Buying Assistant

NJR Recruitment ,
Oldham, Greater Manchester
Salary: From £17,000 to £22,000 per annum

Overview

Buying Assistant Oldham £17,000 - £22,000 Candidates will have experience managing the critical path Our Client is a leading importer, supplying major retailers in the UK and due to their ever expanding growth they now have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Buying / Sales Administrator to join their team You will be dealing with incoming customer enquiries and assisting the sales force with daily sales administration activities, whilst processing a high volume of product orders, invoices for all sales transactions and checking prices and contracts are up to date. Responsibilities: Updating in-store layouts. Initial selection meeting preparation. Chasing samples for meetings. Set up of new season's Critical Paths and Intake Sheets. Ensuring all information is being filled in on Critical Paths and Intake Sheets. Liaise closely with studio on new designs. Liaise with the display team to set up showrooms for meetings. Setting up new lines on the system. Recording and photographing new lines. Managing the product pool in terms of selected/deselected lines. Organising samples for both internal and external meetings. Complete product component lists with all relevant information. Chasing and approving packaging from the factories. Chasing Gold Seals and liaising with Quality. Request Article Numbers from the customer and update on the Intake Sheet. Organising weekly Critical Path meetings. The successful candidate will need to have previous experience working as a Buying Administrator, Sales Administrator or Buying Assistant - preferably within a Importer / Supplier environment. You will have excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office & Excel as well as solid communication & articulation skills and have the ability to multi task. For further information please contact one of our specialist consultants on 0161 834 4747 quoting REF: NJR10107