Buying Assistant - Beauty Croydon, England
Job description
Why Superdrug?
Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.
Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.
Here's the exciting bit…a day includes
To support the Cosmetics team in delivering the business Strategy & Commercial targets.
Setting up all New Product’s on Superdrug systems through populating the online template and liaising with Suppliers and internal teams.
Loading all in store and online promotions and checking artwork and customer comms match these promos and are legally compliant.
Supporting with running reports weekly for Monday Trade meetings and ad hoc for analysing sales performance.
Working in collaboration with store operations to handle store queries
Implement cost and retail price changes in the system
Onboarding new suppliers into the business with their set up.
Raising invoices to suppliers for support gained in line with business plans.
Liaising with Marketing team and Suppliers to support specific Marketing activity e.g. Sampling, Social Media, Online Shoots.
Helping the buyers with any ad hoc tasks and department queries
The job is for you if:
You’re ambitious and eager to learn the first step in a buying environment
You are health and beauty obsessed and love staying up to date with the latest trends
You have experience working in fast paced office environment ideally in a Buying role
You have excellent communication skills
You have excellent attention to detail
You have the ability to work to deadline and prioritise workload
You can work on own initiative
Here's what's in it for you
- 33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
- 2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
- 30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
- Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
- Company pension matching and bonus
- We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it
- Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK
- We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
- Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
Come and be part of something special.
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm - Hybrid working available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station.
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