Merchandising Purchasing Assistant Cult Beauty - London, United Kingdom - THG

THG

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

THG is a fast-moving, global technology business that specialises in taking brands direct to consumers.

Our world-class proprietary tech and infrastructure powers our extensive portfolio of beauty, nutrition and lifestyle brands and is now helping drive exponential growth of our clients' brands globally.

We're powered by a global team of over 10,000 ambitious people around the world. Our culture is fast-paced and entrepreneurial, it's this DNA that has supported our incredible growth.

We're always looking for individuals that can bring fresh and innovative thinking to THG, and play a part in driving the group forward on its exciting journey.

So, if you're ready to take the next big step in your career, challenge yourself every day and evolve with the world around you, THG is ready for you.

CULT BEAUTY

Who is Cult Beauty? Well, we're a beauty-obsessed team who share a common goal — to become the most trusted beauty retailer in the world We're all about intelligent beauty, from the way we pick our ever-lusted-after brands to how we talk to our exceptionally savvy customers.

Our Cult Community values transparency and so do we. That's why we only sell the products that truly blow us away and publish every review on our site.

To achieve this goal, we want to collaborate with individuals who have the same vision.

As part of the Cult Beauty team, you'll be encouraged to share ideas and empowered to aim for the skies.

We're a team so if we fail, we fail together and try again. Cult Beauty has become the successful world leader it is because of our people.

We're a close-knit family that recognises that our collective and community are much more valuable than the sum of their parts.

We're not just here to sell the most unbelievably amazing beauty products in the world, we also want to challenge the definition of what 'beauty' is and use our platform to challenge the status quo — both in our industry and society.

Purpose of Role:

We're looking for a very hands-on and proactive Purchasing Assistant who is flexible, adaptable and able to use their own initiative as part of the Merchandising and Buying team.

Whilst this is an administrative role, in such a small team, it is one with responsibility and autonomy - and accuracy is paramount.

This is a Supplier Facing Role - so requires professional and timely communication.

Our objective is to ensure the timely and accurate launch of products online and to replenish products as quickly as possible.

In this role you will provide administration support for the Merchandising and Buying team.

You will take responsibility for raising New and Replenishment Purchase Orders, Updating and Maintaining the Delivery Schedule and working closely with our Shipping and Supply Chain Team.

As part of a small team, you will also be required to support and cover the other members of the Purchasing Team where required.

This role crosses and supports buying and merchandising and reports into the Merchandising Manager

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to gain further experience within a retail head office environment.

Responsibilities

Co-ordination of the intake of product from 300 brands across 13,000 skus in conjunction with Senior Merchandising Assistant and the Logistics Department

Accurate input of order data into PO system.
Sending POs to brands.
Amending POs in line with brand product availability updates and additionally pricing updates where needed
Maintaining and updating the delivery schedule daily with current progress of POs
Managing critical path of all PO's ensuring brands are on board to meet critical dates.
Liaising closely with the Logistics and Inbound teams regarding priorities.
Communicating key delivery information/ shortfalls to the B&M team.
Preparing daily sales report for management team.
Supporting other roles with Admin team when needed.

Skills Required:

Be proactive and hands on. This is a small but fastgrowing company the role will vary from day to day and you have to have a 'can do' approach,
Online retailing is a fastpaced working environment so possessing the ability to prioritise and reprioritise will be the key to success in this role
Have a high attention to detail and accuracy
Be very organised
Be able to work as part of a team as well as work autonomously
Proactive approach to managing own workload
Uses initiative to solve problems

Experience required: