- Posted 17 December 2025
- LocationLondon
- Job type Fixed-Term - Full Time
- DisciplineBuying
- Reference019149
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.