Jollyes Petfood Superstores Hiring for Buying Assistant at Waltham Abbey Full Time

An exciting opportunity for a proactive and commercially minded buying assistant to join our team. This is a fast-paced role with the opportunity to make an immediate and significant impact in a growing retail business, which is experiencing large volumes of growth and actively opening new stores.

Rewards

• Competitive salary depending on experience
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous 20% staff discount scheme
• Critical Illness & Life Assurance schemes
• Workplace pension scheme
• Company operates a hybrid working policy.

• Responsibilities*

• Providing buying support to keep the department running smoothly, report and analysis preparation for your Senior Buyer.
• Helping source products for the department under guidance from the Senior Buyer.
• Manage the selection of promotions to run for the department.
• Input and maintain cost and sell prices in the system, and all supplier information.
• Supporting category merchandising & supply chain colleagues.
• Working with PIM to ensure new products and suppliers are set up accurately and on time for stores and online.
• Maintaining the department’s systems and trackers, ensuring they are accurate and updated in a timely manner.
• Loading Commercial Income and ensuring our suppliers are invoiced correctly.
• Supporting with store and customer queries.
• Managing the weekly bulletin for stores.

You will need:

• Experience in an assistant, support function for at least 1 year (ideally in FMCG or retail business)
• Attention to detail and data input accuracy
• To be self-driven, have integrity and diligence
• An animal lover, or pet owner, ideally dog or cat. If not, you will need to be willing to engage with owners in the business/stores for advice
• A relationship builder
• Team player* – *(able to do ad-hoc projects or tasks outside of the general remit to achieve collective goals)
• Proactive – and a problem solver
• Adaptable – able to adapt to a small business arena and all-round role involvement
• Strong Excel, word and powerpoint skills.
• Enjoy a fast paced environment and friendly team.

Key people and teams you will work with:

• Wider commercial team – Buyers, Merchandisers, Buying assistants and Supply chain
• Regional managers and store managers
• Suppliers

About us:
Jollyes is one of the largest chains of Petfood Superstores across the UK and Northern Ireland, providing a wide variety of branded pet foods and accessories throughout all our stores. Our strong heritage of over 25 years in the industry has enabled us to grow into a dominant market player today. We currently operate over 80 stores nationwide and plan to open further stores over the next twelve months.

Job Type: Full-time