Trainee Assistant Buyer

As a Trainee Assistant Buyer, you'll assist and support our Buying Teams to carry out the processes of planning, selecting, administration, supplier and store liaison to achieve the overall department objectives.,

• Set up new supplier account details, ensuring all suppliers are aware of and understand Matalan's requirements, communicating any issues to your Buying team.
• Liaise with suppliers to chase Red and Gold samples to ensure timely deliveries in line with the critical path and maintain an organised and tidy sample room.
• Conduct online and in-store benchmarking of key competitors to ensure we are offering the latest trends and products at the best price.
• Raising and tracking purchase orders
• Preparing product rooms for meetings
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To find the best people for our Buying teams, we'd like you to have the following...
• A fashion or textile related qualification (A level equivalent or above)
• Retail and/or Buying experience would be advantageous
• Commercially focused
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate at all levels
• Ability to work independently
  
  Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK's most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real.
  
  20% staff discount, which increases with length of service
• Thrive Recognition Scheme
• Wellbeing support provided by the Retail Trust
• Life Assurance
• Retail Rewards platform offering discounts for other retailers
• Pension Scheme
• Access to a wide range of career development Additional benefits may apply depending on your role and area of the business