Assistant Buyer - Softlines

1 Month ago • All levels • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Assistant Buyer - Softlines role at Disney Store involves supporting the Buyer and Associate Buyer in enhancing workflow, leveraging knowledge of brands and consumer segments, and building cross-functional partnerships. Responsibilities include managing the purchase order process, ensuring legal compliance, preparing photobooks, providing product details to various teams, monitoring product quality, communicating with partners on range plans, creating presentations and reports, tracking PO delivery, and ensuring range plan accuracy. The role requires experience in a similar buying role within a retail, omni-channel environment, strong communication skills, high organizational abilities, and proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and merchandise systems. The position is based in Hammersmith, requiring a 4-day-a-week office presence.
Must have:
  • Retail buying experience
  • Strong communication skills
  • High organizational skills
  • Proficient in MS Office
  • Product development knowledge
  • Purchase order management
  • Market trend analysis
  • Global market understanding
Good to have:
  • Experience in global markets
  • Merchandise system proficiency
Perks:
  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance & dental care
  • Free Park Entry
  • Disney Discounts
  • Excellent parental leave
  • Employee Resource Groups

Job Details

Job Summary:

About The Role & Team

Join our dynamic team at Disney Store as an Assistant Buyer. Support the Buyer and Associate Buyer by enhancing workflow and leveraging your knowledge of brands and consumer segments. Build strong cross-functional partnerships to drive our channels forward. Under their mentorship, help shape product assortments that meet financial goals. Manage daily tasks, including the purchase order process, and ensure compliance with legal standards to maintain smooth product and commercial flow.

This role is based out of our Hammersmith office, requiring presence 4 days a week.

What You Will You Do

  • Collaborate with the Buyer, utilizing expertise in critical path management for product development.
  • Partner with the Buyer to ensure all product development approvals are completed in a timely manner.
  • Stay informed about market activity and provide product recommendations through quarterly competitive and trend analysis at the category level across all channels and regional markets.
  • Prepare and maintain photobooks as needed, aligning with the product flow calendar and quarterly showcase deliverables.
  • Provide all product details, navigation, and quarterly product briefs to support product hand-off to site merchandising, creative, and visual teams.
  • Monitor and communicate the product quality report in collaboration with Product Integrity (PI) and implement agreed action plans.
  • Act with integrity, embrace change, and represent The Walt Disney Company (TWDC) positively.
  • Communicate with key partners and teams on range plans, including adjustments, and provide consistent, timely updates, including off-cycle franchise procurement.
  • Create presentation decks, business recaps, and hindsight reports for key milestone meetings, coordinating data points from key partners.
  • Track delivery of all category POs in partnership with sourcing and planning, escalate shipment issues at the point of source in a timely manner, and contribute to identifying and resolving sales risks.
  • Ensure the accuracy of the range plan assortment and manage it effectively.

Required Qualifications & Skills

  • Experience in a similar level buying role within a retail, omni-channel buying environment is essential.
  • Previous experience as a Buyers Assistant, including related responsibilities.
  • Degree-level education in a related field or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience in a buying department operating across global markets is desirable.
  • Strong communication skills across all levels of the business.
  • High levels of organization and attention to detail.
  • Financial aptitude.
  • Skilled in managing multiple assignments and deadlines.
  • Computer literate, proficient in key Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
  • Resilient and adaptable in an ever-changing landscape.
  • Strong written and spoken English for business use is essential.
  • Proficiency in merchandise systems and processes.
  • Cultural sensitivity and understanding of global markets.

  

The Perks

  • 25 days annual leave
  • Private medical insurance & dental care
  • Free Park Entry: the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
  • Disney Discounts: entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&B and ticketing
  • Excellent parental and guardian leave
  • Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, Disney DIVERSITY, Disney PRIDE, our new disability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committed to forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

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