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Buying Admin Assistant - Northumberland

Listing ID: 1558411

Buying Admin Assistant - Northumberland

Type of Position: Permanent Position
Company / Organisation / Artist Name: Disturbia
Location: Cramlington, Northumberland, North East, UK
Hours: Full Time
Experience: Entry level
Specified Hours: Hybrid
Salary / Wage: £25,000 - £26,000
Twitter Handle: @disturbiaco
Deadline: Ongoing
Ad Expires In: 3 weeks 6 days
About: Disturbia is a fast growing, independent UK brand specialising in alternative, subculture led fashion.

We are looking for like-minded individuals who will thrive in an independent, creative role who want to have a vital part in the management and development of the brands digital channels.

Disturbia is committed to building a supportive and inclusive working environment enabling staff to fulfil their personal potential and creativity. We aim to remove unfair and discriminatory practices within the Company and encourage full contribution from our diverse community.

As Disturbia continues to grow, the need has arisen to hire a Buying Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team.

This is a supportive role to the buying team, directly supporting the wider buying team and partnering with our existing BAAs. This a great entry level position for anyone interested in entering the buying industry in a fast growing fashion brand.  

Key Responsibilities of the Buying Admin Assistant:

  • PO Management: Raising and amending Purchase Orders and creating PO overviews 
  • Sample Management: preparing and organising samples for fits, sign off meetings, rack ups and photo shoot campaigns. Manage the library of lab dips and strike offs.  
  • Critical path management: Ensure key dates are met, chasing up any issues with suppliers. 
  • System Management: updating information consistently and correctly to our systems; Centric and Microsoft Business Central.  
  • Supplier Management: Working daily with overseas suppliers and building strong trustworthy relationships  
  • Admin tasks: Supporting the wider buying team with ad hoc buying tasksEnsuring smooth running of the department, and assisting buying team with day-to-day administrative tasks 
  • Market Analysis support: undertaking weekly comparative shopping/bench-marking reports.  
  • Post management: Managing the high volume of deliveries coming and going between our offices.  

What Disturbia is looking for:

  • A degree in fashion or experience in a fashion environment. 
  • Excellent knowledge of the fashion industry 
  • Strong, clear, and competent communication skills 
  • High level of competency with reporting platforms and spreadsheets 
  • Confidence, self-motivation, and tenacity are essential. 
  • Highly organised 
  • The ability to prioritise 
  • Meticulous attention to detail 
  • Good time management skills 

Disturbia Benefits

So, why join Disturbia?

Along with our excellent attitude and our great team spirit, we regularly reward our team members for their outstanding work ethic.

We also offer:

  • Annual leave allowance starting at 21 days, not including bank holidays increasing with length of service.  
  • Annual leave purchase scheme 
  • A company social fund where we put a portion of money away each month to put towards team and company social activities 
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Flexible start and end times
  • Up to 50% store discount
  • Regular socials and social fun
  • Birthday treats

About Disturbia

Welcome to Disturbia. We're an independent, subculture-led fashion brand creating unconventionally authentic attire for a global community of kindred spirits who think and act outside the box of normalcy.

Our designs are informed and inspired by the outcast, the esoteric, and the occult- we're always spinning fashion trends on their head in new and unexpected ways. We stand for the other in society, and always want to do right by our community - all while having a hell of a lot of fun in the process.

As we continue to grow, so too do we continually seek like-minded individuals to join our ranks. The right candidate for any position will be passionate about their work and dedicated to making the brand the best that it can be as we expand into new frontiers.


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