Your role in the JoJo story…

Join our friendly and talented clothing buying team as a Buying Admin Assistant! You'll help ensure the smooth flow of purchasing and producing our own-brand clothing for the Newborn Department. You’ll work closely with our buying, design, and production teams, managing admin tasks, overseeing sample coordination, and preparing for meetings. If you're organised, detail-oriented, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect role for you!

A peek into your daily adventures

Systems, Supply and Delivery

• Under the supervision of the Assistant Buyer issue new & revised items to the vendors
• Assisting in maintaining information flows & ensuring critical dates are achieved
• Assisting in the maintenance of accurate data on the system, including PO delivery & dates.
• Under the guidance of the Assistant Buyer helping gather and track information from new and existing suppliers.
• Under the direction of the Assistant Buyer setting up new styles & vendors on the system.
• Assisting the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in sending out top line order to vendors.
• Assisting the Buyer and Assistant Buyer to raise purchase orders & distributing them to the vendors.
• Under the direction of the Assistant Buyer liaising with the vendors regarding their Critical Paths & key dates (sample sending date, handover dates, etc.)
• Attending critical path & delivery meetings & liaising with the production & shipping teams on item statuses.

Range Planning & Sample Management

• Organising samples for reviews.
• Assisting the team in sending and logging samples and submissions on the critical path.
• Under the direction of Assistant Buyer collating seasonal & weekly comp shops, as required.
• Presenting comp shops to the wider team during the Monday trade meetings when BAA or AB is absent.
• Supporting the Assistant Buyer to produce key team visual and data led information such as sales and selections and helping maintain key product information files.

Communications & Web, Catalogue, Social Media

• Requesting & chasing photo and wholesale samples
• Supporting the team in preparing & packing samples for Photoshoot
• Attending Photoshoot, if required
• Proofing of data, website and catalogues as necessary

Team Success

• Managing own tasks and speaking up when completed or if unable to complete.
• Assisting colleagues where possible
• Identifying issues and raising them to more senior BAA or AB
• General administrative support to the wider Buying Team.
• General office duties such as taking messages and forwarding calls, accepting parcels and couriers. Supporting reception if required

Skills that make you shine:

• Knowledge of a V Look-Up is required
• Experience with MicrosoftExcell is advantageous.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Exemplary verbal and written English
• Good computer skills – MS office package, ability to learn in house programs, database experience and experience with Microsoft Navision an advantage.
• Highly organised, numerical and efficient with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Degree or equivalent experience that demonstrates the expected skills.
• Ability to be an efficient, multi-tasking and reliable team member who can be responsible for their own priorities and workload.
• Successfully supporting the Clothing Buying Team to meet the critical path.
• Accuracy of Navision and spreadsheets.
• Actively seeking to achieve team goals and assist others, supporting colleagues.
• Using initiative to improve the way we do things.
• Aptitude to learn whilst in the role.
• Being a positive influence in the team and wider business
• Acting in accordance with our B-Corp principles and engaging in our ethos and culture.

Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to:

• Be a brand ambassador, safeguarding our values and ethos.
• Demonstrate honesty and respect in every interaction.
• Foster collaboration and open, active listening
• Take ownership of all aspects of the role.
• Be an effective problem solver.

Perks and Benefits:

• Hybrid working - up to 3 days in our JoJo House (our JoJo House is located in Battersea, 5 min walking distance from Battersea Power Station and 2 min from Battersea Park Station)
• Flexible start and finish time - office core hours are between 10:00 and 16:30
• Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us, up to 38 days.
• Is it your birthday? Take it off and celebrate!
• Want to increase your holiday allowance? Holiday buying scheme.
• Let’s celebrate JoJo doing well – non-contractual bonus scheme.
• Helping plan for the future - enhanced pension scheme.
• Get on the move - cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing app - pay yourself 40% of your earned wages whenever you want.
• Saving scheme with Smart Money Cymru – You do not need to live in Wales!
• Enhanced family leave.
• Flexible work options.
• Enjoy fabulous social events.
• Saying thank you – employee recognition programme (Huggg)
• Give back with volunteer days to support our communities.
• Prioritise your well-being with our Health and Wellbeing hub.
• Specsavers voucher – Get a free sight test and contribution towards glasses (T & C’s) apply.
• We love our products! Get 40% off JoJo branded lines instore.
• Embrace an “It’s up to you” learning environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Your furry friend doesn’t have to stay at home – our offices are dog friendly for friendly pooches.

Want to know more about JoJo?

We make happy and helpful clothes and products that let children be children – in all their silly, messy, adventurous, noisy, imaginative joy. But we’re not just about selling products; we’re about creating a warm, community-centric environment for our employees and our customers. From over 50 locations across the UK and Ireland and a thriving e-commerce platform, we offer a meticulously designed collection of children’s clothing, toys, and essentials designed with love and care: always with children at the forefront of our minds.

As a B Corp, our commitment goes beyond commerce, we strive for a sustainable future and take pride in our responsibilities to the planet and our communities. At JoJo, every role, every task and every day is an opportunity to support, inspire and contribute to the well-being of our teams and our customers.

We embrace and openly welcome people from different cultures, perspectives, and experiences to create a diverse and enriched environment. We work hard to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people, regardless of background to make sure we grow our company sustainably and with different cultural influences. By encouraging a diverse and inclusive workforce, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.