Location
South West London | United Kingdom
Job description
At Sweaty Betty, we’re more than just a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women.
We’re also a community that believes fitness is a flip-the-switch trigger for becoming the woman you want to be. Leggings and sports bras won’t change the world on their own. But with a grab-my-hand, let’s-go-for-it-now spirit, the women who wear them can.
If you want to join us on the next chapter of our adventure, you’re in the right place. This is an exciting opportunity for a Buyer’s Assistant to join us on our mission to empower women through fitness and beyond by supporting the Buyer across all disciplines, system input, sample management and administration.
SB Values:
- We Really Care
- First, Best, Bravest
- Our Strength is in Each Other
- Stand Up, Speak Up, Shout Out
Reporting directly to the Buyer, you will be responsible for the following:
- Living by our brand values with a focus on innovation & sustainability.
- Delivering amazing administrative support to the team to ensure everything runs smoothly day to day.
- Taking ownership of the departmental Critical Path and working with PD and Planning to make sure key dates are both understood and met, plus collaborating cross functionally within the product team to understand any product delays.
- & supporting Buyer ahead of weekly trade
- Assisting with Monday Trade meetings. With assistance from the Assistant Buyer/Buyer, this includes development a basic understanding of Trade reports, analyzing weekly sales performance with actions, pulling top 10’s and supporting sample requests for company trade.
- Owning data management on internal systems with the support of Assistant Buyer including ensuring that all product line lists are set up accurately and maintained on the system in line with departmental deadlines.
- Delivering support tools for both Buying Team and cross-functional teams such as line boards and product decks.
- Pivot role within sample management for the department. Preparing samples for key meetings and ensuring that all samples are prepped to a high standard with great attention to detail.
- Responsible for organizing and handing over all Eccom, Wholesale, VM, Press/Marketing (US & UK) samples.
- Supporting with preparation for key milestone meetings such as product reviews and sign offs, ensuring all samples arrive on time and are available and set up as required.
- Completing regular market analysis to develop a strong understanding of competitors and being aware of current trends. Delivering weekly/monthly report out decks/comparative shop reports to develop and maintain knowledge of the current marketplace and to support the wider teams.
- Building an excellent understanding of our global customer and our competitors through store visits and market research.
- Supporting the buying team to ensure that our Creative, Performance Marketing, Retail, Eccom & Wholesale teams have everything that they need to promote the product & inspire customers to buy.
- Building strong cross functional relationships both within the Product Team & company wide.
Must Haves:
- A relevant degree or 1 year of experience with a fashion/sportswear retailer in Buying
- A passion for product with a commercial eye and creative flair with an obsession for attention to detail
- Amazing organisational skills and comfortable using initiative in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent skills in Microsoft office, especially excel and outlook
The Extras:
- Generous clothing allowance
- 60% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
- 25 days holiday, plus 8 flexible bank holidays
- Sample sales
- 10 days work from anywhere policy
- Company bonus scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health Cash Plan benefit with Medicash available to all Sweaty Betty UK Employees (Following successfully passing probation)
- Enhanced Family Leave policy
- Discounts at the best Studio Classes
- SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home
Our D&I Commitment
Our mission is to empower all women. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world. And we want to stand up for what we believe in.
We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business. Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.
Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business.
We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.
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