Category Assistant - Electrical - 12 month fixed term contract

The-Very-Group; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working

£250 benefits allowance

27 days holiday

LinkedIn Learning access

Bonus potential

25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension 6%

Job summary

The Very Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a Category Assistant for our Electrical department on a 12-month fixed-term contract. You will support category management across leading brands and work with trading, marketing, and customer experience teams.

You’ll handle end-to-end product setup, forecasting, stock planning, pricing reviews, and supplier engagement while developing insights and ensuring availability.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail merchandising and/or buying.
• Strong Excel and numerical skills.
• Ability to analyse and communicate insights clearly.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A collaborative approach and relationship-building ability.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end product setup, through to go live and trading.
• Creating line level product forecasts and order requirements in response to performance and stock holding to maximise both availability and stock efficiency.
• Manage stock through critical path management, progression and replenishment whilst identifying where price/promotional activity is required.
• Acts on pricing tools (i.e. Revionics) to find matches and make pricing recommendations.
• May be involved in sourcing new suppliers or brands with ownership of range building, through forecasting, trading and promo activity.
• Produce ad hoc reports for the wider category.

Skills

Retail merchandising

Buying experience

Excel

Numerical skills

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Collaborative approach

Willingness to learn

Tools

Revionics

Job description

Internal use only - Grade H

About us

We’re the team behind digital retailer Very.

Our purpose, helping families get more out of life, powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If you’re high-performing, ambitious and make the most of every opportunity, we want to hear from you. In return, you’ll enjoy heaps of flexibility, great perks and benefits, and the freedom to be yourself, keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference, you’ll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the role

We are seeking a Category Assistant to join our Electrical department, supporting our work across leading brands such as Samsung, Hisense, LG and Sony. The role is a 12 month fixed term contract.

By integrating category management with our digital experience and marketing teams, weare able togain deeper insights into our customers' needs. This collaborative approach empowers us to make swifter, better-informed decisions, ensuring we provide the best possible offering in the space.You'llhave the chance to engage directly with some of the world's biggest brands, working alongside trading, marketing, and customer experience teams within our wider Retail group.

Your experience may stem from buying, merchandising, stockplanningor a related field.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead theend to endproduct set up, through to go live and trading.

• Creating line level product forecasts and order requirements in response to performance and stock holding to maximise both availability and stock efficiency.

• Manage stock through critical path management, progression and replenishment whilstidentifyingwhere price/promotional activity isrequired.

• Acts on pricing tools (i.e.revionics) to find matches and make pricing recommendations.

• May be involved in sourcing new suppliers or brands with ownership of range building, through forecasting,tradingand promo activity.

• Produceadhocreports for the wider category.

About you

• Experience in retail merchandising and/or buying.
• Strong Excel and numerical skills.
• Ability to analyse and communicate insights clearly.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A collaborative approach and relationship-building ability.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible, hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment, check out our Glassdoor reviews
• £250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 27days holiday + bank holidays
• Linkedin Learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be found on our career site

Diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities

We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via [e-mail]. We’ll be happy to support you.

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.