Category Buying Administrator - NJR Recruitment : Job Details

Category Buying Administrator

Home Textiles

Oldham

Due to their ever-expanding growth our client, a supplier of beautiful home textiles now has an excellent opportunity for a Category Buying Administrator to join their fast-paced team.

You will be a highly analytical individual from either a Buying or Merchandising Administrator role! You will be comfortable liaising with both customers and suppliers.

Job Purpose:

Supporting the Category Assistants by maintaining required administration accurately and completely. Reporting directly to the Team support Manager.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for setting up new lines on JDE.
• Completing new line create forms accurately.
• Creating and sending out internally packaging forms and photography forms.
• Chasing in samples from factories to meet photography deadlines.
• Responsible for reviewing and approval of packaging- attention to detail is essential.
• Communicate with the Category Assistance to ensure we are hitting key dates on critical path.
• Complete Web spec sheets and ensuring data is accurate.
• Downloading photography images.
• Updating sales info.
• General housekeeping duties for Data/sample storage/showroom & updating Bars (our system that holds record and imagery off all current/selected and offered lines to the customer).

Requirements

• Advanced Excel skills required and ability to work with mass data.
• Ability to communicate with Customers and Suppliers on Teams calls and face to face meetings.
• Ability and the confidence to produce and present Power points internally and externally.
• Attention to detail is critical as dealing with large amounts of data.
• Understand the specification of the product in more detail to give you greater understanding on developing right products for the customer.
• Able to work on own initiative.
• Enjoys working as part of a wider team and likes to get stuck in.

Apply online or for further information contact one of our specialist consultants quoting reference number: NJR14604