Commercial Intern – Kings Cross, London London, England

Universal Music Group

Full Time London, England 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today

Job description

Music is Universal

It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email [email protected].

The A Side: A Day in The Life

Reporting into the Senior Partner Manager (SPM) this is a key role supporting two of UMGs most business-critical partners, working in an overall team of five people including the HMV Partner Manager (PM) working closely with labels and providing commercial administrative support to the HMV / Amazon teams.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

Be Operational

HMV Release Schedule – preparation and submission
Setting up Deals and Terms as required
Supplying artwork and managing label approvals for all marketing for HMV – ads & graphics
Supports preparation and submission of weekly consignment pricing file
Weekly store visit followed with written in store summary document v plan
Managing pre-order report
Assist SPM with Stock
Providing pack shots & sales info to HMV
Hmv.com – check all information is present & correct and manage any out of stocks
Full responsibility for liaising with labels and setting up all pre-orders on hmv.com
Assisting the SPM with managing the returns process end to end
Assisting SPM with set up and execution of all in-store Pas
Ownership of weekly stock-on-hand reporting & report any issues to PM
New release order management process
Working with the partner managers to manage the set up and processing of all Retros and Markdowns
Assist PMs with managing the returns process end to end
Using Amazon Vendor Central system for agreements, co-ops and general reporting
Manage all product changes on Amazon and assist with set up of all pre-orders in conjunction with the account
Liaising with key label personnel to collate all key product & promo information for PMs

Be Analytical

Setting up and analysing campaign sales trackers
Liaise with account to resolve any stock or on-site issues on a daily basis
Campaign reporting & analysis
Monitor new release orders (actual vs proposed) & report back to PM

Be Administrative

Submitting a monthly catalogue listing & deletions list to HMV
Preparation of weekly wrap-up document to circulate to key label personnel
Updating retail marketing document weekly
Full responsibility for setting up and payment of HMV Retros and Markdowns
Collates and distributes weekly EPOS Document
Manages the weekly EPOS Report for Amazon tracking against market
Updating the weekly sell-in document
Setting up deals on internal systems
Assisting manager with ad hoc reporting requirements

Person Specification

Hungry, flexible and organised self-starter eager to provide flexible approach and work quickly through day to day worklists and meet deadlines
Computer literate, with skills in all Microsoft Office products (must be proficient to good standard in Excel) & Business Objects or similar. Familiarity with Mac OS also an advantage
Proactive, Curious, self-motivated individual
Highly numerate
Good communication skills, both written and verbal
Good inter-personal skills, confident dealing with people
Methodical individual with excellent organisation and time management skills
Proven ability to work as part of a team
Desire to learn new technologies, process, applications

Bonus Tracks: Your Benefits

Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
Private Medical Insurance
25 paid days of annual leave
Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
Holiday Purchase scheme
Dental and Travel Insurance options
Cycle to Work Scheme
Salary Sacrifice Cars
Subsidised Gym Membership
Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know…

The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.

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