Assistant Buyer - Jewellery & Watches

At Argos, we re a digital-led UK retailer that keeps pushing boundaries to meet every generation with what they want, how and when they want it. As a market leader in general merchandise, serving millions of customers through our website, app, same-day delivery and Click & Collect services, we offer real opportunities to learn, grow and shape your career. With roles spanning Commercial, Buying, Merchandising, Design and Supply Chain, through to Digital, Operations, Customer Experience, Marketing, and People and Transformation , you will work with brilliant colleagues and directly shape how we serve our customers every day.

From enabling inspiring choice across our owned brands, including Habitat, Chad Valley and Bush, alongside the world s biggest brands like Apple, Lego, Xbox and Samsung, to making shopping effortlessly convenient, championing trusted value and accelerating our strategy - Argos is an exciting place to build your future.

Our Jewellery & Watches Buying team sits within Argos Commercial, shaping an exciting and varied customer offer across own-brand jewellery and some of the best-known watch brands. It is a small team with a big category, so you will be close to the decisions, trusted with meaningful responsibility and able to see the impact of your work. From kids  jewellery and fashion-led newness to branded watches, there is plenty of variety and opportunity to build broad buying experience.

As Assistant Buyer, you will support the Buyer in delivering category sales, margin and supplier-income targets. You will help develop range and promotional plans, review trading and competitor performance, maintain accurate product and pricing information, and turn customer and commercial insight into clear recommendations. As you build your category knowledge, you will take ownership of selected ranges or subcategories and support important promotional activity.

Day to day, you will work closely with suppliers and colleagues across Merchandising, Digital, Marketing, Product Development and Global Sourcing. You will manage activity against the critical path, support samples and approvals, contribute to digital and in-store execution, and help ensure ranges launch accurately and on time. With both branded and own-brand products, this is a strong opportunity to develop experience across supplier management, commercial trading and product development.

You will have experience working in a Buying role, where you have supported or owned elements of range planning, product selection, pricing, promotions and supplier relationships. You will be commercially minded and comfortable using sales, margin, profit and customer insight data to inform buying decisions. You will also be confident managing detail, priorities and deadlines in a fast-moving environment.

You do not need previous jewellery or watches experience. What matters is your ability to learn a category quickly, build productive supplier and stakeholder relationships, and take ownership of your work. You will combine commercial curiosity with strong organisation, accurate administration and a clear focus on delivering the right outcomes for customers.

• Experience working within buying, with evidence of supporting range, product, pricing or promotional decisions.
• Ability to interpret sales, margin, profit and supplier-income data and use the findings to recommend commercial actions.
• Experience managing product, pricing, promotional or supplier information accurately through business systems and Excel.
• Experience building working relationships with suppliers and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver agreed actions and deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple activities…