Own Brand Assistant

If you love beauty, you’re in the right place.

As the ultimate curator of over 100 of the most in-demand, highly innovative and boundary-pushing beauty brands, we are the go-to destination for worldwide beauty discovery.

Together through our neighbourhood stores, online presence and loyalty scheme, Space NK has built a flourishing community in which to discover beauty. The customer is at the heart of everything we do, and we will always endeavour to offer everything they need to help them explore, experiment, and enjoy our brands.

We are excited to announce that due to our continuous growth we are recruiting for an Own Brand Assistant!

The objective of the Own Brand Assistant is to support with the brand management and all arms of product developed under the Space NK Brand. This includes multi-brand sets such as our Advent Calendar and our beauty edit program, as well as our Hand & Body, Accessories, and Holiday Gifting assortments. The role reports into the Buyer for the category.

Role Overview And Responsibilities

• Ownership of the Own Brand Pipeline and Process Management
• End to end ownership of the product set-up process & critical path for all own brand launches.
• Ensure all products are set up correctly using the tools that the business has employed – including Navision and Salesforce.
• Keep all internal trackers up to date with any pipeline / NPD updates and work with Suppliers to obtain all the relevant information for set up.
• Liase with key external stakeholders to ensure key sign off dates and feedback any sign off notes to the supplier.
• Liase with external and internal stakeholders to manage samples and be the main point of contact for any ad hoc queries.
• Support with any internal stock requests e.g. events, PR or GWPs and liase with the DC to action.
• Support on Multi-Brand Box and Advent Programmes
• Manage the launch critical path and escalating any issues when necessary to key stakeholders.
• Work with Merchandising, Warehouse and any third-party suppliers to manage stock deliveries are on track from brands.
• Organise samples for the Assistant Buyer and liase with the studio team to ensure product samples are handed over in line with critical path dates.
• End to end responsibility for delivering Birthday gift quantities, working with the Cat assts to secure compelling products.
• Competitor Analysis
• Review competitor pricing, assortment, promotional activities and trending products.
  
  

A strong candidate for this role would have the following attributes, skills, and experience:

• Organization skills to manage and deliver multiple tasks
• Adherence to timelines
• Diligence and accuracy in delivery
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to support interactions with internal and external stakeholders
• Proactive, entrepreneurial, self-starter who can identify opportunities and think end-to-end
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Passion for beauty industry, brands
  
  

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

All applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

If you want to find out more about us, what it is like to work for us, all about our benefits, and our pledges on Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging, please visit our website.

Space NK are an equal opportunities employer.

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