Buying Admin Assistant Beauty » London, Greater London (2024)

We are always looking for future talent and would encourage you to apply if you would like to be kept up to date with Buying opportunities in the near future!

This is an entry level role to start an exciting career in Buying or a next move for a current Buying admin assistant looking to take the next steps in their career to join our amazing Beauty Team.

At the top of your CV please explain why you would like to start a career in Buying

What’s in it for you

Being a part of M&S is exactly that – becoming a part and playing your part. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and always evolving business built on core values.

Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…

• 20% Colleague discount on most things from furniture, fashion and food.
• A first-class welcome to M&S with a tailored induction and a wide range of training schemes to help with your learning and development. Having options to progress is something we’re proud of at M&S.
• Competitive holiday entitlement!
• Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices website. Including GymSave – that offers up to 25% off Gym Memberships and the option to become an M&S Shareholder using our ShareSave & ShareBuy Schemes
• Charity Volunteer Day – A paid day away from work to support your chosen charity.
• A very generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance
• Every colleague at M&S has access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support – this includes access to our 24/7 Virtual GP, PAM Assist to support you & your family & free access to the UnMind App as well as many other schemes

What you’ll do

Your key accountabilities will include

• Support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer by developing a clear understanding of M&S’ customer, ensuring the segments and demographics needs are understood and put at the heart of the product offer developed
• Support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer working with Design to interpret and adapt to market trends and direction, ensuring that the conceptual range developed is differentiating and targeted to the needs of the customer through compiling and presenting competitor shops.
• Contribute as an active member of the Buying team to work within a commercially focussed culture.
• To support the Assistant Buyer with the co-ordination and development of product Tech Packs to ensure they are delivered complete and on time to minimise sampling lead times
• To work with the Buyer & Assistant Buyer to ensure the departmental critical path is met, providing support to the buying and product development process and contributing to the management of the production critical path
• Manage the sample and product management process daily and ensuring that the floor / product rooms are tidy and aligned with H&S requirements.
• Work in collaboration with Sourcing Offices globally to help develop appropriate supply routes enabling the Department to react to trade.
• To support the Assistant Buyer with the co-ordination and preparation for range for sign off and systemic elements of the buying process, ensuring the timely completion of the relevant systemic approvals and processes
• Work with the Assistant Buyer to analyse historical sales in line with trends and design direction to manage product mix parameters including price architecture, colour balance, shape and margin to deliver a highly commercial and balanced range
• To liaise with press, marketing, retail, ecom, international and other external functions to support business priorities
• To support the Buyer & Assistant Buyer with the development and sourcing of packaging

Who you are

Your skills and experience will include

• Either Buying experience with a major retailer or alternatively experience within a retail environment
• Passion for products and desire to learn about the brand and customer.
• Highly organised with attention to detail when performing tasks, ability to anticipate and manage problems, with an ability to prioritise and escalate where necessary
• Systems experience or a clear demonstration of the ability to learn to use systems quickly
• Good communication skills; communicating clearly using phone, email, VC etc.
• Knowledge of, or strong desire to learn about the end to end Buying process to take responsibility for Critical Path Management
• Proactive in agreeing to take workload away from assistant buyer where appropriate
• A digital and global mind-set that supports the growth of international and online business

Everyone’s welcome

M&S is ready to push boundaries to lead the retail industry into a greener, speedier, more inspiring digital era. That’s why we’re revolutionising how we work and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. There’s never been a better time to be part of our team. Marks & Spencer aims to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make an immediate impact.

We are committed to an active Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy, which starts with our recruitment and selection process, and we are happy to talk flexible working. If you consider yourself to require reasonable adjustments to any part of our recruitment process, we invite you to share those requirements with us when completing your application. We will make every effort to ensure your needs are met to provide a fair and transparent process of assessment.

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