Location: London

Type: Permanent

Industry: Childrenswear

Job Ref: TGS1464

The Company:

An excellent opportunity for a Buyers Admin Assistant to join a trend led high street Ladies fashion supplier providing support to the buying and design team. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious and fashion driven candidate to join a fast paced Buying team and begin a career in fashion Buying.

The Role:

• Creating and maintaining the critical path/monthly boards.
• Ensuring the smooth running of the whole fashion buying cycle.
• Placing purchase orders and completing order amendments including delivery delays, quantity adjustments and price amendments in system.
• Attending fit sessions & updating critical path accordingly.
• Chasing outstanding samples on a weekly basis, at all stages of development.
• Updating the buying team on sample status.
• Complete regular competitive shops and report back to wider team.
• Maintenance of the sample library, preparing samples for meetings.
• Creating fashion trend boards for buying meetings.
• Take minutes in buyer meetings and circulate.
• Other duties as required.

Skills Required:

• Have experience within Fashion Buying ideally within  a ladieswear fashion supplier.
• Have attention to detail and a keen eye for fashion.
• Be an enthusiastic, highly organised team player, with strong communication skills.
• A willingness to support the Buying & Design teams with all admin related tasks.
• Have a good knowledge and understanding of competitors.