Merchandising Graduate Programme 2023 Manchester, England
Job description
Looking to start a career in Merchandising? Looking for a role complementing your analytical skills and your passion for numbers? All within a company that wants to help you build your professional career? If all the answers to these questions are 'yes', then you're the graduate we're looking for to join our Merchandising team!
Here at JD, the Merchandising team structure is organised into various departments. Each of the departments have a strong focus in certain areas, such as Apparel, Footwear and Accessories.
KEY DETAILS & PERKS OF THE PROGRAMME:
- Job Title – Merchandising Graduate
- Scheme – 2 Year Graduate Programme - commences September 2023
- Location – JD Sports HQ (Bury BL9 8RR)
- Hours – Monday – Friday 40 hours
Our graduate programme is a chance to build an Early Career you will always be proud of. On the programme you will receive:
- Exciting monthly socials to form a community with other graduates
- Area specific training arranged by Line Manager
- Enrolment onto our JD Aspire programme for upskilling and development
- A mentor to support you throughout the programme
- Access to European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL)
- Ongoing support and feedback sessions
- Invaluable exposure usually gained through years of experience
- Opportunities to volunteer with our JD foundation and charity partners
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:
As a Merchandising Graduate, you will rotate in the key areas of the Merchandising team to gain a holistic understanding. These include the Product Merchandising Team, Space Planning Team, Trading Merchandising Team, and Retail Teams/Stores:
Product Merchandising Team
Within the Product Merchandising team, you will have the opportunity to get involved in day-to-day tasks such as updating supplier order books, managing problem orders, and actioning stock movements, ensuring the correct stock is in the right place at the right time to maximise profitability across all channels.
Space Planning Team
Being a bricks and mortar business, space planning and getting the best use of the space we have in our stores is key to driving sales and profitability. Understanding how space planning links back to planning a range is critical for a merchandiser – within this rotation, will have the opportunity to see and participate in the start to finish process for space planning.
Trading Merchandising Team
Within this rotation you will assist the department with day-to-day tasks, to help maximise sales and profit. Working cross functionally across retail and marketing to ensure the best results are delivered. A highly analytical role seeking out opportunities to drive sales across our store estate in Europe.
Retail
In this rotation you will spend time in one of our retail stores to understand the operational aspect of how a store is run to assist your overall knowledge of Merchandising planning and trading. Stores are a key part of our business and understanding how we operate our stores to gain the best sales and profitability we can is crucial to a merchandiser. Our store estate is varied and each different type of store comes with its own challenges. Learning how you navigate that as a merchandiser is a key to our success story.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
- Passionate about JD, its brands and customer.
- Some knowledge and understanding of Merchandising.
- Analytical and passionate about numbers.
- Systems driven, proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office software.
- Highly organised and strong attention to detail.
- A good communicator able to build relationships with stakeholders and to work across teams.
- Able to take ownership of your work and use your initiative to deliver…
- Good teamwork skills, being able to work collaboratively to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.
- Positive and flexible, responsive to business needs.
- Curious with a continuous learning mindset
ABOUT JD SPORTS:
JD is at the pinnacle of the global sports fashion industry, providing customers with a product range that remains both authentic and uniquely appealing across a highly differentiated omni-channel experience.
NEXT STEPS:
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a 15-minute phone call interview. If successful, you will be invited to participate in an assessment day in July.
