Assistant Merchandiser

**Company Overview**

Early Excellence is a highly respected and well-established company, a national leader of Early Years Education specialising in equipping schools and training teachers. We provide an extensive range of online and onsite training to schools, and offer high-quality educational resources, furniture and toys for children aged 3-7yrs selling through e-commerce, retail and training environments.

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic supply chain professional with first class numerical and analytical skills, a strong commercial acumen and experience of head office merchandising.

The key to being successful in this role is having a strong drive for success and a passion for going above and beyond to get the job done. It is essential that you have commercial acumen.

This permanent position is well suited to an individual that is looking to advance their career in a thriving, respectful and supportive workplace.

**Specific Actions**:

- Assisting with stock ordering and fulfilment to cover the varying demands of the business.
- Managing the purchasing delivery schedule and order chasing to ensure prompt and timely delivery.
- Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with any problems or delays as they arise.
- Working with the quality team to clarify packaging, safety labels, quality control measures and best practice requirements.
- Monitoring the status of sales orders, assisting with allocation issues and liaising with relevant teams to ensure smooth and timely transition through to dispatch.
- Assisting with the analysis of bestsellers, slow sellers, supplier, retail, and category performance.
- Keeping supplier brochure information up to date and organised.

**Key Experiences & Skills**:
**About you**:

- Degree qualified.
- 3 years’ experience in a similar role
- Commercial awareness and excellent numerical skills.
- Advanced level of experience with MS Excel, with the ability to create, maintain and update spreadsheets.
- Flexible and able to work such hours as may be necessary to fulfil the role.
- Ability to work on own initiative, priorities workloads and meet stringent deadlines.
- Initiative-taking, well-organised and meticulous
- Methodical and efficient
- Capable of multitasking
- Team player with the ability to communicate effectively with others.
- Excellent external and internal customer service skills, good written and verbal communication, with good negotiation skills
- Ability to build excellent working relationships with suppliers.
- Flexible, courteous, friendly, and positive approach
- Driver with own car
- Experience of working with OrderWise software an advantage

**Contract Terms**:
**Full Time**: 8.30am - 5.00pm, Monday - Friday
**Salary**:up to £22,000 - £25,000
**Contract Type**: Full time, Permanent
**Location**: Elland, West Yorkshire

**Benefits**:

- Competitive salary
- Highly professional, great team atmosphere
- 25 days annual leave (rising to 27 days with service) plus all public/bank holidays.
- Birthday leave
- On-site free parking
- Hybrid working options available, must be able to travel to Elland at least 3 times a week.
- Modern office facilities
- 25% Staff discount

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £22,000.00-£25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

**Experience**:

- Merchandising: 3 years (preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Elland, HX5 0EE