Buying Admin Assistant - Footwear

Kurt Geiger | About Us

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

Responsibilities

• Raise PO for the department, maintain and amend throughout the product lifecycle and ensure accuracy on the system.
• Ensure product lists are set up correctly and updated on the system, based on changing deadlines. managing critical deadlines in planning and trading.
• Manage department's critical path, working with the Buyers to ensure the correct delivery date.
• General admin and filing for the department including invoices, product data and managing and sorting post and parcles.
• Manage department samples including chasing samples, sample storage and sample request across wholesale, marketing and photography
• Product for fit sessions and share comments with suppliers.
• Support the team in preparing for range meetings, including sample pulling and organising sign off documents when needed.
• Support Junior Buyer with approvals process, managing product storage, lab dips, yarn dips and bulk submissions.
• Carry out comp shops to develop knowledge of the current market and feedback to the team as necessary.
• Maintain relationships with suppliers
• Take part in in-store visits and provide detailed feedback to the Buyers and Merchandising team.

Requirements

• Previous experience within a Buying Admin role preferable (placement year or internship experience will be considered)
• Passionate about gaining experience and developing a career in Buying
• String MS Office skills, particularly Excel
• Proactive, hard-working & excellent at building relationships
• Self-motivated and highly organised
• Works confidently in team environment
• Ability to prioritise and manage own workload

Benefits

• Competitive basic salary
• Pension and life assurance
• Enviable discounts
• Gym Discounts
• Summer Hours - 3pm Friday finish
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• RetailTrust support
• And so much more!

Our Culture  

We’re an energic fast-paced brand that embraces progress and strives for innovation. Hard work is rewarded with new opportunities at every level and kindness is celebrated in everything we do. Our summer working hours accommodate a healthy work life balance. Wellbeing is important to our working culture, which is why we nurture a friendly environment for talent to thrive in, alongside a vibrant social community.

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963.  Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.

We Are One: For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness |  For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism