Assistant Buyer (all genders)

Job Description Team: Buying & Merchandising Job Location: Berlin, Germany, Munich, Germany Position Type: Permanent, Full-time Work Flexibility: Hybrid Your responsibilities:

• You will offer various commercial support to buyers with tasks such as supplier performance analyses, background research and supplier meeting preparation.
• You will work closely with buyers on deals, conducting the order preparation, supporting the analyses on article level, filling KPI-driven tools to support the commercial evaluation of deals, and preparing the order confirmations.
• You will support buyers who are connecting with the suppliers, to follow up on negotiations and agreed actions and initiatives that we pursuit together with our brand partners.
• You will support Buyers during the campaign management process, supporting the alignment on brand campaigns and gathering supplier marketing assets.
• You will conduct continuous competitor activity tracking, especially regarding sales campaigns and promotions, and support buyers to be on top of what is happening in the market.
• Under supervision of experienced buyers, you will independently manage the communication with your suppliers regarding the tasks assigned to you.
• You are an effective communicator, able to concisely communicate messages to various audiences.
• You will establish and manage collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders (such as accounting, logistics or campaign management) and our brand partners to ensure a smooth and flawless process execution; as well as operational excellence.

About you:

• You have great communication skills paired with basic negotiation skills and take the opportunity to develop these by observing and learning from colleagues.
• You have analytical rigor and are confident with making data driven decisions
• You have experience in MS Office, particularly MS Excel.
• You have a strong focus on accuracy and quality and are proactive
• You organize your workload efficiently, ensuring tasks are ready on time, accurate and prioritized accordingly, even with a variety of single tasks to accomplish.
• You own your development and spend time on reflection and goal setting.
• You have solid English language skills, both spoken and written.