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Buying Assistant x2 - General Merchandise

Employer
WHSmith
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
20k - 21k
Closing date
5 Apr 2020

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Job Details

Buying forms the backbone of our business and is incredibly fast-paced. By identifying trends and understanding our on-going success stories, this team ensure what customers want is on our shelves.

Job Description


Buying Assistant x2 – General Merchandise 
Grade B 
London Head Office


Interested in retail? Confident excel user with an analytical mindset? Want to know what buying is all about? Then apply now!

Buying forms the backbone of our business and is incredibly fast-paced. By identifying trends and understanding our on-going success stories, this team ensure what customers want is on our shelves. 
 
We now have an exciting opportunity in our General Merchandise category for a Buying Assistant to join our London 
Head Office in Houndsditch near Liverpool Street Station.

What will you do?
As a Buying Assistant you will support the General Merchandise Buyers with the set up of new product lines, system price changes and product administration within our categories. You’ll manage and maintain our promotional offering across selected trading areas; provide accurate data insight and analysis on the range performance and contribute to the categories growth.

You’ll utilise your communication skills to work with our suppliers managing the critical path and building strong working relationships. An analytical mindset is important to us; so you’ll use your strong Excel skills to provide sales analysis to our trading teams to support growth. We expect you to be able to create open and effective relationships with our stores, and manage your own workload.

Who are we looking for?
To be successful in this role you will be ideally degree educated, have strong communication and interpersonal skills and be able to build effective relationships. You’ll be able to remain calm under pressure and manage your workload in a fast paced environment. You will be PC literate, confident with Excel and the Microsoft office package (including using Pivot Tables / V-Lookups), and will use your analytical mindset to confidently interpret and analyse data. 

This role would suit a graduate seeking their first opportunity in Buying or someone with some Retail Head Office experience looking to progress their career in a renowned and successful retail brand. Combined with being passionate, with an interest in the General Merchandise market would be highly desirable!

What’s in it for you?
You’ll be at of the hub of an incredibly fast-moving function in a high performing retailer. It’s a serious responsibility – which will seriously motivate you. You’ll thrive on the freedom and the chance to use your skills and will be supported with plenty of training and development opportunities. 

What’s more, you can expect some fab rewards, including an achievable annual bonus, 24 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more plus, a competitive pension, the perks of your birthday off and an early finish on Fridays, and lots more!

 

Company

WHSmith started in 1792 with a small news vendor in Little Grosvenor Street, London, followed by the opening of our first bookstall in Euston Station in 1848. We quickly established ourselves as the favoured newsagent, stationers and bookseller opening stores across the UK. From this point on, there has been no looking back.

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