ROLE OVERVIEW:

This role is critical to the Buying function and provides a link between the B&M team and the Retail/ on-line sales channels. The role represents the first step within Buying.

Key Deliverables

• Help meet and exceed category sales and margin targets

Planning

• Assisting with the delivery of analysis and preparation of future strategies
• Providing administrative support for the buying team across all relevant systems
• Ensuring accurate data entry within the relevant critical path
• Seasonal preparation of photographic range catalogues
• Gaining an understanding of the top-line company strategy and how it affects my department

Delivering

• Developing an understanding of the outdoor market, suppliers and competitors
• Maintaining supplier database, workbooks, price lists etc.
• Managing buying team branded samples – ordering, recording, returns.
• Ensuring sample availability for marketing, on-line, photography etc.
• Developing and maintaining an excellent relationship with Suppliers
• Gaining and maintaining an understanding of the systems and processes utilised within JD Outdoors
• Support buyers / liaise with product development teams as necessary
• Support on-line teams as necessary (branded assets, product data, copy)

Trading

• Supporting trading meetings as appropriate – sales samples, new lines
• Tracking competitor activity and document ranging, pricing, promotion etc.

Teamwork

• Share best practice within my team
• Give and receive regular feedback
• ‘Can do’ attitude
• Learn from our mistakes and help it shape our future plans
• We strive for a ‘right first time’ approach in all we do
• We are all responsible for the culture of our office – if we don’t like something, we change it

Skills/Experience/Knowledge:

• Passion for Outdoor activities and product would be advantageous;
• Previous Retail experience within an established Outdoor Retailer would be advantageous however not essential.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Ability to prioritise workload and tasks.
• Ability to make working relationships both internally and externally.
• Flexible working approach during peak periods of the year.