Assistant Buyer - 12 month FTC

Assistant Buyer Homes Fixed term contract - 12 months

FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ

Hybrid flexibility to work a minimum of 2 days in the office and the remainder from home

We have an excellent opportunity for an Assistant Buyer to join our Homes Department, where you will develop and implement a departmental product range. You’ll play a key role in selecting a product range under the guidance of the Buyer, which maximises sales opportunities and anticipates and exceeds customer needs focusing on branded products. We're looking for someone who can work confidently as part of a team but also thrives independently, using their initiative to be responsible for managing suppliers and brands and following through to ensure product availability for live dates. Now is a fantastic time to join our Buying and Merchandising Team as we embark on an ambitious and exciting growth journey.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Review the market place and latest trends to deliver a credible product range, identifying gaps and opportunities for growth.
• Manage buying development meetings for the department in absence of Buyer.
• Work with Merchandise and QA to develop range strategy.
• Assist the Buyer to create and compile detailed briefs for new ranges and liaise with relevant markets.
• Ensure product quality, value and continuity of supply in line with departmental aims
• Assist in range building and product selection, leading these aspects for your own range.
• Develop close relationships with suppliers to ensure timely and accurate launches
• Work closely with Marketing and suppliers to deliver a successful promotional calendar for the department
• Present and report on season performance and build a new strategy based on this.
• Manage the critical path dates and schedules to ensure deadlines are met including photography, sampling, loading, promotional events and trade actions
• Write product copy and loading cross-sells
• Manage an accurate range plan
• Review in-season trade for the Buyer
• Liaise with Web Content Team and E-Commerce to ensure product copy and photographs reflect the product accurately and offer suggestions for improvement where necessary
• Set-up, manage and follow through all buying administration systems and procedures to ensure product availability and on-time delivery
• Collate information on the supplier’s performance in preparation for the supplier review including Brands both stock and Direct Despatch.
• Manage sample process, ensuring the sample room and basement storage is kept tidy and samples are available for photography and PR opportunities when required

About You

ABOUT US: FGH BUYING & MERCHANDISING

An exciting and fast-paced environment, Buying & Merchandising stay at the forefront of the latest trends and work closely with providers across Asia and Europe to provide the great products our customers love. For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer. Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa.

What We Offer You

FLEXIBILITY

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working options to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role. We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step. We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. Our inspired leadership programme is aimed at equipping our future leaders to coach, develop, manage change and maintain situational awareness.

INCLUSIVITY

As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance. Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit. Our values and policies ensure that all colleagues receive fair and equitable treatment. We work hard to attract the very best talent, develop our workforce and create a culture of fairness and integrity for all.

Benefits

We firmly believe that we should reward our brilliant people with extensive benefits to help them stay healthy, relax and re-energise, have fun, manage the day-to-day and plan for the future. Here are just some of our great benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 37 Days holiday including bank holidays
• Healthcare cash plan
• Competitive pension scheme
• Incredible staff discounts
• Subsidised Canteen

Ready to apply? If you’re excited about this opportunity and want to join FGH, click apply now to send us your application.