Retail Buying AssistantHybrid

3 weeks ago

Melbourne, Australia Catch Full time

Who is Catch?

Catch.com.au has been bringing low prices to everyday Aussies on the brands they know and love since we started shaking up online retail in 2006.

We are Australian owned and operated and have deep expertise on Australian consumer online shopping behaviour. Catch.com.au is part of the Wesfarmers Group, placing us in good company alongside Australia's top retailers, Kmart, Target, Bunnings, Officeworks and API.

Our vision is to be Australia’s most loved online destination for families. There's still a lot of work ahead of us, so we’re always on the lookout for creative, resourceful, and resilient people that can quickly learn new skills and adapt on the fly. 

Catch is currently seeking a Buying Assistant to partner with the various business units across Catch. As the Buying Assistant, you will be hands on and a proactive support to the Buyer, assisting a variety of product categories with analytical and administrative tasks

What you’ll be doing

What does a normal day in the life of a Buying Assistant look like? Well, no two days are alike at Catch, but you could probably expect your day to include some of the following things:

  • Provide efficient and timely support to the Buyer/Senior Buyer, handling portfolio management and administration.
  • Assist in weekly and monthly reporting for the Buyer/Senior Buyer.
  • Develop and maintain professional relationships with external suppliers, ensuring prompt responses and issue resolution.
  • Monitor sales trends and identify new opportunities.
  • Maintain market awareness in terms of competitor strategies, pricing, service offerings and overall positioning.
  • Coordinate with customer service to address inquiries.
  • Collaborate with the team in Manila.
  • Deputizing for the Buyer when necessary.
  • Create and manage Product Information Documents (PIDs).
  • Ensure accuracy of advertisements, including images, multipliers, size charts, etc.
  • Follow up on queries, image sourcing and copy information from suppliers when necessary.
  • Address Purchase Order (PO) queries from the Vendor Management team.
  • Manage samples, ensuring timely ordering and delivery for product setup.
  • Maintain product keywords, attributes, search optimization, and overall product sell ability.

The skills you'll have

  • 1-2 years’ experience as a Buying Assistant 
  • Excellent numerical and analytical skills
  • High level of communication skills and attention to detail
  • A solid understanding of retail pricing, cost, sell, margin, and mark-up
  • Great communication and relationship-building skills.
  • Individual who is highly proficient in Microsoft Office products, specifically across PowerPoint, Word, Excel
  • Able to multitask and manage conflicting priorities
  • High attention to detail and solutions-based thinking
  • Commitment, honesty and integrity, enthusiasm, reliability, positive, proactive, team-player, trustworthy
  • You have a can-do attitude

Why join the Catch team?

There’s never been a more exciting time to join the Catch Team

Its a fun, challenging and uniquely different place to work and on top of that we offer a range of benefits including:

  • Flexibility that works for you. This allows our teams to navigate work life and home life on their terms
  • Extended Parental Leave - 16 weeks for Primary Carers
  • Convenient Melbourne office location, which is just across from Southern Cross Station
  • Modern and Open office space with ample onsite kitchen facilities, break out areas and access to lite breakfast (toast, cereal, fruit).
  • End of trip facilities with all the amenities like hair dryers and towel service as well as bike storage
  • To enable our team members to give back to our communities, we offer paid volunteer leave
  • Subscription to our OnePass loyalty program, so you can enjoy free delivery as you shop on Catch
  • A 5% discount when you shop at Kmart, Target, Bunnings and Officeworks

At Catch, we welcome all applications and screen them without attention to race, age, beliefs, sex, orientation, gender identity and disability.

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