Buyers Administrator (Entry, Established & Senior)

Buyers Administrator (Entry, Established & Senior) London, England

ASOS
Full Time London, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

Company Description


We're ASOS. We blend our flair for fashion with our love of cutting- edge technology, but more importantly were interested in how we can bring the best out of you.

We exist to give people the confidence to be whoever they want to be, and that goes for our people too. At ASOS, you're free to be your true self without judgment, and channel your creativity into a platform used by millions.


Job Description


THE ROLE
Buyers Administrators provide critical admin support to our Buying teams. They help the Buyer and Assistant buyer to develop and select the most exciting fashion ranges that are loved by our 20-something customer. They work collaboratively to ensure that the department runs smoothly, supporting with sample management, updating the critical path and raising orders in line with supplier and brand deadlines.

THE TEAM
ASOS is one of the UK's top fashion and beauty destinations, expanding globally at a rapid pace. Our values are to be authentic, brave, creative and disciplined, and we live and breathe these in everything we do.

The Buying team is instrumental in making ASOS the first for fashion and trends across womenswear and menswear. Within our Own Buy function, which includes ASOS Design, ASOS White and Collusion, our teams focus on developing and delivering a range that pushes the boundaries and meets the needs of our customer. The Buyers work closely with several business areas including Design, Merchandising, Marketing and Garment Technology, and have relationships with a wide supplier base ensuring that the product we deliver is the best it can be. The Branded buying teams are responsible for creating and sourcing the brand mix for their department, covering big commercial brands through to high-end designers and emerging brands to offer our customer the most exciting fashion trends and create a point of difference in the global market

What you'll be doing

  • Maintaining the Critical Path and communicating with suppliers to ensure that we meet each key date in the trading calendar and the product runs on time
  • Managing and keeping track of a high volume of samples, through fit sessions, development, shoots, sign off meetings
  • Accurately raising purchase orders in line with supplier/brand deadlines, and managing these throughout the product lifecycle to ensure the range plan is fully up to date
  • Working closely with Merchandising, Design, Production, Technical, Marketing and your Brands/Suppliers daily
  • Delivering efficient administrative support to the team, to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that relevant reports and files are kept up to date at all times
  • Supporting your Buying team with product development that is customer focused and aligns with the wider business strategy, with relevant attention to commercialism, costing, and innovation
  • Conducting regular comp shops to understand competitor activity, identifying opportunities for the department and presenting back ideas to the team
  • Attending relevant systems and soft skills training, to drive your development

Qualifications


We'd love to meet someone who...

  • Is super organised, able to use their initiative and to work in a fast-paced environment
  • Lives and breathes fashion and is passionate about product
  • Has a strong understanding of 20-something culture and the ASOS customer, and is able to find the latest trends relevant to them
  • Has great attention to detail, to ensure all the important details such as selling price, shipment dates and product attributes are precise
  • Is able to build great professional relationships
  • Is confident using MS Office and learning new systems

Additional Information


What's in it for you?

  • Competitive salary, pension, and private medical care scheme
  • Performance related bonus
  • Flex benefits allowance - which you can chose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits
  • 25 days paid annual leave + an extra day for your birthday
  • Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)

Our Commitments

We want our people to be whoever they want to be. That’s why we’re committed to creating a truly inclusive culture at ASOS, but how are we doing it?

We’re proud members of Inclusive Companies, are Disability Confident Committed and have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We’ve also recently been placed 8th in the Inclusive Top 50 Companies Employer List too.

We have several employee networks that operate as safe spaces, to help support and celebrate our people - find out more here.


Do you need any reasonable adjustments? Our recruitment team will be happy to support you in the best way possible if you feel comfortable raising this. It’s also our policy to interview all candidates with a disability who meet the minimum requirements for roles they have applied to.


If you have any questions about the policies we have in place to support our employees (e.g. our parental leave approach), just let our Talent team know.

Buyers Administrator (Entry, Established & Senior)
ASOS

www.asos.com
London, United Kingdom
José Antonio Ramos Calamonte
$2 to $5 billion (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
Department, Clothing & Shoe Stores
2000
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