Assistant Buyer and Merchandiser

Dubizzle Limited; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic retail company is seeking an Assistant Buyer and Merchandiser to support buying and merchandising teams. The role involves ensuring accurate product data, assisting with brand onboarding, and supporting merchandising tasks. The ideal candidate has a background in buying or merchandising, strong attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. This position offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career advancement in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative and inclusive work environment

Exposure to international brands

Qualifications

• Experience working with product data and documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively.
• Proficient in using internal systems and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Support Buying team with buysheets and documentation.
• Conduct Order Confirmation checks for accuracy.
• Collate and verify product data ahead of uploads.
• Organise assets for campaigns and launches.

Skills

Strong attention to detail

Highly organized

Comfortable with spreadsheets

Strong communication skills

Background in buying or merchandising

Job description

The Assistant Buyer and Merchandiser supports the Buying and Merchandising teams by maintaining accurate product data, buy documentation, and stock integrity across assigned brands. The role plays a key part in ensuring products are commercially sound from buy through to launch, supporting smooth day-to-day operations and contributing to well-informed buying and merchandising decisions.

Buying & Product Administration

• Support the Buying team with buysheets, ensuring product details, pricing, sizes, and imagery are complete and accurate.
• Assist with brand onboarding admin, including gathering product data and supporting documentation.
• Conduct Order Confirmation checks to validate product, pricing, and quantity accuracy.
• Complete brand discrepancy reports, flagging inconsistencies across deliveries, data, and documentation.
• Perform simple data pulls and reporting to support buying and trading decisions.

Product Data & Stock Integrity

• Collate, review, and verify product data ahead of uploads to ensure consistency across systems.
• Support product uploads from a data accuracy and merchandising perspective
• Assist with maintaining clean and reliable product information across internal tools and platforms.

Merchandising Support

• Support Visual Merchandising tasks by organising assets and preparing product content for campaigns and launches.
• Prepare and update Product Files for the design and merchandising teams.

Skills & Experience

• Strong attention to detail and confidence working with product data and documentation.
• Highly organised, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, shared drives, and internal systems.
• Strong communication skills and confidence working cross-functionally with Buying, Merch, and Operations teams.
• Required: Background buying or merchandising

Personal Qualities

• Commercially curious with a structured, detail-oriented mindset.
• Proactive and reliable, with a strong sense of ownership.
• Enjoys working behind the scenes to keep processes running smoothly.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Exposure to international brands.