Digital Assistant Merchandiser - Partner Program

TN United Kingdom; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a proactive individual to enhance product onboarding and sales performance. This role involves collaborating with brand partners to optimize product assortments and drive sales through effective merchandising strategies. You will analyze sales trends, identify opportunities for improvement, and work closely with various teams to ensure timely product launches. If you possess strong organizational skills and a keen eye for detail, this position offers a chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic retail environment.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational skills to manage product onboarding.
• Ability to analyze sales trends and propose actions.

Responsibilities

• Drive product assortment and onboarding processes with brand partners.
• Review sales trends and propose actions to improve performance.

Skills

Excel

Merchandiser software

Organization skills

Time-management skills

Job description

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Client:

JD Group

Location:

Bury, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Retail

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

02.05.2025

Expiry Date:

16.06.2025

Job Description:

• Location – BL9 8RR
• Working rota – Monday - Friday
• Working hours – 40 hours

Key Objective:

• Work with our brand partners to drive forward our Partner Program assortment of products across the active markets. Create efficiencies within the onboarding process and feed insights into the Buying Team.

Planning

• Be aware of the seasonal onboarding calendar throughout the year, working with the teams to drive the product range onboarding and performance.

Trading

• Review daily and weekly sales trends, identifying areas of weakness, proposing and taking action to increase sales.
• Monitor live sales to identify fast sellers on the day and take action as required to maximise sales.
• Identify underperforming lines and categories and propose actions to improve sell-through.
• Work with the brand partners to onboard products to the JD channels as fast as possible.
• Work with Studio Teams to ensure all imagery has been processed.
• Select products to feature on mailers and get sign-off from buyers, before briefing Marketing team.
• Review product attributes to ensure that site navigation, filters, and collections are optimized, working with copywriters to achieve this.
• Continually review merchandising of site searches, navigation, and listings, proposing actions where required to maximize sales.
• Review the new in list to ensure the site is representative of key products.
• Review top on-site searches and action merchandising rules to improve results and conversion.
• Monitor intake daily and weekly to ensure all products are going online in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the core merchandising team and marketing.

Teamwork

• Reports to the Digital Merchandise Manager.
• Establish working relationships with Buying & Merchandising, Digital, and Marketing teams.
• Assist the Partner Program Trading Manager to drive the channels and deliver sales targets.
• Apply best practices.
• Build strong relationships with B&M team.
• Identify opportunities and threats, and look to resolve them.
• Become an expert in the use of online systems/tools.

Skills needed

• Good knowledge of Excel.
• Experience working with merchandiser software.
• Strong organization and time-management skills.