Buying Assistant - Year in Industry placement
Asos
- London
- Contract
- Full-time
- Maintaining the Critical Path and communicating with suppliers to ensure that we meet each key date in the trading calendar and the product runs on time
- Managing and keeping track of a high volume of samples, through fit sessions, development, shoots, sign off meetings
- Accurately raising purchase orders in line with supplier/brand deadlines, and managing these throughout the product lifecycle to ensure the range plan is fully up to date
- Working closely with Merchandising, Design, Production, Technical, Marketing and your Brands/Suppliers daily
- Delivering efficient administrative support to the team, to ensure that everything runs smoothly and that relevant reports and files are kept up to date at all times
- Supporting your Buying team with product development that is customer focused and aligns with the wider business strategy, with relevant attention to commercialism, costing, and innovation
- Conducting regular comp shops to understand competitor activity, identifying opportunities for the department and presenting back ideas to the team
- Attending relevant systems and soft skills training, to drive your development
- Is super organised, able to use their initiative and to work in a fast-paced environment
- Lives and breathes fashion and is passionate about product
- Has a strong understanding of 20-something culture and the ASOS customer, and is able to find the latest trends relevant to them
- Has great attention to detail, to ensure all the important details such as selling price, shipment dates and product attributes are precise
- Is able to build great professional relationships
- Is confident using MS Office and learning new systems
- Employee discount (hello ASOS discount!)
- ASOS Develops (personal development opportunities across the business)
- Employee sample sales
- Access to a huge range of LinkedIn learning materials
- 25 days paid annual leave + an extra celebration day!
- Discretionary performance related bonus scheme
- Private medical care scheme
- Flexible benefits allowance - which you can choose to take as extra cash, or use towards other benefits