Your role in the JoJo story…

Department: Buying

Reporting to: Buyer

At JoJo we’re on the lookout for a Buying Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team. If you’re ready to begin a fabulous adventure and you’re passionate about helping to ensure the smooth-running process of purchasing and producing own brand clothing, we have the perfect role for you.

You will assist the Essentials buying team to help ensure the smooth-running process of purchasing and producing our ranges. On the Essentials team, our categories include outerwear, footwear, swimwear and sleepwear amongst others. Working closely with the other members of the buying and wider design and production team this role helps ensure goods are developed and then produced to schedule, to target costings and to the quality standard expected.

A peek into your daily adventures:

Systems, Supply, and Delivery

• Assisting in maintaining information flows & ensuring critical dates are achieved, the data is accurate on the system, including PO delivery & dates.

• Under the guidance of the Assistant Buyer helping gather and track information from new and existing suppliers and setting up new styles & vendors on the system.

• Assisting the Buyer and Assistant Buyer in sending out top line order to vendors as well as raise purchase orders & distributing them to the vendors.

• Under the guidance of the Assistant buyer, you will liaise with the vendors regarding their Critical Paths and key dates, as well as with internal stakeholders on item statuses.

Range Planning & Samples:

• Organising samples for reviews as well as assisting the team in sending and logging samples and submissions on the critical path.

• Under the guidance of the Assistant Buyer you'll collate seasonal & weekly comp shops, as required and present the comp shops to the wider team when required.

• 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.

Communication & Web:

• Requesting & chasing photo and wholesale samples

• Supporting the team in preparing & packing samples for photoshoot

• Ensuring NEXT have the correct information to launch new lines on the web.

• Proofing of data & website as necessary

Team Collaboration:

• Managing own tasks and speaking up when completed or if unable to complete.

• General administrative support to the wider Buying Team.

• General office duties such as taking messages and forwarding calls, accepting parcels and couriers.

Skills that make you shine:

• Experience in Buying (required)

• Excellent communication and organisational skills

• Exemplary verbal and written English

• Computer Skills: Ability to learn in-house programs, database experience and strong Excel skills. (Experience with Microsoft Navision an advantage.)

• Highly organised, numerical and efficient, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.

• Ability to be an efficient, multi-tasking and reliable team player who can be responsible for their own priorities and workload.

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.

Perks and Benefits:

• Hybrid Working - up to 3 days in our Battersea Office

• Enjoy 25 days' annual leave plus all bank holidays

• 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!

• 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.

• Flexible work options.

• Enjoy fabulous social events.

• 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! Enjoy:

  • 40% off JoJo branded lines

  • 25% off full-price NEXT products

  • 10% off NEXT Beauty products

  • Up to 10%off most branded products

• 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 39 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.