Buying Sample Assistant bei Mountain Warehouse
Mountain Warehouse · London, Vereinigtes Königreich · Hybrid
- Junior
- Optionales Büro in London
As a Buyers Sample Assistant, you will play a key role in supporting the Buying and Creative teams by ensuring that all product samples are received, organised, tracked, and prepared for meetings, fit sessions, and photoshoots. You’ll be responsible for maintaining a well-managed sample area, coordinating the movement of samples within the business, and ensuring accuracy in sample documentation. Your attention to detail and excellent organisational skills will help ensure products are presented correctly and on time.
Key Responsibilities
Sample Management
- Maintain and organise the sample cupboard, rails, and storage areas, ensuring the space is tidy, clearly labelled, and regularly reviewed.
- Track all incoming and outgoing samples using internal systems and spreadsheets, ensuring samples are logged accurately and handled with care.
- Prepare and label samples for internal meetings, fit sessions, range reviews where necessary.
- Support the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in setting up sample displays for key seasonal presentations.
- Ensure old or unused samples are archived, stored appropriately, or disposed of following internal guidelines.
Photoshoots & Web
- Prepare samples for e-commerce photography.
- Oversee the intake of samples to the studio and coordinate their return to the relevant team or storage area.
- Work closely with the Creative or Studio teams to ensure shoot samples are clearly identified and easily accessible.
- Keep internal trackers up to date with sample movement for web and marketing usage.
Fit Sessions
- Prepare samples for fit sessions, adding samples that need to be fitted to a rail for the team to review.
- Update the fit sample log for the sample added to the fit rail.
- After fit sessions, ensure samples are returned, repackaged, or stored as appropriate.
Admin & Organisation
- Support the buying team with day-to-day sample-related administrative tasks such as pulling samples for adhoc meetings, diarised meetings, and samples needed for approvals.
- Prepare samples for meetings, ensuring all production samples needed are ready in the office prior to the relevant range review. in line with the buyer’s direction.
We would like to meet someone who is
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple sample priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- High attention to detail to ensure samples are always correctly handled, labelled, and presented.
- Confident using Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and other Microsoft Office applications.
- Comfortable with physical tasks such as unpacking deliveries, hanging samples, and maintaining storage areas.
- Proactive and hands-on, with a can-do attitude and willingness to support across the team.
- Calm and efficient when working under pressure or to tight deadlines.
- A team player who contributes positively to a collaborative work environment.
- Keen eye for product handling.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Hybrid working
- Holiday allowance
- 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
- Pension scheme
