About the role This is a hybrid working role. The normal place of work for this role is our London Central Office in Pimlico. The expectation is a minimum of 3 days per week in the office as team collaboration is critical in this role - core days will vary across teams as team collaboration is critical in this role.

Salary up to £31,000 depending on experience

There are permanent positions available in the following categories:

Home - Home Accessories, Gifting and Haberdashery Fashion - Travel, OB Baby & Kidswear and Nursery Technology - Small Electrical and Computing Beauty - Skincare & Discovery Brands Are you passionate about a career in Buying?

Do you want to work for an iconic brand across a range of categories?

Are you great at building relationships with suppliers and internal teams?

If so, this could be the role for you.

We are recruiting a number of Buying Assistants across various categories, including Home, Fashion, Technology and Beauty.

You will be a talented individual who has a passion for retail, managing milestones and adhering to standard processes.

In this role, supporting, buying and executing the administrative tasks required across critical path management, pricing, range building, marketing, and trading activities for your assigned category.

Taking responsibility for the complete competitor and assortment analysis - working with supplier and internal teams to collate and deliver - events, marketing activities,samples (range building and assortment reviews).

You will take pride in executing work in a right first time and accurate manner. You will be able to flex to the ebb and flow of seasonal demands, including supporting additional categories as the need arises.

Essential skills you’ll have: Strong working knowledge of product development processes - in respective category areas; Home, Fashion, Technology and Beauty

Communicating, influencing and negotiating with a wide range of stakeholders

Excellent time management/prioritisation skills and approach to tasks in a project/milestone outlook - planning and reviewing work regularly and adapting to change

Experience of working with range plans, critical path and assortment review and marketing nomination processes

Demonstrates an innate passion for and understanding of Retail

Desirable skills you’ll have: Experience in a Buying office or a Buying qualification would be an advantage

Experience of using JL systems/tools - Range plan, Product Hub, Step, Google Suite

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About The Partnership We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting (which may include DBS checks for successful candidates). If required, you’ll be informed and provided with information about vetting during the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays. Any DBS checks required will be carried out by a third-party registered body and financial probity checks may also be required for some of our roles.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.