Category Buying Assistant
Category Buying Assistant
Would suit Buying Assistant, Assistant Buyer, Product Developer, Import Merchandiser, etc*
Home Textiles
Oldham - Hybrid Working
Due to their ever-expanding growth our client, a supplier of beautiful home textiles now has an excellent opportunity for a Category Buying Assistant to join their fast-paced team.
Purpose
Responsible for preparing and analysing commercial data and market trends to support profitable sales growth of our customer and ourselves. Support the Category Manager to deliver a pipeline of new product for customer selection. Maintain required administration accurately and completely.
Responsibilities
Market / Competitor Understanding
Understand what the competition are selling / pricing structures / marketing for given product areas.
Product Development
Spot and development new products sales opportunities.
Create development diaries and track and push internally and externally with the factories any developments.
Samples management required for customer meetings.
Pricing
Costing for new factory designs
Cross Costing Current designs
Updating current and new prices on JDE price list
Critical Path Management - New Ranges
Setting up critical paths with factories for selected products ensuring we can meet the required shipment dates to meet launch.
Creating and sending out internally packaging forms and photography forms
Responsible for weekly Intake sheets being updated and sent to our Customer giving overview of approvals and what is outstanding.
Escalating and tracking any products at risk and agreeing an action plan.
Work with the Technical team to highlight any potential issues. Track these through development to resolve.
Communicate across various departments to ensure we are hitting key dates on critical path.
Creating and sending out internally packaging forms and photography forms
Range Management
Ensuring all live lines costing sheets is correct and up to date and corresponds with JDE system. Each Season adding new and removing discontinued lines ready for the following seasons negotiations.
Updating development documents
Customer Meetings
Creating initial PowerPoints to send out to internally/ customers
General
Liaise with Merchandising / Stock Control for on time vs delayed deliveries and updating customer information accordingly.
Liaise with Technical on new products, new factories, and quality issues.
General admin support where and when needed based on workflow.
General housekeeping duties for Data/sample storage/showroom & updating Bars (our system that holds record and imagery off all current/selected and offered lines to the customer)
Key Skills
Advanced excel skills required and ability to work with mass data.
Ability to communicate with Customers and Suppliers on Teams calls and face to face meetings.
Ability and the confidence to produce and present Power points internally and externally.
Attention to detail is critical as dealing with large amounts of data.
Understand the specification of the product in more detail to give you greater understanding on developing right products for the customer.
Able to work on own initiative.
Enjoys working as part of a wider team and likes to get stuck in.
Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR14820
Reference: 52576462
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