Buyers Admin Assistant

Footasylum is a leading UK-based retailer specialising in streetwear and sportswear, committed to delivering innovative and trend-setting products to our customers, with a strong focus on digital transformation and data-driven decision-making.

The Team

As a Buying Assistant you will work closely with the buying team and global brands to support the delivery of wider business goals. You will play an important role in enabling the best-in-class brands and product relevant to our target consumer are present across the Footasylum estate and Ecommerce sites therefore it is important you have a strong passion for footwear with an understanding of wider market fashion trends.

About You

We are looking for someone who embodies the Footasylum values - Community, Collaborate & Challenge. You will be an expert in UK culture and a brand fanatic.

Responsibilities

• Produce weekly trade reports to update internal teams and external brand partners on performance, opportunities and risks.
• Create look books and alignment documents to support cross‑department communication and ensure consistency across the business.
• Conduct ongoing trend and market analysis through retail visits, competitor reviews and research trips to identify emerging styles and commercial opportunities.
• Attend brand meetings to gain insight into upcoming product focuses, seasonal direction and range opportunities.
• Manage sample ordering for key product lines and collaborate with marketing to ensure strong go‑to‑market execution.
• Monitor social media platforms to spot early trends relevant to the target demographic and present findings to the team.
• Create visual documents to support order sign‑off processes and clearly showcase the proposed range.

Skills/Experience

• Excellent relationship‑building skills with internal teams and external brand partners, fostering strong collaboration and communication.
• Passion for footwear and fashion trends with a deep interest in the wider sportswear and high‑street market.
• Forward‑thinking and reactive mindset, able to respond quickly to market shifts to keep the brand competitive and relevant to consumer demand.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills with the ability to interpret data and manage multiple tasks effectively.
• Excel and Power BI knowledge considered an advantage for reporting, analysis and data‑driven decision‑making.

Why Footasylum?

We are one of the leading omni-channel retailers across the UK, but more than that we are a brilliant place to work. We value you and your development. We have loads of examples of people moving upwards, across to other departments and given training to excel their personal and professional skills. Our aim is to create a fun environment, where your success is paramount to ours and you are given the right tools, support and platform to achieve your goals.

Diversity

We recognise and value the importance of diversity to help make sure we have lots of different perspectives when we are building services to customers and the wider business. This is great news for our business. Diversity for us is also, importantly, about building happy teams full of people that want to learn and want to be inspired by each other and our different experiences and backgrounds.

Recruitment Process

We review applications on an individual basis, and if we feel you would be a good fit we’ll invite you for a call or Teams video for an informal chat about the role, and to see if we’re a good fit for you. We value open and honest conversations and collaboration, giving you a chance to learn about what we are doing in an informal and friendly environment. We want to know about you and why you feel that this is the opportunity for you. Please note, this is not a remote role and our expectation is that you will be able to attend Head Office/Studio in a hybrid way, in Greater Manchester.