Buying Assistant

Bensons for Beds is looking for a new Buyers Assistant to join our Buying team based in Accrington.

Reporting to the Junior Buyer and Buyer, this role will be responsible for providing comprehensive support to the buyer and junior buyer. We are looking for an enthusiastic, hard working individual with some experience in a similar role or industry, who is willing to occasionally travel.

Your duties will include:

• Accurately creation of new Product Introduction forms
• Liaising with the imagery team on creation of digital assets
• Collaborating with the copywriting team on web product data
• Liaising with suppliers to collect data to enable new lines to be set up
• Communicating with new suppliers and ensuring new vendor set up via product catalogue team
• Completing regular competitor shops and updating of pricing monitor tools
• Create and update range architectures
• Collaboration with the Marketing department to generate information for in-store price tickets and point of sale
  
• Cost/ retail price file management
• Review product listing and brand landing pages on our website
• Liaising with merchandising team on new product roll outs

Skills needed

• Essential
• Previous experience in a buying administration role
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships
• Good knowledge of standard Microsoft packages
• Team Player
• Ability to multi-task when required
• Ability to work under own initiative
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong commercial awareness
• Great organisational and time management skills

What will you get?

In return for your contribution to the teams performance, we offer a competitive base salary of up to £24,500 per annum, along with a host of benefits. Including…

• Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Medicash - cashback options for Health and Wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other healthcare services and more)
• Unum Income Protection - for peace of mind if you’re off work long term due to illness
• *Pension scheme – provided by Legal & General
• *Discounted Gym membership
• *Cycle to Work scheme
• 31 days Annual Leave as standard plus the option to buy & sell annual leave – you can top up your holiday entitlement or sell unused days to suit you
• *Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progression – access to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and ‘Love to Shop’ voucher rewards to spend as you like