Buying Admin Assistant - Urmston, United Kingdom - CRAGHOPPERS

CRAGHOPPERS

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Urmston, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you have a degree in Fashion Buying and Merchandising? Or are you a student currently looking for a 12 month placement?

Are you looking to take your first step into an apparel Buying career?

Do you have a meticulous attention to detail and are highly numerate?

If so, we have an opportunity for a
Buying Admin Assistant to join our Craghoppers Buying team on a 12-month fixed term contract, to assist the Buying team in the monitoring of bulk orders and salesman samples.

The Impact you will have in this role is:

Bulk orders / pricing

Buying Programmes created and costing requests issued under instruction from the Production Controllers
Garment purchase orders & amendments raised and checked on to the system
All delivery delay maintenance carried out and communicated via Merchandising system to planning
Critical path dates are met, with deliveries made on time
Barcode information approved
Up to date and maintained delivery on time records

An awareness and understanding of the QC process in relation to the Critical Path and order process including the fit process, testing requirements, auditing measures and legislation

Salesman samples

Colour pallets created and the lab dip process monitored
Salesman samples orders raised
Assistance provided with the raising, monitoring & progressing of garment, accessory & fabric orders for 'on time' delivery of salesmen's samples
The Critical path process monitored for salesman samples, with them received in time for range launch

Buying trip preparation

The 'Points of Discussion' document is up to date
The 'Gold Silver Bronze' scoring sheet is created, with all relevant areas are competed
The supplier delivery performance document generated

General

The Production Controller assisted in any area required, achieving the job function & with workload prioritised accordingly
An awareness of and working in line with the Corporate Calendar
General office administration, including opening and distributing parcels
The carrier log and invoices maintained
Trip preparation: Itinerates, Visa's & general administration

As our future Buying Admin Assistant, you will have:

Meticulous attention to detail
Ability to work to and meet deadlines
Strong communicator and relationship builder
Highly numerical
Able to pick up systems with ease
Competent user of Microsoft Excel

We can offer you:

Discretionary profit share bonus
Pension
Staff discounts
Access to company benefits website
24 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays
An extra day of annual leave for every 3 years' service up to an additional
Enhanced Maternity & Paternity scheme after 2 years' service
Birthday hours
Company walks
State of the art Head Office
A paid day off for volunteering
Free parking
Subsidised canteen and Starbucks
Cycle to work scheme
Discounted gym membership
Fitness suite with options including Yoga and Bootcamp classes
Shower facilities including hairdryers and GHD straighteners

Our Regatta Family:

The Regatta Group supplies quality outdoor clothing and accessories through our 3 great brands - Regatta, Craghoppers and Dare2b - whether exploring the Amazon rainforest, walking your dog in the local park or cycling the Tour de France, we have what you need.

It's a friendly, supportive family business - a place where bakers, dog walkers, book worms, students, parents, travellers, movie buffs, foodies, festival goers, musicians and more come together to create experiences consumers really appreciate.

The thing we all have in common, is that we share the same core values of Great Relationships and Entrepreneurial Spirit.

Our investment in the environment:

Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, and you will have the opportunity to support our Group wide sustainability committee and put ideas into action and really make a difference to the world we live in