Merchandising Administration Assistant Watford, East of England, England
Job description
About the opportunity
We are currently recruiting for a Merchandising Administration Assistant to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK in our merchandising team at our Pep&Co Watford office.
This is a great opportunity for a graduate in Fashion to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK. We are 10 minutes’ walk from Watford Junction and 20 minutes train journey from London Euston and also offer a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.
As a Merchandising Administration Assistant, you will be working closely across functions, including internally with the VM and retail teams and externally with the pepco buying office in Poland, to ensure the effective management of stock at store and option level, ensuring the allocation of stock to stores at the right time to maximise sales and profit.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
What you'll be doing...
As Merchandising Administration Assistant, you will…
- Ensuring all POs on department are raised accurately and sent to supplier when needed
- Updating and maintaining accurate delivery schedules
- Ensuring all department housekeeping is kept up to date on systems each week
- Attending a weekly allocation and trade meeting with the allocations/merchandising teams
- Loading allocations into JDA allocation system in line with agreed plan, escalating issues to the assistant/junior merchandiser
- Seeking feedback from stores to support/investigate performance to then feedback to the team
- Building strong relationships between departments with regular trade updates and sales performance. In particular - Suppliers, Merchandising, DC and Retail teams
What you'll need...
- Competent Excel skills
- Analytical mindset
- Strong communication and numerical skills
- Previous experience in Merchandising or knowledge of Merchandising would be desirable
- Ability to build relationships and communicate throughout the business
- Awareness of own development requirement and the drive to seek development opportunities
What we can offer...
- Competitive salary
- Potential to earn bonus
- Onsite coffee lounge
- Discount Card – 10% discount on most purchases in store including PEP&CO
- Pension
About us...
You have come to the right place if you want to be part of our success story and have a bright future.
It all started in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990 with our first store. We now have over 900 stores and around 18,500 talented colleagues in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering each and every one of our seven million wonderful customers every day amazing value.
We offer thousands of quality products in-store with over 1,000 well-known brands. The majority are just £1, but as a multi price retailer, customers can enjoy competitively priced products from fresh, frozen and ambient food to health and beauty, gardening, clothing, and so much more.
Retail Week nominated us as Value Discounter of the Year in 2019, reflecting our team’s relentless focus on offering customers simplicity and amazing value.
In 2011 Dealz was born. The first stores opened in Blanchardstown and Portlaoise in Ireland. We continue to trade and have expanded rapidly in Ireland, Spain and Poland. Customers enjoy our winning formula of great value top brands and our extensive range, including many local products. We are incredibly proud to have been recognised as one of the Top 100 companies to work for in Ireland in 2022.
Our incredibly popular fashion brand PEP&CO is available in over 500 stores. It offers great value fashion for the whole family. It was nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.
The 2020 acquisition of Fultons, the north of England frozen food retailer, is another key part of our transformation programme, bringing our customers broader ranges and more choice. In 2022, we purchased the online discount retail business, Poundshop.com. The acquisition is another step in the transformation of Poundland and will provide the infrastructure to power a national roll-out of our ecommerce operation.
We have recently opened seven brand new stores, including our large format stores and revamped 55 stores. We are also expanding our fresh range to another 30 stores over the coming months. Our continued success is driven by offering our customers high-quality products at ultra-low prices each and every day.
If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today!
