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Job Description Hours: Monday to Thursday, 9.00am – 5.30pm, Friday 9:00am – 4:30pm
Job Type: Perm
About The Team
We are recruiting for a Buyer’s Admin Assistant to join our Lipsy Buying Team!
Within the role of a Buyer’s Admin Assistant, you will support and assist the Buying and Merchandising teams whilst having a fantastic opportunity to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to develop your career within Buying. If you possess the following qualities, we want to hear from you.
About The Role
- Manage the Critical Path, liaising with the Merchandise Assistant & Assistant Buyer to flag late deliveries, early product deliveries and seal by dates.
- Attend and be involved with selection and progress meetings, demonstrating knowledge of the best and worst sellers.
- React to sales under Buyer’s direction, communicating with suppliers to repeat, re-style and cancel orders
- Send out supplier updates for the Critical Path on a weekly basis
- React to best and worst sellers and brings ideas to the table with the Buyer
- Manage samples across sample library, photoshoots, Press Days and product reviews.
- Prepare product selection and boards for product reviews, wholesale appointments, photo shoots and press days.
- Liaise with manufacturers and fabric suppliers to progress samples for selection and production
- Work with the shoot team to organise samples for any shoots
- Ensures sample rail is kept tidy and are readily available for retail web, selection and in preparation for fit sessions
- Develop an understanding of the product development progress, sourcing fabrics, trims, colour approval and fit. Maintain fabric component and print library
- Conduct Lipsy store visits with the team to gain a better understanding of the customer
- Frequently conduct competition shops and presents findings to Buyer
- Attend relevant events e.g. clubs, festivals, races, trade shows, where appropriate, as well as review online database and feeds back to the Buyer
- Attend and contributes to fit meetings with Buyer
- Take comments for buyer & technologist during weekly fit meetings.
- Knowledge of current seasons’ bestsellers and competitor key trends along with an awareness of trends on social media and a strong eye for product
About You
- Excellent planning and organisational skills, along with attention to detail
- Strong team ethos – working together and building excellent relationships and communicating confidently to both peers and suppliers/Brands
- Experience analysing reports and highlighting key data
- Strong understanding of our customer and brand values
- A passion for Lipsy and a willingness to learn and develop within your role
- Experience in managing the critical path is essential
Benefits
- Bonus Scheme
- 32 days Holiday
- ShareSave Scheme
- Amazing Learning and Development opportunities
- Lipsy & Next Discount
- Direct to Desk Shopping
- Early finish Friday and time off for shopping at Christmas
- Late start, early finish on your birthday
About Us
Victoria’s Secret UK & IRE is a joint venture between Victoria’s Secret & Co. and Next plc group uniting two global retail leaders to deliver iconic lingerie, seamless service, and standout brand storytelling across our stores and digital platforms.
We’re home to the world’s most-loved lingerie, iconic sleepwear, athleisure, swim, and award-winning fragrances. But it’s our people who make the magic. Our teams create unforgettable customer moments while shaping an inclusive and supportive workplace where individuality is celebrated.
We believe in potential as much as experience. If you’re passionate about the brand, aligned with our values, and excited to grow – even if you don’t tick every box – we’d still love to hear from you.
So, apply today and help to shape the future of one of the world’s most iconic brands, where every colleague is empowered to feel confident, valued, and unapologetically themselves.
About The Team
Being part of our iconic world isn’t the only thing we have on offer, you’ll also have access to:
- Set flexible working schedules to suit both the business and your lifestyle
- 25% off a wide selection of styles at Victoria’s Secret, Next, Gap in-store
- Exclusive offers from over 3,500 retailers through Reward Gateway
- Incentives and competitions with amazing prizes that run all year round
- Access to free financial, health, and wellbeing services, including 24/7 digital GP
- Learning and development opportunities, as well as on-the-job training
- Core benefits such as pension contributions and life assurance
Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.
We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email UKHR@victoriassecret.co.uk(please include ‘Workplace Adjustments’ in the subject line)
