Buying Assistant

We are looking for a passionate Buying Assistant within our branded Home & Furniture department to play a key role in shaping an exceptional product offering. Working across a curated range of Indoor and Outdoor Furniture, Beds and Fabric Library, you'll support the delivery of inspiring collections that combine craftsmanship, innovation, and luxury for Harrods customers.

About the Role

As a Buying Assistant within the Home & Furniture category, you will work closely with the Buyer and Assistant Buyer to support the commercial success of the department. This is a fast-paced and varied role where you will be responsible for maintaining product and supplier information, coordinating showroom activity, supporting launches and promotions, and ensuring products are accurately represented across all customer touchpoints. Acting as a key link between the buying office, suppliers, and the shop floor, you will help ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the category.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing product and vendor administration, ensuring articles, pricing, margins, and supplier information are accurately maintained within business systems.
• Supporting showroom updates, product launches, and range changes by coordinating with suppliers and ensuring timely product delivery.
• Monitoring product setup, pricing, tickets, labels, and online information to ensure accuracy and a seamless customer experience.
• Building strong relationships with suppliers, store teams, stock operations, warehouse teams, and visual merchandising to support business objectives.
• Taking ownership of sample management, reporting, invoice resolution, stock reconciliations, and wider buying office administration.

Depending on your role, you may be fully on-site or have a mix of on-site and home working – this is what we refer to as ‘Hybrid’. Our hybrid working policy allows colleagues to work from home for part of the week, with a minimum of three days on-site, depending on business needs.

Please see our Hybrid@Harrods policy on our Career Site for more information or speak to a member of our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions regarding the requirements for this role.

About You

You will be a highly organised and detail-oriented individual who thrives in a busy commercial environment. You will enjoy managing multiple priorities simultaneously and be confident communicating with a wide range of stakeholders, from suppliers to store teams. You will take pride in delivering accurate work, solving problems proactively, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks. With a genuine interest in Home & Furniture, you will be motivated by supporting a successful product range and helping to create an outstanding customer experience. You will be comfortable working both independently and collaboratively, adapting quickly to changing priorities and deadlines.

You'll also have:

• Strong numerical and analytical skills, with confidence working with reports, data, and commercial information.
• Excellent proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, alongside experience working with business systems.
• Previous administrative, buying, merchandising, retail, or commercial support experience, ideally within a product-led environment.

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers, and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business. 

Uniquely You

Whilst our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply. 

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart. We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods. 

Additional Information:

Time Type:

Permanent

Department:

Furniture Buying (Sally Lu)