Buying Admin Assistant

Description

As Disturbia continues to grow, the need has arisen to hire a Buying Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team.

This is a supportive role to the buying team, directly supporting the wider buying team and partnering with our existing BAAs. This a great entry level position for anyone interested in entering the buying industry in a fast growing fashion brand.

Key Responsibilities

• Raising and amending Purchase Orders (POs)
• Create PO overviews to share with the wider business.
• Sample Management – ensuring all samples are organised for fits, sign off meetings, rack ups and photo shoot campaigns.
• Critical path management, working with the Tech team and supporting the buying team. Ensure key dates are met, chasing up any issues with suppliers and making the buying team are aware of any potential delays. Ensure fit samples are received in line with the critical path and fitted on time. Manage library of lab dips and strike offs.
• Ensure key information entered on Centric for visibility across the teams.
• Working daily with overseas suppliers and building strong trustworthy relationships
• Assist with preparing product for sign off meetings.
• Ensuring smooth running of the department, and assisting buying team with day-to-day administrative tasks
• Market Analysis support - undertaking weekly comparative shopping/bench-marking reports.
• Other ad hoc duties as required

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• A degree in fashion or past internship experience in a fashion environment.
• Excellent knowledge of the fashion industry
• Data analysis skills including excel
• Presentation skills
• Strong, clear, and competent communication skills internally and externally to suppliers
• High level of competency with reporting platforms and spreadsheets
• Understanding of critical path and how to react to situations
• Confidence, self-motivation, and tenacity are essential.
• Organisational skills are a must as you will juggle a workload with multiple different tasks
• The ability to prioritise
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Good time management skills

Benefits

• Holiday allowance starting at 21 days (pro rata with contract), not including bank holidays increasing with length of service.
• Annual leave purchase scheme
• A company social fund where we put a portion of money away each month to put towards team and company social activities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Flexible start and end times
• Up to 30% store discount
• Regular socials and social fun
• Birthday treats

About Disturbia

Welcome to Disturbia. We’re an independent, subculture-led fashion brand creating unconventionally authentic attire for a global community of kindred spirits who think and act outside the box of normalcy.

Our designs are informed and inspired by the outcast, the esoteric, and the occult- we’re always spinning fashion trends on their head in new and unexpected ways. We stand for the other in society, and always want to do right by our community - all while having a hell of a lot of fun in the process.

As we continue to grow, so too do we continually seek like-minded individuals to join our ranks. The right candidate for any position will be passionate about their work and dedicated to making the brand the best that it can be as we expand into new frontiers.

Inclusivity is a guiding principle in the culture at Disturbia, whether for our employees, customers or suppliers.

We have created an environment where our people feels valued, respected and celebrated for their unique qualities and perspectives.We are committed to prioritising our awareness, constantly learning and growing as we strive to create a more inclusive and empowered future for all we cross paths with.

Our commitment to belonging is woven into the fabric of our company values, driving us to always support diversity and inclusivity as we celebrate the magic in everyone.