About: The JD Group is currently looking for the brightest talent to join the team in a variety of Group roles situated at our Head Office, Distribution Centre and across our Retail Stores.
As our business continues to expand globally, we continue to search for driven and talented individuals who love what they do and are passionate about taking the next step in their career.
We respect each member of our team and everyone is encouraged to put forward their ideas, regardless of how big or small, as dynamic thinking is what drives this business to be competitive. Our brand ethos is all about innovation, creativity and competitiveness and therefore, we love to hear from people who share those values.
We inspire our people to reach for the highest levels of performance. All employees are highly skilled, self-motivated and in constant pursuit of perfection when delivering business objectives. Opportunities to progress arise quickly for those people with the right qualities and ambition.
The Buying Admin Assistant will provide administration support for the JD buying team. The successful candidate will have a passion for our product with a great knowledge of current sportswear and high street fashion trends.
Key Responsibilities:
Assist the Assistant Buyer/Buyer with the day-to-day running of the range and samples.
Ensure post is collected, and samples are sent out where required in a timely manner with correct documentation attached.
Assist the Assistant Buyer with any order amendments and post-trade actions.
Assist the Assistant Buyer with compiling weekly Competitor Shopping Reports to highlight competitor activity, missed opportunities & promotional activity, utilising websites, store visits and magazines to complete the report.
Create and maintain all product sheets, ensuring they are completed with correct information and most up to date images.
Complete weekly trade admin; Compile Best and Worst documents, pull relevant samples with completed product tags and ensure samples are cleared away after the meeting.
Chase suppliers for press samples and pass to marketing.
Monitor web lines to make sure intake images are correct and appearing on the websites in a timely manner.
Support the Assistant Buyer with compiling the relevant information needed for sign-off presentations (i.e. Top 20, Top 50 documents).
Take minutes in meetings and ensure they are written up, distributed and followed up in a timely manner.
Manage samples for staff sales.
Follow various social media channels to ensure we are aware of current and emerging trends within sportswear fashion.
Provide sell-through information to brands on a weekly basis
Run rankings for Top 20 and Top 50 lines from last week’s trade
Produce trend reports by Quarterly
Attend appointments when specified by Buyer
Core Competencies:
Knowledge of our store base and website
Desire to learn and a passion for our product
Social media awareness and understanding of the relevance to category
Proactive and forward-thinking in suggesting improvements
Confidence in their knowledge of the market and ability to challenge and influence across all levels
Profile:
Sportswear fashion trend knowledge and a passion for JD products
An awareness of celebrity trends within sportswear fashion.
Good organisational skills and basic numeracy
Knowledge of Microsoft Office is a plus - training will be provided
