Buying Assistant

BUYING ASSISTANT| HIGH WYCOMBE

We’re looking for a fabulous Buying Assistant to join our Buying team and play a key role in supporting the Buyers with everyday tasks and to build strong relationships with The Perfume Shop’s suppliers, delivering appropriate information as required to support product decisions.

You’ll be the first point of contact for stores, whilst ensuring you continue to build and maintain strong internal relationships with Area Managers to understand the store needs

What You’ll Do

• Being accountable for liaising with The Perfume Shop’s suppliers to gain any information needed to ensure we are efficient, effective and deliver for the business.
• Liaising with the Merchandisers to obtain relevant information for forecasting and to raise orders
• Ensuring that The Perfume Shop’s new launch data is up to date and set up new products, taking responsibility for filing and organising new product sheets
• Taking responsibility for monitoring the prices on The Perfume Shop’s internal systems, ensuring that prices are correct and that we are buying products at the correct price for the business
• Using The Perfume Shop’s internal data systems to their full potential, extracting relevant information to assist the team
• Taking ownership for confirming the correct signage is completed for products and merchandising instructions are sent to stores to ensure stores are aware of the available POS material and GWP qualifiers
  
  

What You’ll Bring

• Have a passion for retail, customers and are results driven
• Competent in using all Microsoft Office packages
• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal skills, both written and verbal
• Are a natural problem solver, being able to think outside the box to improve processes
  
  

What You’ll Gain

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional days.
• Discretionary Bonus – We love to share our success with you!
• Access to Wagestream, to support your financial wellbeing needs, giving you more control and flexibility with your pay.
• Hybrid Working! 3 days office and 2 days off-site.
• Access to our TPS Perks which offers you a variety of saving and discount options.
• Buy & Sell Holiday scheme and Life Assurance.
• 20% staff discount, as well as discounts at Superdrug and Three Mobile.
• Round the clock support from our partnership with RetailTrust.
• Cycle to work scheme for those who don’t mind riding up the hills of High Wycombe.
  
  

OUR HIRING PROCESS

• You find or get sent this job advert, read it, and feel like you’re the perfect person.
• You send in your application to let us know you’re interested.
• We see your application, get excited, and give you a call.
• You’ll meet us twice, and we’ll get to know each other.
• You’ll begin your journey with us and let everyone know how great your new job is.
  
  

“We’re a sociable bunch of down-to-earth people, who enjoy our work and each other’s company”.

Agencies: We are not accepting speculative CV’s or profiles and kindly request that you refrain from contacting us.

The Perfume Shop is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion within our work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

The Perfume Shop is part of AS Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer operating over 16,000 stores under 12 retail brands in 28 markets, with over 130,000 employees worldwide. For the fiscal year 2022, AS Watson Group recorded revenue of US$22 billion. Every year, we are serving over 5.5 billion shoppers via our O+O (Offline plus Online) technology-enabled platforms.