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November 8, 2024

B&Q

Eastleigh

OTHER


Buying Assistant

About the role
Buying Assistant
18 Month FTC
Up to £30,000 + Pension + BUPA + Share Save + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (3 days per week in the office)
Southampton, Store Support Office
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as a Buying Assistant and you’ll be a big part of this.
Key responsibilities
Empower the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in curating an awe-inspiring product range that delights our customers. Your role involves crafting and maintaining vendor and product data, executing competitive pricing and promotions, and ensuring that all channel requirements receive relevant information throughout the buying and merchandising journey. Additionally, you’ll be a key player in maintaining product data throughout its lifecycle and supporting the sample process for range development.
Key Responsibilities:
Vendor Management:
  • Handle day-to-day vendor queries, ensuring adherence to B&Q processes and policies.
  • Collect accurate vendor data promptly and proactively address risks and issues.
  • Analyze key vendor performance data, including turnover information.
  • Assist in delivering vendor strategies, organizing meetings, and visits.
  • Manage contracts, cost prices, and approval processes.
  • Support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting related to vendor contributions.
Product Data and Execution:
  • Secure accurate customer-facing data and content across channels.
  • Manage product data setup, progression, and archiving.
  • Coordinate replacement link execution and category sampling for quality assurance.
  • Execute promotions and price changes as directed by the Buyer and Assistant Buyer.
  • Collaborate with the Strategic Pricing team for product/price comparisons.
Additional Responsibilities:
  • Maintain buying tracker updates and communicate regularly with stakeholders.
  • Utilize customer and market insights for presentations and business actions.
  • Work alongside merchandising on projects, including range reviews and promotions.
  • Provide general administration support to the buying team.
  • Demonstrate a willingness to learn and develop within the commercial function.
Required skills & experience
Key Experience:
  • Strong administrative and organizational skills, including prioritization abilities.
  • Effective communication skills for interacting with both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Proactive and flexible approach, with initiative-taking abilities.
  • Analytical mindset with attention to detail.
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Power Point.
What's in it for me?
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are.We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities. You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.
We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, Share Save options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more!
So we can support you during the application or interview process, please contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk for any recruitment adjustments.
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