buyer Cheadle, North West England, England
Job description
About the Pets at Home Group
Pets at Home Group Plc is the UK’s leading pet care business; our commitment is to make sure pets and their owners get the very best advice, products and care. We have over 450 stores, over 310 Groom Rooms and 440 First Opinion Vet Practices. Our business is fast-paced, innovative and fun and it's our people that make the real difference. This is a fantastic opportunity to come and work for an award-winning company who put people at the very heart of everything they do. In fact we’ve just won The Fujitsu Best Place to Work Award!
About the Role
We’re currently recruiting for a Buying Assistant to work within our Trading Team. Based at our Head Office in Handforth (Cheshire) you’ll be supporting with our Accessories (non-Food) categories. It really is a great opportunity if you’re looking to gain exposure into the fast-paced world of buying. You’ll be providing the Buyers with administrative support, so it’s important that you are highly organised and work well to deadlines. You’ll be dealing with lots of different samples, so it’s a great way to learn. The role is very varied, and there is a lot to do so you’ll be on the go from the start to the end of the day, but if you have enthusiasm in abundance and a willingness to learn, you’ll be great. You’ll also be working with a close and fun team, who are very supportive and always on hand should you need help.
Our diversity and inclusion vision is that everyone is welcome and feels part of our group. If you think you’re a good match to what we are looking for, and you share our belief that together ‘we’re better with pets’, we’d like to hear from you, whatever your background or circumstances
Key Responsibilities
- Create and manage range documents and maintain data integrity in line with company targets
- To facilitate the range review process adhering to the critical path to ensure on time launches
- Liaise with suppliers and manage tasks around our core trading calendar, developing relationships with the supplier base
- Managing sample process, involving requesting, reviewing and managing all samples for the category
- To ensure the Promotional and Pricing process is completed efficiently and accurately on behalf of the Buyer/s
- To provide great customer service to both store and support office colleagues through speedy and accurate issue resolution
- Attend, and take comprehensive and detailed meeting notes and actions
- Conduct competitor store visit reports and feedback to team
- Responsible for preparing for all stores communications for final sign off by the Buyer
- Production of specific financial reports for the weekly trading meeting
- Producing ad hoc reports and gathering information as instructed by the Buyer
About You
This is a busy administrative role, therefore previous experience within a busy office environment is desirable. You will also have excellent communication skills, as you will be working and liaising with various teams across the business. Organisational skills are key for this role so you must be able to manage your own workload as well as having the ability to multi-task. Excel is used frequently so having an understating of this is essential.
