Assistant Buyer (UK)

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and amazing careers. QVC Group, Inc. is a Fortune 500 company with six leading retail brands - QVC®, HSN®, Ballard Designs®, Frontgate®, Garnet Hill® and Grandin Road.

Your Opportunity, Your Team

The Assistant Buyer supports QVC International, and provides essential buying and administrative support to help deliver a compelling product range that meets sales, margin and stock targets.

Where You'll Work

This role is hybrid and will require you to be onsite at our Chiswick Park, London location 2 days a week minimum. Onsite days are predetermined and consistent across the business.

What You'll Do

• Manage and monitor the critical path, ensuring product information is accurate, sample arrivals are on time, and updates are communicated effectively to relevant teams. Liaising with suppliers on samples, product queries and administrative matters to support this

• Collate and present product, sales and trend information, including preparing packs and materials for key trading and strategy and vendor meetings.

• Support the Buyer and Junior Buyer with product range development, helping to deliver against sales, margin and stock objectives within a specific category area

• Assist with supplier meetings, customer service queries, meeting coordination, and other day-to-day department administration

What You'll Bring

• Previous experience in a buying, merchandising, retail administration or similar commercial support role with the ability to prioritise effectively, work under pressure and manage multiple deadlines

• Good analytical skills, commercial awareness and confidence working with sales data, product information and reporting

• Strong communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across buying, planning, supply chain and supplier teams with a problem-solving mindset, good judgement and adapting to change

Disability Confident Scheme

QVC UK is a Disability Confident Leader, level 3 accredited employer and operates a Disability Confident Scheme (“DCS”). For any UK based roles, if you’d like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this on the application form.

Our Total Rewards package includes benefits you’ll love such as competitive compensation, paid time off, an employee assistance program, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and amazing company discounts! In our US market, you can also expect health care benefits starting on day 1, 401(k), and tuition reimbursement benefits.

QVC Group is committed to inclusion and belonging for all and ensuring that our workplace provides equal employment opportunities for all team members and candidates and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. As an equal opportunity employer, QVC Group is committed to a barrier-free employment process. If you need reasonable accommodations/support throughout, please contact us at [email protected] for assistance.

If provided, salary ranges are a general guideline only, and actual salaries will vary and are based on factors such as a candidate's qualifications, skills, experience, and geographic location as well as business and market conditions.