Summary of the role’s main purpose
To provide comprehensive administrative support to the Buying team, ensuring that tasks are undertaken accurately and to company timescales to drive overall performance in the business unit.
Principle Accountabilities
- To create category SKUs and maintain data integrity in line with company targets.
- To adhere to buying milestones within the critical path to ensure on time launches and feedback as appropriate to team.
- Liaise with suppliers to chase samples and key information
- Support sample management as appropriate to the needs of the department
- To ensure that Promotional and Pricing administration is completed efficiently and effectively on behalf of the trading team.
- To ensure all Point Of Sale is raised efficiently prior to sign off by the buyer.
- Prepare approvals for Buyer/Junior Buyer/Assistant Buyer and send to supplier.
- To provide great customer service to store colleagues through speedy and accurate issue resolution.
- To carry out the accurate filing and maintenance of all required records in line with company procedures and legal guidelines, on behalf of the category.
- Prepare for, attend, and take notes at meetings.
- Conduct competitor shop reports and feedback to team.
- Maximises learning opportunities to broaden knowledge of the Buying team’s responsibilities in order to support with queries from the wider team.
- Sample organisation (if appropriate to product area).
Measures of Success
- Effectively supports the Buying team
- High degree of accuracy for all tasks assigned
- Delivers information in a timely manner
- Displays commercial awareness
- Demonstrates strong organisational skills efficiently managing workload
- Admin excellence and data integrity
Resources available to the Job-holder
- Systems support and relevant training
- Guidance and support from line manager
- Opportunityto attend trading and supplier meetings where relevant
Level of Decision-making Authority
- Input on departmental processes and team meetings
- Follow through of tasks and resolution to issues
Core Areas of Knowledge, Skills & Experience
- Computer literate
- Systems knowledge especially Excel & MS Office
- Analytical & Numerical skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of business principles and core values
- Effective communicator & networker
- Excellent admin and organisational ability
Living the Sainsbury’s values:
- Seeks to drive out inefficiencies
- Suggests ideas to improve our way of doing things
- Ensures that customers are at the heart of all decisions taken
- Takes accountability where needed to ensure that our own and team targets are met
- Ensures that reports are accurate and timely and enables others to make decisions easily
- Treats self and others with professional respect at all times
£Competitive + Benefits
