Assistant Buyer- Maternity Cover (UK)

Working at QVC Group means joining a live social shopping company with incredible teams, ambitious projects and rewarding 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 UK’s Buying team to help bring product ranges from development through to customer-facing promotions. You’ll coordinate product, sales and trend information, samples and key buying-process details, helping the team work towards sales, margin and stock targets.

This is a 12-month maternity cover position.

Working with Buyers, Junior Buyers, Planning, suppliers and colleagues across the business, you’ll help prepare range reviews and trading meetings, track product milestones and keep information accurate. You’ll also build your commercial and product knowledge as you contribute to a varied buying and merchandising environment.

Where You'll Work

• This is a hybrid role, with two days a week in our office at Chiswick Park, West London.

What You'll Do

• Gather and organise product, sales, trend and competitor information for range reviews, trading meetings and supplier or event packs.
• Support the buying team with product and sample coordination, maintaining the sample library and preparing items for meetings, approvals and promotions.
• Track product development milestones, follow up on samples and test reports, update relevant systems and flag timing or information gaps to the team.
• Liaise with suppliers on samples and product queries, and help keep supplier records and buying paperwork up to date.
• Prepare sales information and reports, sharing relevant observations with the buying team and supporting day-to-day departmental administration.

What You'll Bring

• Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.
• Confident written and verbal communication skills, and a collaborative approach to working with colleagues and suppliers.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly for organising information and preparing reports.
• Some experience with retail or merchandise-management systems, or the ability to learn new systems and processes.
• An interest in products, retail and commercial performance, with a willingness to build your knowledge of buying, merchandising and product quality.

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.