Merchandising Administration Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Merchandising Administration Assistant to join our Merchandising team based at our Pep & Co Head office in Watford.

This role's location will be divided between office based and remote working working a 37.5 hour week.

You will be responsible for supporting the Merchandising team to manage stock at store and option level to drive sales through availability, increase sales and reduce markdowns.

This role comes with the ability to study Business Administration Level 3 qualification or level 4 Buying and Merchandising Assistant through an apprenticeship.

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• Providing accurate sales reports and analysis to support the merchandising team with strategy decisions on stock, stores, grading and range planning
• Allocating stock
• Working with Assistant Merchandiser to provide support to the Merchandising and Buying team.
• Communicating with suppliers to ensure orders are kept on time with the critical path
• Running analysis on sales to inform by line buy ratios
• Raising purchase orders on time and accurately
• Updating and maintaining accurate delivery schedule
• Ensuring all department housekeeping is kept up to date on systems each week
• Attending and preparing allocation meetings with the merchandising team

To be successful, you will need

• Previous merchandising administration experience
• Competent Excel skills
• Analytical mindset
• Strong communication and numerical skills
• Ability to work in a team

• Competitive salary
• Long service awards
• Additional holiday purchase - (once a year window to apply)
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• The ability to study Business administration Level 3 qualification or level 4 buying and merchandising assistant through an apprenticeship

Since opening our first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day!

Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys. We are now on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer.

Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, you will see Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand. Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.

Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of our larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a stand-alone brand, offers customers a full range of women's, men's and kids' fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that's hard to find on local high streets.

PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.

If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today!