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Buyers Admin Assistant
Gretna Green Ltd
Gretna Green Ltd, a fourth-generation family business since 1885, own and operate a range of businesses within the Gretna Green and Gretna Villages. Including the 5-star, award-winning Famous Blacksmiths Shop Attractions, two, multi-award-winning hotels, the Old Toll Bar and Canny Scot Shop, and proudly offer weddings, retail, hospitality, and online shopping to a global marketplace. We want you to feel respected in your job role and know that any career aspirations are encouraged with training and development programmes bespoke to your role.
Job Description
As a Buyers Admin Assistant, you will provide administrative support to the Buying team. You will create SKU’s and load orders onto the system and monitor the critical path. You’ll add inspiration where necessary to ensure we get the right product for our customer.
Main Responsibilities
- Load orders onto the system accurately and update the product database
- Set up accounts for new suppliers
- Monitor the critical path, checking delivery windows and schedules and highlight problems to Buying team
- Assist with product development processes, supporting the buying team with supplier feedback and sample comments
- Completing competitor shops
- Minute taking during supplier and team meetings
- Raising department POs
- Work with the team to highlight process efficiencies
Required Skills include:
- A first-class administrator who can prioritise, is super organised and deadline driven
- Excellent attention to detail, numeric, accurate, methodical, and thorough
- A genuine passion for product and retail is a must
- Good excel skills are preferred for this role
- A natural people person and excellent communicator, at all levels, both internally and externally
- Have a positive, can-do attitude and willingness to learn
- Some experience of working within a consumer products business or operational function would be ideal
- Thrives working as part of a great team, and has a genuine desire to learn, develop and grow within this position
- A positive helpful and can-do approach
Benefits and Remuneration
Location: Gretna Green – on-site (occasional remote working available)
Holidays: 30 days holiday per annum (including bank/public holidays)
Rate of pay: Competitive, depending on experience
Hours: 40 hours per week
Days: 5 days from 7, occasionally covering weekends and/or public holidays
Additional benefits
o Exclusive colleague discounts in our hotels and retail outlets
o One free night’s stay in hotels, subject to availability
o Free lunch provided
o Company pension contribution
o Training and development through our ‘Great Place to Work’ scheme
To apply please email careers@gretnagreen.com with your CV before the closing date.
Closing date: 30th March 2023
