Merchandising Admin Assistant

1 month ago


Northampton, United Kingdom My 1st Years Full time

ABOUT US

My 1st Years is the UK’s leading provider of high-quality personalised gifts for baby and children, as worn by the likes of Prince George, Luna Legend and Blue Ivy. Since its inception over 10 years ago the business has grown to over 100 team members and, just like our revenue, is growing fast Despite our dizzying growth, we've remained true to our core values of top quality, excellent value, and second-to-none customer service. We want to offer products and experiences that create lasting memories and can be treasured for years to come.


ABOUT YOU

The Merchandising Admin Assistant works within the wider Merchandising team and is responsible for effectively and systematically providing accurate analysis and reports to inform stock replenishment and trading decisions so that stock levels remain restored, PO’s are raised and invoices are chased. Your proactive nature, fantastic organisational skills and great attention to detail means you are always one step ahead and remain a reliable and valued team player.


Main Duties and Responsibilities

Your key responsibilities are:

  • Providing crucial support to the Merchandising Team by taking an active role in analysing sales trends and maintaining stock levels across all channels.
  • Supporting the merchandiser in analysis and preparation for weekly trade meetings.
  • Suggesting replenishment for lines based on ROS & cover.
  • Support merchandising team with stock management for marketplaces.
  • Supporting the merchandiser in day to day maintenance of ad hoc admin, stock levels and product launches.
  • Identifying any price or product changes and liaising with the trading team to action .
  • Maintaining Delivery schedule.
  • Updating product line cards.
  • Maintaining line details for all categories in conjunction with the rest of the team
  • Any other ad hoc duties as needed by the Merchandising team, including style, personalisation, colour, and size performance reporting.


Skills and Knowledge

The Merchandising Admin Assistant is expected to have the following skills and knowledge:

  • Administrative experience in a fast-paced environment
  • Analytical mind, comfortable with numbers and analysing data
  • Good knowledge of Excel
  • Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build positive relationships at all levels of the business
  • Exceptional attention to detail and organisational skills
  • Able to work well under pressure
  • Commercially-minded and focused


Benefits

  • Salary of £23,500pa
  • 25 days holiday (increasing to 28 with service) + bank holidays
  • Enhanced maternity & paternity
  • Birthday Day Off
  • 2 Volunteering Days per year
  • Summer Hours - 3pm finish on Fridays in June, July & August
  • Early Pay Day Finish
  • EAP
  • Generous Staff Discount
  • Free onsite parking
  • Summer & Christmas Events


Location: you will be based in our office in Northampton conveniently located just off the M1. We are currently operating a hybrid working model of 2-3 days in the office with 2-3 days from home per week.



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