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• Buying Assistant
• Buying & Merchandising
• Permanent - 37.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday
• £21,600 per annum
• Closing date Sunday 2nd July
• Initial chats w/c 3rd July

We have an amazing opportunity for a passionate individual to join the Buying and Merchandising team who will support the Beaverbrooks Jewellery team as a Buying Assistant, with the view to be at Coordinator level within the first year of your new and exciting career!

As a Buying Assistant you will be responsible for creating lines, managing orders that are coming into the business, liaising with suppliers to ensure we have the right stock, in the right place at the right time. The successful candidate will have a passion for Jewellery and numbers.

This is a great opportunity to work for an award winning, jewellery retailer recognised as:

• ‘The Happiest Place to Work’, in partnership with Retail Trust, at the Retail Week Awards 2023
• The #6 Best Large Company in the UK and ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2022
• ‘Employer of the Year’ for 2022 at the UK Jewellery Awards

Working at Beaverbrooks also brings with it a whole host of rewards and benefits, some of which are:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Outstanding colleague discounts which extend to your family & friends
• Free car parking
• Wellbeing scheme
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Regular social events- including, but not limited to: pay day drinks, football hospitality events, theatre and theme park trips.
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust

• Providing support to co-ordinator, buyers, and head of dept for all brands and suppliers in our portfolio.
• Collaboration within wider Buying & Merchandising department as well as other internal departments including Stock In, Special Orders, Marketing and Repairs.
• New brand set up.
• Full ownership (with support from buyer) of the Once Diamond Ring programme, new line set ups, new orders, store roll outs.
• Supporting the buy of loose diamonds, order creations, checking diamond weights, supporting meetings.
• Supporting the part ex pack and information guide.
• Supporting the Branch Review Changes, Brands in and Out Changes.
• Maintaining the supplier pack.
• Developing and maintaining good working relationships with our suppliers.
• Reporting and communicating information, both internally and externally.
• Store support via email & telephone.
• Supporting dept on product information – inputting data.
• Manage your own area on a day-to-day basis & manage your own workload, with Buyer leads prioritisation of workstreams.
• Competently produce product specs & ensuring accuracy and proactively contacting suppliers for this information.
• Supporting on Product launches.
• New line management, ensuring all new lines are created correctly including accurate costings and attributes.
• Stock Order placement & management - ensuring orders are on schedule. Communication with various departments within the business during the whole order process is essential to ensure smooth receipt and distribution of stock.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Competent in Microsoft Excel and other Office programs.
• Ability and desire to give/receive feedback well.
• Highly organised and motivated.
• Good problem-solving skills.
• Ability to think on your feet.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• A passion for jewellery.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Passed Jet 1 and 2 (Certificate and Diploma).
• A knowledge of NAV.
• An ability to demonstrate previous project management experience.
• Hold full driving licence.

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 73 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated £20 million to over 1000 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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