With a passion for the JD product and with great knowledge of current sportswear and high street fashion trends, the successful applicant will provide administrative support for the JD buying team,

Assist the Assistant Buyer/Buyer with the day-to-day running of the range and samples.
Ensure post is collected, and samples are sent out where required in a timely manner with correct documentation attached.
Assist the Assistant Buyer with any order amendments and post-trade actions.
Assist the Assistant Buyer with compiling weekly Competitor Shopping Reports to highlight competitor activity, missed opportunities & promotional activity, utilising websites, store visits and magazines to complete the report.
Create and maintain all product sheets, ensuring they are completed with correct information and the most up-to-date images.
Complete weekly trade admin; Compile Best and Worst documents, pull relevant samples with completed product tags and ensure samples are cleared away after the meeting.
Chase suppliers for press samples and pass to marketing.
Monitor web lines to make sure intake images are correct and appearing on the websites in a timely manner.
Support the Assistant Buyer with compiling the relevant information needed for sign-off presentations (i.e. Top 20, Top 50 documents).
Take minutes in meetings and ensure they are written up, distributed and followed up in a timely manner.
Manage samples for staff sales.
Follow various social media channels to ensure we are aware of current and emerging trends within sportswear fashion.
Provide sell-through information to brands on a weekly basis
Run rankings for Top 20 and Top 50 lines from last week's trade
Produce trend reports by Quarterly
Attend appointments when specified by Buyer, PLEASE NOTE: When attaching your CV or work examples it is very important that you name your files to include your name and not just "cv.doc" or "curriculum vitae.docx" or "my_illustration.jpg". Instead use a format like this "joe_bloggs_cv.docx"

Current sportswear fashion trend knowledge
A passion for the JD product
An awareness of celebrity trends within sportswear fashion
Good organisational skills and basic numeracy
Knowledge of our store base and website
Desire to learn and a passion for our product
Social media awareness and understanding of the relevance to category
Proactive and forward-thinking in suggesting improvements
Confidence in their knowledge of the market and ability to challenge and influence across all levels
As this role is admin based, knowledge of Microsoft Office software is a plus, but training will be provided
JD retail experience is a plus

About: The JD Group is currently looking for the brightest talent to join the team in a variety of Group roles situated at our Head Office, Distribution Centre and across our Retail Stores.

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