Category/buying Assistant

2 weeks ago

Sydney, Australia LS Travel Retail Full time

**Full time, permanent role**:

- **Mascot location with flexible working arrangements**:

- **Global Leader in Travel Retail**:

- **Opportunity for career and personal growth**

This is a rare opportunity for you to elevate your career in beauty and join an established Perfume & Cosmetics category management team. Providing critical administrative support, this is your opportunity to build your career whilst demonstrating your keen commercial acumen, superior customer service and immaculate presentation. No two days will look the same as you manage our promotional calendar, report on sales and trends, support with assortment reviews and manage SKU data. Working with luxury brands including the likes of **Chanel, Dior, M.A.C, Bobbi Brown, BVLGARI, Benefit, Tom Ford** and **La Mer** to name but a few, your key responsibilities will include:

- The accurate and timely management of category SKUs and vendors in ERP
- Coordination of the promotional calendar
- Monthly & ad-hoc reporting
- Supporting with assortment reviews and file maintenance
- Administrative tasks as directed

This is an opportunity for you to build your skillset while working in a cross-functional environment alongside marketing, operations, finance, IT and HR and develop your stakeholder engagement skills liaising with suppliers.

**We're looking for**:

- A keen interest in beauty & fragrance and basic knowledge of brands, categories, and trends
- Tertiary qualifications in business, marketing or a related field
- Retail experience - ideally in beauty/fragrance
- Exposure to Point-of-Sale and ERP software - highly regarded
- Experience using Microsoft suite (intermediate excel will be highly regarded)
- A high level of initiative
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, high-pressured environment
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

We operate in a constantly evolving and fast-paced retail environment where you will have the opportunity to challenge yourself and work with a dynamic team of dedicated professionals. We offer a supportive but challenging environment, with great career progression opportunities and offices close to Sydney Airport with exciting views.

**Lagardère AWPL is the Pacific region's largest and most experienced Travel Retail operator. **We are globally enabled through the backing of Lagardère Travel Retail, and our passionate teams across Australia, New Zealand and Noumea are empowered to execute locally for our customers and landlord partners. Lagardère AWPL operates over 150 stores and we are the only operator in the region able to offer our customers and partners unique experiences across four distinct business lines; Travel Essentials, Speciality, Duty Free & Luxury and Food Service.

Our friendly teams are committed, enthusiastic and share a passion for delivering unparalleled customer service in retail & hospitality driven by our core values of **Excellence | Adventure | Respect.

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