Overview
Category Assistant, Fashion Jobs in London, England, United Kingdom at John Lewis Partnership
Title: Category Assistant, Fashion
Company: John Lewis Partnership
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
At a Glance
Salary range – The budgeted salary range for this role is set at £25,000- £32,500
Contract type – We have several positions available within the team on a permanent and fixed term contract / secondment basis
Working pattern/flexible working – We know flexible working is important to you, and it is important to us too. The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you’ll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The buying team aims for at least 2 days a week in the office.
Location – This role is based at our Victoria Head Office campus. Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to the office is the responsibility of the successful candidate. There is no travel allowance for this role.
About The Role
The roles we are recruiting for are within Fashion
As a Category Assistant (Buying Assistant) within John Lewis, you will be responsible for managing the critical path and interacting with multiple teams to drive this from idea to launch. You will be a process expert supporting end to end buying tasks including range building, marketing briefs and range plan processes. You will take pride in executing work in a timely, accurate manner and you will be able to flex to the ebb and flow of seasonal demands, including supporting more than one category area as and when required.
The role also involves tracking the product development cycle and production timelines in own branded areas, sample and packaging management, supporting pricing & promotional activities, nominating for seasonal marketing campaigns and completing competitor and last season analysis for assortment reviews.
As a Partner, you will have an active say in the way we operate, performing daily analysis around key operational areas and proposing actions to support Trading activity.
To achieve this, you will need to build strong relationships with key collaborators. As part of a matrix team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with the Buyer, Merchandiser, Product Launch Operations, Design, Sourcing and Marketing as well as external suppliers, helping you to gain the broadest experience possible.
Key Responsibilities
You will set up and manage the critical path for your assigned CPG areas by collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure the product is developed on time.
You will be responsible for completing marketing/online nomination templates with hero products and trends put forward by your CPG team.
You will be responsible for coordinating with Suppliers and internal teams to deliver digital assets and samples required for marketing activities/events online and in branches.
You will complete market, competitor and assortment analysis, working with suppliers and internal teams to collate samples for range building and assortment reviews.
You will be responsible for executing administrative tasks to support packaging development where required.
You will be responsible for executing administrative tasks to support pricing activities.
You will be responsible for making sure any delays/issues are reported to your CPG Team appropriately and immediately.
You will understand supplier performance and propose appropriate actions to tackle underperformance .
You will build strong relationships with key collaborators.
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