Digital Assistant Merchandiser - size? Group - 12 Month FTC

JDSports; Bury; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Sports is seeking a Digital Merchandising Assistant to support product onboarding, maintain trackers, and ensure timely on-site launches. You will collaborate with Warehouse, Studio, Buying and Merchandising to deliver high-quality product availability across digital channels.

You will analyze product performance using GA, Contentsquare and Power BI, manage attribution, and uphold visual merchandising standards with Fredhopper to optimise the customer journey.

Qualifications

• On-site product onboarding and timely launches.
• Attention to detail in product data.
• Analytical skills to review product performance.

Responsibilities

• Updating and maintaining product trackers to ensure products go onsite quickly and efficiently
• Ownership of product setup and attribution
• Collaborating with Digital Merchandising, Buying and Merchandising teams to review intake and launch calendars
• Monitoring sales and stock for product launches
• Using analytics tools to review product performance (GA, Contentsquare, Power BI)
• Identifying key products for CRM and Homepage activity
• Using merchandising tools to rollout visual merchandising standards and optimize the customer journey
• Performing daily site checks for imagery, links, descriptions and attribution
• Reviewing new products onsite across touchpoints
• Troubleshooting products not online
• Supporting the wider Digital Merchandising team with day-to-day tasks and ad hoc requests

Skills

Excel

Attention to detail

Data analysis

Self-motivated

Organization

Time management

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Commercial knowledge

Tools

Google Analytics

Contentsquare

Power BI

Fredhopper

Job description

Overview:

Working within the Digital Merchandising team to launch new products onsite. Building strong relationships with the Warehouse, Studio, Buying & Merchandising teams to deliver high quality product availability across digital channels.

Responsibilities:

• Updating and maintaining product trackers to ensure products go onsite quickly and efficiently


• Ownership of product set up and attribution


• Working closely with the wider digital merch team alongside buying and core merchandising to review intake and launch calendars


• Monitoring sales and stock for product launches


• Use analytics tools such as GA, Contentsquare and Power Bi to review product performance


• Identify key products for CRM and Homepage activity


• Use merchandising tools (such as fredhopper) to roll out visual merchandising standards & optimise the customer journey


• Daily Site walks to flag any potential issues - incorrect imagery, broken links, incorrect product descriptions, incorrect category attribution and general housekeeping


• Review new products once they are onsite and ensure they are visible across all relevant touchpoints


• Troubleshooting products that are not online


• Assisting the wider Digital Merchandising team with day to day tasking and adhoc requests

Objectives & KPIS

• Approving products in line with time to site expectations and launch dates


• Update daily reports and communicate key information to the wider team


• Build a strong relationship across Digital and B&M teams


• Maintaining product attribution

Skills & Experience

• Good excel skills


• A close attention to detail


• Data analysis skills to gain insight and inform actions


• Self-motivated, able to deliver work to a high standard within a deadline.


• Good organisation and time-management skills.


• Exceptional interpersonal skills and good team player.


• Wider market commercial knowledge (Key Periods, Competitors).