Buying Assistant Lookfantastic - Manchester, United Kingdom - THG

THG

Verified Company

Manchester, United Kingdom

5 days ago

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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 7,000 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.

ABOUT LOOKFANTASTIC
Lookfantastic is Europe's No1 Online Destination for Premium Beauty. Our mission is to empower people globally to look and feel fantastic every day.

To enable us to do this we have offices across the UK, Europe, America and Australia filled with passionate beauty fanatics who are committed to delivering rapid growth in this exciting industry.

We work with over 800 of the world's greatest beauty brands such as MAC, Kerastase, GHD, Tom Ford and YSL to bring our customers the widest offering of beauty products from around the globe.

Passion, innovation and commitment are key characteristics in this ever expanding team as we strive to become the Worlds No1 Online.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an Admin Assistant to join our Buying team working across a range of buying and merchandising admin duties.

The Buying Assistant will be responsible for co-ordinating and overseeing the accurate creation of products from the start to going live and all maintenance of the SKU thereafter.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Accurate management of the critical path, amending and communicating any changes in a timely fashion to meet deadlines
Source compliance details from brands and manage the CPNPs of new and existing products on site.
Working closely across teams within LOOKFANTASTIC such as Merchandising & Marketing to ensure a seamless process when launching products and brands & communicating change
Working Closely across THG beauty on shared brands processes.
Managing funding forms to achieve accurate support for the business
Aid the accounts department in solving discrepancies.
Coordinate and maintain the company supplier contact list.
Keep abreast of competitor activity, pricing, promotions and assortment with a weekly comp shop.
Acting as a bridge between Customer Service and the brands on adhoc queries.
Requesting and checking product information from brands within the expected time frame.
Sample management
Liaising with the warehouse on discrepancies and information.
General Admin responsibilities, as an agile team it is essential you are able to action

ad-hoc tasks and demonstrate effective workload management.

KEY SKILLS

Have a high attention to detail and level of accuracy.
Online retailing is a fastpaced working environment so possessing the ability to prioritise and reprioritise will be the key to success in this role.
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
Organised and detail conscious
Keen and enthusiastic with a desire to take on new responsibilities and progress within the company.
A strong commercial and customer focus.
An excellent communicator both internally and externally.
Beauty retail experience.
Experience of working in an Ecommerce environment.

What we offer in return: