordinate fit process and communicate with related parties
- Critical path management of product, sample receipt, lab dip/trim/fit approvals, TOP receipt and approval, ensuring vendors receipt of tickets for labelling
- Ability to coordinate multiple tasks in various environments
- Ability to multitask in our fast-paced buying office
- Must be organized and extremely detail oriented
- Must be self-motivated and work well without direct supervision
- Ability to communicate effectively via email with international vendors
- Ability to work well with a team alone
Buyers Assistant Job Description
- Ensure we maintain the highest of product quality
- Maintenance of MTS
- Weekly reporting generation
- Managing samples for Press and Web Stories
- Liaising with EU and North American teams to facilitate transfer of information on ranges
- Manage communication of orders between both hubs of the business
- Keeping our North American head office informed of any changes made to orders
- Work with multi functions to ensure smooth transfer of stock
- Manages samples in an effective way to satisfy both sides
- Provide administrative support to Buyer and Assistant Buyer in all areas of the buying department
- Off-Price experience will be an advantage
- Education to degree level preferred but not essential
- 1-3 years previous experience in a purchasing/merchandising department helpful
- Ability to travel to off-site meetings
- Ability to track and meet deadlines
- New Line Forms - sending to the Content team, requesting images from brands, adding to order requests
Buyers Assistant Job Description
- Close and accurate management of purchase orders and the critical path
- Raising all accessories orders on the system
- Run Monday reports for the buying team
- Sample management for production, catalogue shoots and press days
- Key involvement in chasing relevant samples and communicating comments with vendors
- Work closely with other functions of the business to achieve smooth sunning of the department
- Preparation of Buyer presentations and range reviews
- Regular interaction and communication with stores
- Will be trained to cover for other Buyers Assistants
- Responsible for entering (and revising) purchase orders on a timely basis and maintaining data integrity across multiple internal systems
- Degree educated preferred (or equivalent)
- Commercially astute, ambitious and highly intelligent individual who is hungry for success and genuine responsibility
- Previous experience in a buying office preferred but not essential
- Commercial awareness and a keen interest in the fashion retail industry
- To have a creative flair
- Relevant retail qualification