Electrical Category Assistant - 12-Month FTC - Hybrid

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

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.