Buying Admin Assistant - 12 month FTC

Buying Admin Assistant - 12 month FTC

FGH Business Centre 66-70 Vicar Ln, Bradford BD1 5AJ

Hybrid flexibility to work 2 days in the office

We have an excellent opportunity for a Buying Administration Assistant to join our Buying & Merchandising Team. In this role you will assist the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in all aspects of administration within the Homes and Homes Textiles Department.

Now is a fantastic time to join our Buying and Merchandising Team as we embark on an ambitious and exciting growth journey.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Maintain accurate product information across internal systems, ensuring timely product creation, loading and ongoing data management.
• Support the development and selection of product ranges, identifying opportunities that meet customer needs and commercial objectives.
• Coordinate samples for range reviews, photography, website content and supplier discussions.
• Support online trading activity by ensuring product information, imagery, attributes and taxonomy are accurately displayed across the website.
• Use Excel to manage trackers, range plans, pricing information and reporting, ensuring a high level of data accuracy.
• Conduct competitor analysis, price benchmarking and comp shops to identify market opportunities and maintain competitive positioning.
• Analyse product performance, sales trends, customer demand and website reporting, providing actionable insights to support trading decisions and improve conversion.
• Monitor promotional and carry-forward pricing, ensuring accuracy and commercial competitiveness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers and cross-functional teams, including Merchandising, QA and eCommerce.

ABOUT YOU

• Able to commute to Bradford city centre.
• Attend supplier visits.
• Strong commercial awareness with an interest in Homes and Home Textiles.
• Excellent Excel and data analysis skills.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working with product management, marketplace or eCommerce platforms is desirable.
• Confident communicator with the ability to build relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Organised, proactive and able to work effectively in a fast-paced retail environment.

ABOUT US: FGH BUYING & MERCHANDISING
An exciting and fast-paced environment, Buying & Merchandising stay at the forefront of the latest trends and work closely with providers across Asia and Europe to provide the great products our customers love.

For over 100 years, Freemans has been at the forefront of home shopping, delivering quality products and exceptional service. We’ve accepted the challenge to transform our business into a modern, digital-first retailer.

Based in West Yorkshire and part of the OTTO group one of the world’s largest online retail organisations, Freemans Grattan Holdings (FGH) is the home of familiar brands such as Freemans, Grattan, Kaleidoscope, and Curvissa.

WHAT WE OFFER YOU

FLEXIBILITY

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working options to help you achieve a healthy work life balance. Our full time head office colleagues work a minimum of 2 days per week in the office, allowing the perfect balance between collaborative in-person team work and the flexibility to work from home.

TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT

Turning your job into a career is a real passion for us and our development programmes will enable you to grow in role.

We offer clear career pathways that will show you the way, outlining the skills, behaviours and knowledge needed to perform at the next step.

We invest in our colleagues, giving them all the opportunity to progress. Our inspired leadership programme is aimed at equipping our future leaders to coach, develop, manage change and maintain situational awareness.

INCLUSIVITY

As a business, we depend on a fusion of identities, characteristics, backgrounds, and cultures to fully appreciate our people and our customers. Freemans has a long-standing commitment to ensuring fairness and balance.

Our company is an inclusive organisation where everybody can make the most of their talent and abilities. Our pay, reward, and progression approach is based solely on fairness and merit.

Our values and policies ensure that all colleagues receive fair and equitable treatment. We work hard to attract the very best talent, develop our workforce and create a culture of fairness and integrity for all…