Product Description Acquisition Specialist

Overview:
**THIS IS A 12 MONTH FIXED TERM CONTRACT**

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 76,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas - to life. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

We are open to flexible and agile working, both of hours and location. Therefore, we offer colleagues a blend of working from home and our offices, located in London, Southampton & Yeovil. Talk to us about how we can best support you

What's the job?:
The roles’ purpose is to ensure that OEB (own exclusive brands) product description data and assets are acquired, translated and communicated within the agreed deadlines across all the KF Group. Those data and assets will be used for multiple purposes such as; packaging and online throughout the Group.

You will be the representative of product description data in Project meetings with Category teams providing updates to current data status against CPA, raising any concerns and mitigating any risks to data delivery.

A key area of focus will be to work with Vendors to collect data ensuring that all data is collected and available for all channels within the agreed deadlines.
- Project Lead the E2E PDD Collection process this includes:

- Supporting the range team with data pre-population
- Vendor engagement, training and onboarding to PIM
- Ensuring with vendors achieve agreed collection SLA though PIM and Vendor Portal
- Data validation against data model principles
- Send to translation and support with queries
- Responsible for the delivery of validated and translated PDD, Packaging data and assets
- Ensure that risks and potential mitigations affecting range change are raised and communicated as required.
- Becoming fully competent in use of PIM and Vendor Portal
- Work closely with the Change Control and PIM Development teams

What you'll bring:

- Flexible approach - dealing with ad-hoc requests, balancing shifting priorities
- Collaboration - works with stakeholders to seek agreed outcomes
- Good personal organisation, with ability to set priorities and monitor process
- Takes responsibility, is resilient and able to learn from mistakes and move on
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities in line with working in retail environment

**Be Customer Focused** -**constantly improving our customers’ experience**:

- I listen to my customers
- I use available data to help make decisions

**Be Human - acting with humanity and care**:

- I do the right thing
- I am respectful

**Be Curious - thrive on learning, thinking beyond the obvious**
- I build and share new ideas
- I try new things and share my learnings

**Be Agile - working with trust, pace and agility**:

- I have courage to be creative
- Done is better than perfect, I aim for 80/20

**Be Inclusive -** **acting inclusively in diverse teams to work together**
- I embrace allyship
- I have self-awareness and a desire to learn

**Be Accountable -** **championing the plan to deliver results and growth**
- I own my actions
- I understand the Kingfisher plan and how it relates to my role

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

**#LI-DW1**: