Retail Buying Administrator - OnetoOne Personnel : Job Details

Retail Buying Administrator

Fixed Term Contract (MAT Cover) until 30 th June 2025

Watford, Hertfordshire

£30,000 to £32,000 per annum (based on qualifications and experience)

Have you got previous experience working within a fashion brand and are looking for a new opportunity?

One to One Personnel is proud to be working with our global brand client who is looking to hire a Retail Buying Administrator on a fixed term contract based at their offices in Watford.

To be considered for this role you must have at least 3 years UK based work experience and ideally have relevant fashion industry experience to be considered for this role.

Experience/Skills Required

• Relevant industry experience - preferably 2-3 years
• Self-motivated, able to manage own workload and be a team player
• Highly competent IT skills - Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Paying attention to detail while working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong time management and communication skills
• Strong proactive work ethic

Role and Responsibilities

• Management of the administrative purchasing of footwear and apparel for the Company
• Customer and supply chain administrator - Management of Samples, Purchasing and Sales
• Customer liaison correspondent - For entire process from purchasing from suppliers and sales administration
• Raise, maintain and invoice sales orders in line with purchase orders
• Access and maintain customer data base where appropriate
• Logistical coordination and management of one or more brands: product style codes/costings/purchase orders (creation to landing) on ERP system
• Compiling a line list with the design team for the coming season
• Managing Free-On-Board (FOB) prices and selling prices by customer -£/$/€
• Logistical coordination and management samples from development between supplier, brand director and customers
• POE Submission to factories and tracking price negation
• Preparing margin sheets to help with price negotiations; both with the factories and customer
• Assisting the Operations team with any additional duties
• Handling warehouse allocation and delivery
• Collaborating with suppliers, manufacturers, and logistics partners to ensure timely delivery of the products
• Collaborating with the product development team to plan and manage the production process, ensuring that production schedules, quality standards, and delivery timelines are met. Ensuring that products meet or exceed quality standards
• Working with suppliers and manufacturers to resolve quality issues, implement quality improvement initiatives, and conduct regular inspections and audits

The scope of the role and responsibilities may be expanded or vary depending on the needs of the Company’s business to adapt to changing market conditions.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday
• 60% staff discount across the brands
• Staff sample sale
• Staff Christmas gifts

If you have all the skills above and feel this is the role for you, please do not hesitate to contact us at 121 Personnel on or forward your CV to