Buyers Admin
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United Kingdom - London -
Job Description
You’ll provide fundamental support towards the success of the our department. As part of this, you will:
- Be the first point of contact with suppliers and the warehouse for booking in deliveries.
- Make changes to delivery schedules and order amendments·
- Upload the Buyer’s worksheet and create skus in Retek
- Load orders onto the system as soon as possible after they are received
- Set up and monitor the delivery schedule alongside checking delivery windows and schedules and highlight problems to Buying team
- Highlight areas where Buyer’s worksheet is incomplete and work with Buyer to improve
- Check order confirmation with suppliers, chasing and checking confirmation notes
- Resolve DC queries – for example mismatched delivery note (aim to avoid stock sitting in the DC)
- Check that foreign orders are loaded with correct application of trade discounts/costs
- Check orders are loaded in UK sizes, maintaining accurate records (fashion only)
- Update and maintain database with relevant terms e.g. trade/settlement discounts
- Set up accounts for new suppliers and ensure requests for pre-ticketing are communicated to suppliers
- Make price changes and change season codes
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
You’ll be super organized and probably love a list!. Your attention to detail will be second-to-none and you’ll pride yourself on your level of accuracy. You’ll be a natural problem solver who really enjoys finding solutions and being a go-to person within a department. You’ll be a fantastic communicator as you’ll get the opportunity to connect with several different departments and suppliers during your time as a Buyers Administrator. You will be more of a numbers person who loves getting to grips with systems. Being proactive in this sense will truly set you up for success in our Buying department. You’ll have a real ‘can-do’ attitude with the ability to inspire confidence in all those you assist. You'll be systems literate with a strong ability to pick up new systems/IT software quickly.