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Assistant Buyer
River Island —London
- Full-time
- Computer literacy
- Merchandising
- Microsoft Office
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Strategic Partnerships Assistant Buyer
River Island —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Merchandising
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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Buyers Admin Assistant
River Island —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer literacy
- Microsoft Office
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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1d
Assistant Buyer
A1 EQUIPMENT (UK) LIMITED —Hemel Hempstead
- £33,000 - £37,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Communication skills
- Negotiation
- Free parking
- Flexitime
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7d
Assistant Buyer
Ralph Lauren —Watford
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Hospitality
- Microsoft Excel
Buyer Admin Assistant
Lagardère Travel Retail (UK & IRE) —London
- £25,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Communication skills
- Store discount
- Employee discount
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2d
Assistant Buyer - Womenswear
Crew Clothing Head Office —Kingston upon Thames
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer literacy
- Organisational skills
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
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Junior Buyer OTC/Health and Beauty
Sigma Pharmaceuticals —Watford
- £30,000 - £45,000 a year
- Full-time
- ERP systems
- In-person
- Communication skills
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2d
Buying and Merchandising Level 4 Apprenticeship
TJX Europe —Watford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- IT
- Communication skills
- Free parking
- Employee discount
10d
Senior Assistant Buyer Backpacks and Bags
Mountain Warehouse —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- IT
- Time management
- Employee discount
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16h
Assistant Buyer - Bed & Bath
The White Company —London
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Sales
- Work from home
- Employee discount
8h
Assistant Buyer
Mint Velvet —High Wycombe
- Full-time
- Employee discount
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Buyer
Ralph Lauren —Watford
- Full-time
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Word
- Hospitality
2d
Executive Assistant (Entertainment and Events)
Corporate Event Entertainment —Muswell Hill
- From £25 an hour
- Part-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Excel
- English
- In-person
- Flexitime
- Work from home
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3d
Material Planner / Buyer / Purchasing Assistant
Bufab UK Ltd —High Wycombe
- £28,000 - £35,000 a year
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Bachelor's degree
- In-person
- Free parking
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9d
Senior Assistant Buyer
Oner Active —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
Trainee Buyer / Admin Assistant
Kustom Clothing Ltd —Hitchin
- £26,000 - £28,000 a year
- Full-time
- English
- In-person
- Communication skills
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9d
Junior Buyer - Womenswear
COS —London
- Full-time
- Sales
- Communication skills
- Negotiation
- Employee discount
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1d
Buyers Admin Assistant
Mountain Warehouse —London
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Employee discount
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23h
Senior Assistant Buyer - 12 Month FTC
Charles Tyrwhitt —London
- Hybrid work
- Analysis skills
- Communication skills
- Negotiation
- Employee discount
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Assistant Buyer

River Island -
London

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time

Benefits

Annual leave
Company pension
Employee discount
Gym membership

Qualifications

Computer literacy
Merchandising
Microsoft Office
Presentation skills
IT
Business coaching
Communication skills

Full job description

Description

The Buying team at River Island play a key role in realising the commercial opportunities created by our unique designs across all of our channels. This is achieved though effective range planning, awareness of key commercial data and customer trends, excellent supplier relations and internal networks, and execution of the Buying Strategy to deliver sales and profit plans. The Assistant Buyer supports the Buyer with trading, booking, fitting, range building, negotiation and supplier management, whilst ensuring the BAA team manages the critical path smoothly.

Key Accountabilities:

Support weekly trading reviews, updating and providing information to the Buying team as needed
Ensure orders and invoices are accurately and efficiently processed by the BAAs, and new suppliers are onboarded
Effective sample management, including labelling, working with suppliers (including Home Production where relevant), maintaining the development tracker and ensuring the correct samples are available to support meetings
Supporting in fit meetings ensuring BAA has prepped accordingly and inputting in the session, deputising in fits where appropriate
Co-ordinating labelling and ticketing to a high standard
Monitor and review Critical Path, responding to escalations of risks to reduce delays, and maintaining as awareness of current lead times
Assist Buyer with cost negotiations and range building
Through a strong knowledge of competitors, key market trends, customers and channels, produce comp shops with recommendations, identifying opportunity and raising to buyer
Build a foundational understanding of sustainability and how it impacts the Buying choices that are made
Build a foundational understanding of compliance considerations and impact to the critical path management
Seek out and positively respond to opportunities to step up and present in trade and department meetings
Through a growing awareness of ethical trading practises, ensure that we partner well with our suppliers and behave in a consistently ethical way towards them
Manages the workload of the BAA with a thorough understanding of the BAA performance and escalating to Buyer where support is needed
Sets the direction and objectives for the BAA providing timely feedback and support to enable them to work to the best of their abilities
Work cross functionally with Core Merchandising team for effective ways of working and collaboratively with other internal teams (Ecommerce, Wholesale, Visual Merchandising)

Key experience required:

Previous experience as an Assistant Buyer, or established Senior Buyer’s Admin Assistant is required
Experience in an omni-channel business is highly desirable

Job role competencies

Very good verbal and numerical reasoning skills
Intermediate MS Office skills
Computer literate and ability to learn new systems quickly
Highly organised and proactive, good prioritisation skills
Collaborative, with strong communication and interpersonal skills
Very good commercial and market awareness
Disciplined and conscientious, results oriented
Resilient and adaptable with the ability to multitask
Curious, continuous learning mindset
Coaching, mentoring mindset
Ability to present own views and assert own views
Takes initiative
Good presentation skills
A keen interest in Product and the River Island brand is a must

About Us

We’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. Our Islanders are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions. This is what a career at River Island is like. And this is where yours starts.

This role is based at our Head Office in West London. Check us out here on a map.

What we can offer you:

Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site!

Reducing Islanders everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.

A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.

Every family is unique, we support Islanders with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders!

Flexible working is a given, on top of payday and summer early finish Fridays.

Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.

Support with upskilling through on the job training and qualifications. A succession plan if you want to progress.

A generous bonus scheme & private pension plan.

️ 25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need!

Keeping You Safe

At River Island we are committed to the safeguarding of all of our employees regardless of age or job role. We will fulfil our obligation under the Prevent duty which seeks to stop extremism and extremist views from materialising in our business. We promote and encourage the belief in British Values- including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs. To find out more, please visit www.gov.uk.

Our Island is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. To find out more about this interview process, check out our hiring process below.

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