Buying Administrator Croydon, England
Job description
We're looking for someone organised and creative with a passion for finding the right gift for the right occasion to join our vibrant Ambassador Marketing Team. Your role will be to assist your Department Supervisor in ensuring our Ambassador family feel valued, appreciated and motivated through personal, effective recognition, engaging incentives and dazzling events!
The Buying Administrator will provide administrative support in a variety of areas including gift sourcing and purchasing, events preparation and data collection and sorting. If you like the sound of a fast-paced, challenging, incredibly rewarding role and can’t wait to show off your organisational skills, attention-to-detail and creative flare, then this could be the perfect role for you!
RESPONSIBILITIES will include (but not limited to)
- Build an understanding of and connection with our Ambassador side of the business in order to understand what drives and inspires them with gifts, incentives, and events.
- Liaise with suppliers to organise and manage the buying and sourcing of all Ambassador gifts.
- Work with the Design Team to create weekly/monthly email campaigns and digital assets to recognise Ambassador’s achievements.
- Work closely with other in-house departments such as our dispatch and warehouse departments to coordinate weekly/monthly Ambassador gift send outs.
- Manage Ambassador purchases and invoices liaising with our in-house Accounts Department.
- Provide administrative support with seasonal Ambassador events from digital asset creation and communication to gifts and recognition processes.
- Provide ideas for personal messaging and assist in the writing of cards.
- Provide ad-hoc administrative assistance to the Ambassador Marketing Team as required from diary management to spreadsheet and survey creation.
ABOUT YOU
- Extremely high organisational skills.
- Excellent attention-to-detail.
- A collaborative mindset and happy to get stuck in.
- A passion for gifting all year round - no matter the celebration.
- A self-starter with the ability to work independently.
- The ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks.
- Previous experience in an administrative or assistant role (considered an advantage but not essential).
- Previous experience using Mailchimp or similar (considered an advantage but not essential).
ADDITIONAL
- Full time role: 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday.
- Office is conveniently located just 3 minutes’ walk from Beddington Lane Tram stop, which is connected to East Croydon and Wimbledon - both 20 minutes away. Approx. 30 - 35 minutes travel time from South / South West
- Hybrid working (3 days a week in the office).
- 25 days annual leave plus other fantastic perks.
- Position is available immediately .
- Starting salary of £24,000 - £26,000 per annum (subject to experience).
ABOUT US
At Tropic, beauty means the world to us. This powerful drive to make a positive impact has seen Tropic grow from our founder and CEO, Susie, selling jam jars of Body Smooth at Greenwich Market, to one of the UK’s fastest growing beauty businesses on a mission to protect planet and people, one product at a time.
We have a plant-powered, clinically proven and multi-award-winning range boasting over 10,000 5* Trustpilot reviews and 300+ industry awards (and counting...). As well as donating 10% of profits to charities and good causes (United World Schools, The Trussel Trust and Reef Restoration Foundation, to name a few!), our products are freshly made at our Surrey HQ, with ingredients sustainably sourced from tropical regions around the world, and certified vegan, cruelty-free and CarbonNeutral®.
Healthier. Greener. More empowered – that’s the Infinite Purpose behind everything we do. Does this ethos sound like you? If you’re a skincare and planet enthusiast, our dynamic, diverse, and talented team needs you!
