Buyers Admin Assistant Menswear

• Efficient and accurate order and invoice management
• Maintenance of supplier base details and fabric orders
• Effective sample management including labelling
• Working with suppliers
• Maintaining the development tracker
• Ensuring correct samples are available for meetings
• Supporting fit meetings with relevant paperwork and rails
• Co-ordinating labelling and ticketing
• Monitor and review Critical Path
• Highlighting risks to the Assistant Buyer/Buyer
• Support weekly trading reviews
• Updating and providing information to the Buying team
• Produce comp shops with recommendations
• Ensure work duties are managed responsibly regarding sustainability and ethical trading
• Work cross functionally with Core Merchandising team and internal teams

• Entry level role
• Previous experience in Retail or as BAA is desirable but not essential
• Good work ethic
• Ability to learn quickly and apply that learning
• Good verbal and numerical reasoning skills
• Intermediate MS Office skills
• Computer literate
• Able to learn new systems quickly
• Highly organised and pro-active
• Good time management skills
• Collaborative
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Good commercial and market awareness
• Disciplined and conscientious
• Results oriented
• Resilient and adaptable
• Ability to multitask
• Curious, continuous learning mindset
• Takes initiative
• A keen interest in Product and the River Island brand

Previous experience in Retail or as BAA

• Generous 50% staff discount
• Onsite bargain staff shop
• Discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions through Retail Trust
• Free onsite gym
• Subsidised restaurant & café
• Various social events
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment support
• Flexible working
• Payday and summer early finish Fridays
• Give as you earn scheme
• 'Giver Island' day each year with matched funding
• Support with upskilling through training and qualifications
• Succession plan for progression
• 23 days paid holiday exclusive of Bank Holidays
• Option to purchase additional holiday twice a year