Category Assistant

Could you be our new Category Assistant?

Do you have a passion for retail? Do you enjoy working as part of a creative and energetic team?

What about working with bright, creative, dynamic and constantly evolving greeting card and gift wrap products? Sound interesting?

Did we mention that we offer hybrid working too Flexibility to work in the office and work at home.

We have a fantastic opportunity to join the dedicated Tesco ROI team at UK Greetings as a Category Assistant. Supporting the Customer & Product Manager and the Category Controller, you will use sales data and your own creative flair to help build eye catching greetings card displays.

If you are self-motivated, process driven, and have an eye for detail then we’re looking for you This is a great opportunity to join A team who strive to create eye catching greetings card and gift packaging displays, using data analysis and customer insights to ensure every consumer shopping our customers display walks away having purchased the perfect product.

The Category Assistant role is an occasionally customer facing role, and some travel will be involved, so a full driving licence is required. This is an office based position, with the opportunity for hybrid working when workload allows.

The key duties of the role include:

- Assisting the Category Controllers with the interpretation of sales data to make recommendations for display changes
- Collation of samples and product information for display set up
- Work with the Business Information team and the Customer & Product Manager to create sales reports to monitor productivity and to prepare and deliver customer presentations
- Regular Communication with internal UK Greetings divisions/departments on the specific needs of customers to develop their business
- Category maintenance such as availability management
- Competitor and product trend analysis

Essential Requirements:

- Full UK driving license
- Advanced Excel skills and Microsoft office program knowledge
- The ability to work to strict deadlines with meticulous attention to detail
- Keen eye for market trends
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and multitask

Desirable Requirements:

- Experience in category planning or visual merchandising
- Experience within the greetings card industry

If this sounds like a good fit for you, and you’d like to find out more, then we would love to hear from you.

**Who we are**

**Who are we?**

UK Greetings are the UK’s biggest publisher of Greeting cards. Our talented team design and produce original greeting cards, gift wrap and ancillary product to be sold direct to retail. We are proud that our strong customer base includes some of the biggest and most recognisable retailers in the UK.

**Why UK Greetings?**

We put our people first and we create product that spreads happiness, laughter and love

We offer a warm and friendly culture that values diversity and inclusion. We love welcoming new talent, but we are proud that many of our employees have stayed with our business for 20+ years

We offer fantastic career development with many opportunities available to gain qualifications while you work through various apprenticeship and higher education programmes.

Our Company Benefits:

- Hybrid Working
- 25 Days holiday plus 8 bank holidays.
- Long service additional holiday entitlement
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Employee Benefits Platform (retail, restaurant discounts etc)
- Employer Contributory Pension Scheme
- Access to an Online Doctor and Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee Recognition scheme
- Employee Referral Scheme