Buying Admin Assistant

Your Journey

At Sweaty Betty, we’re more than just a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women.

We’re also a community that believes fitness is a flip-the-switch trigger for becoming the woman you want to be. Leggings and sports bras won’t change the world on their own. But with a grab-my-hand, let’s-go-for-it-now spirit, the women who wear them can.

If you want to join us on the next chapter of our adventure, you’re in the right place. This is an exciting opportunity for a highly organised fashion and fitness lover with an eye for the latest trends? Are you quick to learn with a fine attention to detail and a love of organisation? We are looking for a passionate Buying Admin Assistant to join our Buying Team! Reporting to the Buyer and working closely with the Product Team as well as across internal departments within Sweaty Betty, this is an incredible opportunity for an individual who thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment and wants to part of the SB journey.

As an individual, you will believe that looking after your wellbeing and fitness is fundamental. You are bordering on obsessive about delivering fashion trends and challenging the status quo to do things differently. You will work collaboratively to ensure Sweaty Betty continues to be at the forefront of fashion forward active wear, driving and leading the market to greater heights.

What You’ll Be Doing

Reporting directly to the Buyer you will be responsible for the following:

• Own and manage the critical path, liaising with suppliers, inputting orders into our system and ensuring all critical path dates are met and that all samples and approvals are dealt with effectively and filed appropriately
• Support your buying team with product development that is customer focussed and aligns with the wider business strategy, with relevant attention to commercialism, costing and innovation.
• Working with Allocator on ex dates to ensure production samples are received and approved in a timely manner to achieve agreed delivery date as per PO
• Attend fit sessions with your Buyer and Garment Tech team to ensure all samples are fitted in accordance to the critical path
• Overall deliver amazing administrative support to the team to ensure everything runs smoothly
• Organise and control the ordering, delivery, storage, logging and handing over all Look Book, Web, VM, Press, Marketing (US & UK) samples
• Preparing samples for trade meetings and ensuring that all samples are prepped to a high standard with great attention to detail
• Support your buying team with product development that is customer focused and aligns with the wider business strategy, with relevant attention to, and innovation

Must Haves

• A relevant degree or 1 years of experience with a fashion/sportswear retailer in Buying
• A passion for product with a commercial eye and creative flair with an obsession for attention to detail
• Amazing organisational skills and comfortable using initiative in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent skills in Microsoft office, especially excel and outlook

The Extras

• Generous clothing allowance
• 60% off all Sweaty Betty merchandise
• 25 days holiday, plus 8 flexible bank holidays
• Sample sales
• Company bonus scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Monthly Office Meeting
• Generous Company Maternity, Paternity and Adoption Pay and Childcare support
• Discounts at the best Studio Classes
• SB Flexible Working: we currently work flexibly between the office and home

Our D&I Commitment

Our mission is to empower all women. This means doing more and working harder to make the long-lasting changes necessary to become an inclusive, diverse and actively anti-racist company. We care about our people, our community, our world. And we want to stand up for what we believe in.

We want to give our people a platform to use their voice. And actively listen and learn from what they have to say. This involves focusing on learning, development and progression across the business. Training our leaders, managers and teams about their rights under our equality, diversity and inclusion policy. And being clear on the responsibilities we hold to each other and our community. It also means being committed to equal employment opportunities. Ensuring we consider ALL applicants for jobs. And work harder to make our job advertising more inclusive.

Ultimately, we’re working to create a culture and team that represents our customers, our community and our mission of empowerment. We want to celebrate our diversity and the power it gives our team and our business.

We know we’re on a journey. And far from perfect. But we want to be a part of the solution to the problem. It might not be comfortable or straightforward. But if we weren’t up for doing the hard work and breaking the mould, we wouldn’t be Sweaty Betty. We are committed to working across our business and with our Internal Diversity & Inclusion Collective to be champions, allies and inclusive, always. Because when we say All, we mean it.