Debenhams Group
Buying Admin Assistant
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At Debenhams.com, we're transforming a high street legacy into one of the most forward thinking and creative online destinations in the industry. We're not standing still. We’re evolving into a modern, digital-first destination that brings style, beauty, and inspiration to millions of customers across the UK and beyond. With bold ideas, fresh thinking, and big ambitions, we're redefining what a department store can be in the online world.
This is your opportunity to join us at a pivotal moment. Whether you're driven by creativity, innovation, or customer obsession, you’ll be part of a team shaping the future of one of the UK’s most iconic brands.
THE ROLE
As a Buying Admin Assistant, you'll be responsible for supporting the buying team by ensuring wholesale orders and intake management are maintained accurately and efficiently. You'll communicate regularly with wholesale partners, suppliers, and the buying and merchandising teams to ensure orders are fulfilled in a timely manner, including managing any necessary amendments. You will manage the critical path for wholesale and Debenhams with the support of your Assistant Buyer / Buyer.
This role will sit within the Debenhams team.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
Wholesale:
- Raising and amending orders
- Communicating buying queries to buying team and wholesale partners
- Transferring data from suppliers to wholesale partners such as fabric comps and imagery
- Chasing critical path and ensuring orders are on time
- Sign off preparation
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Intake and Supplier Management:
- Liaising regularly with suppliers to confirm delivery dates and ensure orders are on track against the critical path
- Building an understanding of supplier delivery terms such as FOB (Freight On Board)
- Supporting the Assistant Buyer in managing supplier relationships and ensuring delivery deadlines are met
- Collating and sharing intake updates with the buying and merchandising teams
PIM/ Order App:
- Has a good understanding of the systems and be able to make relevant amendments using PIM/ Order App.
- Able to amend Purchase Orders (PO) and find supplier information in the PO.
Reports:
- Contributes towards trade meetings with best and worst seller performance information.
- Understands the range monitor and where to find territory sales.
- Monitors unpublished stock report.
- Developing an understanding of the departments and each wholesaler partners best and worst
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Excellent commercial awareness. Able to recognise future trends.
- Ability to priortise multiple deadlines and manage time effectively.
- Great communication skills.
- Natural planner and highly organised.
- Can think about the bigger picture, as well as the small details.
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment and able to adapt to situations
- Experience in numbers-based admin
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WORKING WITH US
At Debenhams Group, we are a diverse portfolio of five core brands (boohoo, boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Karen Millen, and Debenhams) alongside a dynamic marketplace model and a growing financial services division, it keeps us pretty busy!
We don’t stand still, we lead, evolve, and redefine online fashion. With bold ambitions and big energy, we’re on a mission to be the best, delivering the strongest propositions to our customers in the most engaging, innovative, and efficient ways possible.
We thrive on change, innovation, and pace. Every challenge is an opportunity, and every day is a chance to push boundaries. If you’re someone who embraces the unknown, thrives in a fast-moving, high-growth environment, and is ready to shape the future of retail, you’ll love it here. We want visionaries, disruptors, and doers, people who bring fresh thinking, relentless energy, and the drive to make an impact.
Be bold. Be creative. Be a community.
WHY JOIN US
We are making bold moves, delivering real results, and driving forward with unstoppable momentum. If that excites you, then you belong at Debenhams Group.
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