Assistant Buyer - Conwy
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Assistant Buyers provide support to Buyers, helping to develop ranges and identify pricing architecture, as well as highlighting new and improved product opportunities to maximise sales.
An Assistant Buyer will be expected to develop market understanding, including benchmarking tasks and competitor analyses.Specific areas of responsibility include overseeing samples, briefs to publications departments and copy checking. In this role there is opportunity for cross team working with the Merchandising department as well as the Marketing team, focusing on areas such as e-commerce.
An Assistant Buyer will deputise for the Buyer when necessary and prepare and attend briefing sessions with internal teams as well as compile data to required deadlines.
The skills required
You will be an ambitious and driven individual with commercial acumen and marketawareness. The ability to negotiate will be valued and, ideally, you will have experience of purchasing.
Organisational skills are key, as well as the capability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Highly numerate, IT literate and analytical, you will be someone who remains calm under pressure and be an adept communicator.
Flexibility is key as well as being self-driven, honest and capable of supporting the senior team. It’s important you are open to challenging accepted ways of buying, and continually strive to innovate. You will be confident in meeting environments and able to present reports to the senior team.
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Conwy County Borough takes the same name as its principal town, and is located at in the centre of North Wales. It is bordered to the east by Denbighshire and to the west and south by Gwynedd. To its north is the Irish Sea. The county is home to a string of seaside resorts that have been perennial favourites, particularly with visitors from North West England. They include Penmaenmawr, Llanfairfechan Conwy, Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and Abergele, as well as the inland tourist town of Betws-y-Coed.
The whole of north Wales is an industrious place, and tourism plays a major part in its economy, with beaches and mountains being favourite destinations year on year. There is also some industry in the county. This is very positive for those seeking Assistant Buyer jobs.
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