Assistant Buyer

at  sofacom

Company Description
At Frasers Group we’re rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we’re serving our consumers with the world’s best sports, premium and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we’re elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.

WHY JOIN US?

Our mission- we are building the worlds most admired and compelling brand ecosystem
Our purpose – we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world’s best brands and experiences

At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivalled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:

• Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you
• Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results
• Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners and the planet

Are you ready to join the Fearless?
Job Description
We are looking for a commercial and organised product professional to join Sofa.com’s own-Brand and 3rd Party product offering; assisting the Head of Buying & Merchandising in all B&M aspects, with particular focus on new product development, new brands onboarding, product range planning, digital imagery, stores/ ecommerce / marketing support, and systems data management.
As a Junior Commercial Manager your day to day responsibilities would be:

Product Management

• Masters critical path and priority management
• Monitors New Product development with factories to collate information and meet deadlines
• Carries out competition/ trade fair analysis and draws strategic recommendations
• Proposes new ranges and brands aligned with the Sofa.com strategy and positioning
• Displays and constantly builds on strong product and trend knowledge
• Develops and enacts strong systems knowledge and trouble-shooting
• Inputs and maintains accurate data in systems along with BA
• Key B&M coordinator to collate and communicate product information swiftly and accurately to all stakeholders including marketing, stores and ecommerce
• Carries out Marketing shoot preparation, coordination and execution on site
• Develops digital imagery to be accurate and commercial
• Supports QA and Merchandising within the team

Commercial Awareness

• Demonstrates customer and market understanding during product development process
• Supports producing weekly Trade packs and presents internally
• Brings new ideas to improve sales performance and identifies trading risks
• Negotiates pricing and other terms from suppliers

Management

• Manages BA, secures prioritising and organises workload to achieve deadlines
• Controls and guarantees the accuracy and quality of the work delivered for the department
• Supports BA in answering customer/ showroom queries
• Manages, monitors and coaches the Buying Assistant to develop their performance, skillset

Qualifications

• Experienced in the product life cycle including critical path management, liaising with suppliers, competitor research and data analysis.
• Comfortable Systems knowledge including all Microsoft (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Experienced in buying/ sourcing of products.
• Ideally and interest in furniture or upholstery.

Additional Information
Along with your benefits package we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:

Please refer the Job description for details