Buying Assistant in Weston-super-Mare

At Funky Pigeon, we help people say it better — and we’re looking for a Buyer’s Assistant to play a key part in bringing our ranges to life. You’ll be right in the mix, working closely with the Category Manager / Buyer and getting involved across the full buying journey in cards and personalised gifting. It’s a hands‑on role where organisation, curiosity, and attention to detail really count. From helping new products land smoothly to keeping a close eye on performance and suppliers, you’ll have a real impact on how our ranges show up for customers. If you enjoy working with great products, love variety in your day, and want to grow your commercial experience in a fast‑moving environment, this could be a great next step.

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll support the day‑to‑day running of our buying activity across cards and personalised gifting, managing product and supplier set‑up, helping deliver successful range launches, and ensuring everything looks and performs as it should online.
• Alongside this, you’ll dig into data and insights to support range reviews, work closely with suppliers and internal teams, stay on top of admin, and use market insight to help shape commercial decisions.

This is a hybrid role, with two days a week based at our Bristol site.

What we’re looking for:

• Ideally, you’ll bring some experience from a Buying Assistant or similar commercial role, with a real appetite to keep learning and developing.
• You’re genuinely interested in retail, products, and delivering a great customer experience online.
• You have a strong interest in trends and design, especially within the gifting and cards space.
• You’re highly organised, love the detail, and feel comfortable juggling multiple tasks at once.
• You’re confident working with numbers and sales data, and enjoy using insights to spot opportunities.
• You’re comfortable using Microsoft Office or Google Workspace (especially Excel/Sheets and PowerPoint/Slides), with experience of Miro and Monday.com being a nice bonus.
• You’re a proactive, positive team player with a creative mindset who enjoys problem‑solving and getting stuck in.

About the Company:

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast‑paced environment and be part of our exciting journey. In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Benefits:

• Pension 15%
• Card Factory colleague discount in store and online
• Save As You Earn scheme
• Financial Wellbeing Support
• Financial Education Tools
• Salary Advance
• Seasonal incentive schemes
• Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
• Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
• Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
• Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave