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Buying Assistant Beauty - 12 Month FTC

Job description

Our Head Office department is in the heart of Piccadilly and occupies the 5th & 6th floor of our beautiful flagship store. This central London location offers so much to explore including restaurants, bars, cultural sites, shopping and more, and only a short walk from the Green Park Tube Station and plenty of bus stops.

Key interfaces:

Merchandising, Retail, Warehouse, Marketing, Online

Key Accountabilities:

  • Product set up
  • Maintaining product data in D365
  • Collating trade reports where appropriate
  • Managing the supplier sampling calendar
  • Co-ordinating with marketing on key events
  • Day to day sample and new product management with suppliers
  • General department admin
  • Cross functional working with all other areas of the business
  • Manage the QC process with the technical department
  • Co-ordinating shop floor product layouts
  • Arranging presentations
  • Accounts queries

We expect the  successful candidate to have the following skills and experience:

  • Able to learn quickly, and adapt to changing priorities
  • Comfortable working with different systems and juggling multiple tasks
  • Ability to work under pressure, prioritise, and manage your own workload to meet deadlines and manage expectations
  • Highly organised
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Able to quickly establish and maintain positive internal and external stakeholder relationships
  • Self-motivated and a proactive attitude to work
  • Highly numerate and commercial
  • Articulate
  • Punctual
  • Experienced with excel, word and outlook
  • Previous retail experience
  • Passion for retail

In return, we offer:

  • A competitive salary
  • A generous store and restaurant discount of up to 40%
  • 25 days holidays (excluded bank holidays) and an extra day off for your birthday
  • A fantastic subsidised staff restaurant which uses Fortnum’s ingredients
  • A range of opportunities to develop and grow personally and professionally
  • Excellent pension scheme

 

We are committed to developing your career and nurturing your talent, regardless of age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; sexual orientation. We respect and embrace each other's differences, to create a truly inclusive environment.

 

In the last year alone, our people have been recognised and celebrated, winning awards for their outstanding contributions to Retail, Technology, Global Hospitality & Tourism, Visual Merchandising & Display, Customer Service and Local Community Awards.