Assistant Buyer

Join one of the fastest-growing online retailers in the UK and be part of something extraordinary.

This growing homeware retailer, who are experiencing exponential year-on-year growth, a loyal and rapidly expanding customer base, and a product range that\’s turning heads across the UK, we\’re on a mission to make style, quality and value accessible for every home.

We’re now looking for a highly organised Buying Assistant to support the Buying Team in delivering commercially successful ranges that inspire and engage our customers.

As a Buying Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting the end-to-end buying process – from critical path management and sample approval through to product launches and campaign planning. You’ll work closely with buyers, suppliers, and cross‑functional teams to ensure deadlines are met and ranges are brought to market on time.

This is a great opportunity for someone with Buying Admin experience to step up, expand their skills, and grow within a fast‑paced, creative retail environment. You will assist with:

• Critical Path Management – taking full responsibility for depts CP.
• Sample Management – making sure all samples are organised and approved on time
• Responsible for approval of pre‑shipment inspections
• Creation and management of label artwork
• Assisting Buyer in range building and development – including attending comp shops and online comp shopping
• Oversee and sign off the sample process – lab dips/strike offs, red seals and gold seals
• Strong understanding of our target consumer, competitors and marketplace platforms
• Liaise with Far East factories to ensure that deadlines are met
• Ensure we are achieving set launch dates
• Assist with the development of product ranges across our brands, contributing new ideas that are relevant for each brand’s target market
• Consistently keep up to date with new trends, colours and fabrics
• Carrying out in-store and online competitor analysis and SWOT reports to assist Buyer in buys
• Communicating with the Ecommerce team to help support Campaigns and Photo Shoots
• Organising and giving inspiration/guidance to studio for photography styling per range.

To apply you will have:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in Buying Administration within a Head Office environment.
• Ideally experience within homeware/home products/textiles, soft furnishings or similar
• Wide market awareness across Home Value Retailers in the market
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise tasks in a fast‑paced environment.
• Happy to work in an office 5 days per week
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Solid commercial awareness with strong understanding of target consumer and competitors.
• Proficiency in Excel and strong overall IT skills.

Why join

• A creative and collaborative environment.
• Casual dress
• Extensive career progression
• Great hours of work
• Company events
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking