Salary: £24,000
Location: Glasgow City Centre
Work pattern: Onsite and full time
Chisholm Hunter is one of the UK’s multiple award-winning jewellers, supplying luxury jewellery and Swiss timepieces to our clients since 1857. We are a family run business, passionate about our exquisite products and are experts at delivering a high end, luxury customer experience which is ‘A Cut Above’.
Our mission is to create lasting memories with our exceptional products and customer experience. We are looking for someone who is passionate for success, enthusiastic, and shares our values of: Teamwork, Innovation, Excellence, and Celebrating achievements!
Our mission is to create lasting memories with our exceptional products and customer experience. We are looking for someone who is passionate for success, enthusiastic, and shares our values which include Teamwork, Innovation, Excellence, and Celebrating achievements!
Overview
We are seeking a Buying and Marketing Assistant to support our busy buying and marketing teams.
In order to deliver ‘A Cut Above’ presence the Buying & Marketing Assistant will be organised and detail-oriented in managing a range of administrative tasks to support our buying & marketing team. This role involves timely reporting, high accuracy when working at pace and confidence working with numerical data.
The role will be mainly office based but may sometimes need to travel to our stores or attend relevant Brand events and conferences. Due to the nature of the business, there will be occasions when weekend working or out of hours working will be required. The general split of the role will be 3 days supporting the buying teams and 2 days supporting the marketing teams but this may vary depending on business activity and time of year.
Key Responsibilities
1.Reporting & Analysis
·Accurately schedule and distribute all buying reports on a weekly, monthly, and quarterly basis.
·Maintain up-to-date supplier performance reports and share insights with the team.
·Prepare supplier quarterly meeting information and ensure all data is accurate and presented professionally.
2.Product & Supplier Management
·Conduct weekly price benchmarking for key watch brands, ensuring pricing remains competitive.
·Process and send supplier orders bi-weekly, ensuring accuracy in data entry and addressing any order queries.
·Monitor supplier deliveries, chase outstanding orders, and report any discrepancies or delays to the buying team.
3.Stock & Range Administration
·Carry out proforma checks, report variances, and escalate concerns for further review.
·Ensure all confirmed orders are processed accurately and ticketing requests are sent to the stockroom manager.
·Maintain and update range plans, making amendments as needed based on range reviews.
4.General Buying Support
·Assist in organising supplier meetings, compiling necessary documentation, and taking meeting notes where required.
·Ensure accurate documentation of all buying decisions and maintain an organised digital filing system.
·Support the team in administrative and ad hoc tasks to enhance the efficiency of the buying function.
5.General Marketing Support
·Creating the business space plans and editing when required to maintaining the current version available at all times. Full annual update to be scheduled and completed.
·Scheduling and diary management of the guests for the Chisholm Hunter podcast.
Collation and creation of an engaging monthly internal colleague bulletin to promote business news along with colleague engagement, successes and celebration.
* Working at speed with high accuracy, both with numerical information and written communications
* Proficient in Word
* Proficient in Powerpoint
* Experience of Canva is advantageous
Benefits
* Competitive Basic Salary plus bonus package
* 29 days annual leave increasing to 30 days in the holiday year following 1 years' service
* Industry qualifications (fully funded) & further sponsorship
* Life Assurance of 3 times your salary
* Health cash plan
* Generous staff discount for you and your friends and family across Chisholm Hunter