Merchandise Admin Assistant

4 months ago


Bury, United Kingdom JD Sports Full time

**Looking to start a career in Merchandising? Looking for a role complementing your analytical skills and your passion for numbers? All in within a company that wants to help you building your professional career?**

**If all the answers to these questions are "YES" then you're the person we're looking for to join our Merchandising team**
- Job Title - Merchandise Admin Assistant
- Location - JD Group, Hollins Brook Way, Pillsworth, Bury, Bl9 8RR
- Working rota - Monday - Friday
- Working hours - 40 per week

**Responsibilities**

As a Merchandise Admin Assistant you will provide support to the JD Merchandising team ensuring the correct stock is on the right place at the right time to maximise profitability across all channels.

You will be responsible for:
**Stock (80%)**
- Create and maintain stock data.
- Create and maintain Purchase Orders on the JD system within a specific product area.
- Manage and ensure all Purchase Orders are received and processed by the suppliers.

**Trade (20%)**
- Chase and review arrangements of new suppliers.
- Pre-allocate new products approx. 6 months in advance via scheduling system.
- Amend and review pre-allocations as directed by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser through scheduling reports before distributing to merchandisers.
- Produce price amendments as directed by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser and communicate to Retail.
- Communicate merchandising aids to Retail
- Review all costs and VAT within a specific file prior to receipt highlighting to Merchandiser/AM.
- Establish collaborative working relationships within the Buying team and other teams.
- Analytical and passionate about numbers, able to use data to measure performance and identify areas of improvement.
- Systems driven, proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office software
- Highly organised and strong attention to detail
- Retail focused with strong understanding of Merchandising
- An excellent communicator able to build relationships with stakeholders and to work across teams.
- Initiative and responsible, taking ownership of your work and using your initiative to deliver.
- Strong teamwork skills, being able to work with the Merchandising team and other teams to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.
- Positive and flexible, responsive to business needs and comfortable taking responsibility for your tasks.

**Team Structure**

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.

If you're wondering about progression in within the team, there are many opportunities to grow in within the different areas and there is also training and development plans in place to support and mentor you in your personal and professional career.

**The Company**:
The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues over 3,400 stores across several retail fascia's in over 30 markets around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

- Incremental Holiday Allowance
- Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
- Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
- Discounted Gym membership
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
- Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

**Interested?***

Thank you again for your time.

LI-BH3


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