Job description
About the role
Interested in the development of Fashion and Homeware packaging? We're looking for a Packaging Assistant to join our Sourcing and Packaging team to ensure that business packaging requirements are delivered on time and within budget.
As a Packaging Assistant, you'll be responsible for:
- Managing the end to end sampling and costing process as well as any day to day issues, communicating any sample approvals/rejections to relevant print partners.
- Developing and maintaining excellent relationships with key stakeholders, attending regular briefings and development meetings.
- Effectively manage workload and timescales.
- Ensuring that all product meets up to date Matalan Packaging Guidelines and is readily available to Matalan Suppliers
- Liaising with nominated print partners, to review and manage stock, ongoing developments in order to align with the critical path.
- Working closely with wider trading teams, as well as external suppliers to understand packaging requirements and end to end processes.
Please note this role is based in Head Office.
For more information of how you can develop a career in Packaging at Matalan please follow the link!
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About You
To find the best fit for our Packaging Assistant, we'd like you to have the following:
- Ideally, graduate-level educating with a business or supply chain related degree
- Outstanding work management and organisational skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Proven ability to work well under pressure
- Professional approach
About Matalan
Benefits
- Hybrid working, 3 days in the office, 2 days at home
- Flexible start and finish times
- Early Finish Friday every week (3 pm)
- Early Finish Birthday- 2pm finish on your special day
- Wellbeing day additional to annual leave
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing up to 30 days with length of service)
- 20% discount in-store and online
- Great development opportunities through our My Matalan offer plus the chance to develop on the job and access funding for professional qualifications
- Group Life Assurance of 3 x salary