Job description
Location: Superdrug Head Office - East Croydon
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.
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.
Role Purpose:
- Provide support to the Buyers to keep the function running smoothly
- System application involving uploading and enrolment of new products, promotion set-up, price maintenance
- Role is critical in tying together the range and promotional plans prepared by the Buyers, ensuring that submission and activation is done on a timely and accurate manner to prevent business disruption
Here's the exciting bit…a day includes
- The Buying Assistant will play a huge role within the team. Working alongside the Buyers, they will be responsible for ensuring that we plan and deliver the most commercial and profitable ranges to meet our customer’s needs.
- The Buying Assistant daily will be on-top of the deadlines for the Critical Path involving Promotions and Planogram. This should be cross-checked for accuracy with the Buyers and proposed JBP.
- Attention to detail is important to ensure that errors are prevented which can impact store operations and communications.
This job is a good fit for you if:
- We are looking for a candidate who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and can work with on their own with minimal supervision.
What you’ll need:
- We are looking for a candidate preferably with retail experience, skills ranging from MS Office, time management and attention to detail.
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.
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