Merchandising Admin Assistant

DUSK.com; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holidays

Bonus scheme

Staff discount

Company pension

Hybrid working

Career progression

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

DUSK is a £200m home and lifestyle brand with an award-winning, fast-growing ecommerce presence. Based in Leeds, the Merchandising Admin Assistant plays a key role supporting orders, shipments and critical paths across Merchandising, Buying, Sourcing, eCommerce, Warehouse and Accounts.

The role combines meticulous admin, data reporting and collaboration with multiple teams to ensure on-time delivery and accurate product listings.

Qualifications

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Analytical with a passion for numbers.
• Pro-active can-do attitude, seeking opportunities to improve ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and updates critical paths, highlighting any issues to the merchandising team.
• Manages and updates the shipment tracker, highlighting any late orders to merchandising team.
• Responsible for receiving packing lists & sharing with the wider team in a timely manner.
• Communicating with suppliers to track orders & ensure on time delivery.
• Updates and distributes daily, weekly & Ad Hoc reports.
• Manages and organises emails.
• Creates and distributes PO’s as requested by the merchandising team.
• Working closely with buying and sourcing teams to track orders.
• Liaising with the warehouse & accounts as and when required.
• Responsible for tracking upcoming shipments & ensuring delivery dates are accurate on the website for the customer.
• Completes minutes for meetings and ensures these are circulated with actions post meeting.
• Basic understanding of end to end buying process.
• Assisting with any ad hoc requests.
• Support the team in weekly trade reporting pulling relevant information when required.
• Basic knowledge of sales reports and how they are used to inform decision making.
• Knowledge of Best and Worst Sellers and knows where to retrieve the information.
• Uses weekly critical path meetings to support the team in trading actions.
• Understands the impact of late delivery.
• Supports in bi-weekly checking of products online to ensure details are correct.
• Supports in getting new products online by providing requested information to ecom.

Skills

Highly organised

Analytical

Attention to detail

Effective communicator

Proactive

Tools

Excel

ERP system

Job description

We’re looking for a highly organised and proactive Merchandising Admin Assistant to join our fast-paced Merchandising team in Leeds. You’ll play a key role in keeping our orders, shipments and critical paths on track, working closely with Merchandising, Buying, Sourcing, eCommerce, the Warehouse and Accounts.

Salary:

Competitive Salary + excellent benefits package

Role Responsibilities:

• Maintains and updates critical paths, highlighting any issues to the merchandising team
• Manages and updates the shipment tracker, highlighting any late orders to merchandising team
• Responsible for receiving packing lists & sharing with the wider team in a timely manner
• Communicating with suppliers to track orders & ensure on time delivery
• Updates and distributes daily, weekly & Ad Hoc reports
• Manages and organises emails
• Creates and distributes PO’s as requested by the merchandising team
• Working closely with buying and sourcing teams to track orders
• Liaising with the warehouse & accounts as and when required
• Responsible for tracking upcoming shipments & ensuring delivery dates are accurate on the website for the customer
• Completes minutes for meetings and ensures these are circulated with actions post meeting
• Basic understanding of end to end buying process
• Assisting with any ad hoc requests

TRADING

• Support the team in weekly trade reporting pulling relevant information when required
• Basic knowledge of sales reports and how they are used to inform decision making
• Knowledge of Best and Worst Sellers and knows where to retrieve the information
• Uses weekly critical path meetings to support the team in trading actions
• Understands the impact of late delivery
• Supports in bi-weekly checking of products online to ensure details are correct
• Supports in getting new products online by providing requested information to ecom

About You

• Highly organised with strong attention to detail
• Analytical with a passion for numbers
• Maintains a professional, approachable attitude
• Pro-active can-do attitude, seeking out opportunities to improve ways of working both within the team and personally
• Builds relationships with other teams through networking
• Drives own development through understanding of role and seeking learning opportunities
• Effective communicator, delivering information effectively through adapting style for relevant audience

About us

DUSK is a £200m home and lifestyle brand. We are an award winning and fast-growing e-commerce brand in the home and garden sector, known for innovation and high-quality products.

Since 2016, our dedicated team at our Leeds HQ have been designing stylish homeware and furniture at affordable prices. DUSK is an online-first brand, and by designing and sourcing everything ourselves, we’re able to curate our own collections and pass on the savings directly to our customers.

Whether you are seeking signature furniture pieces or the perfect finishing accents, our curated ranges deliver accessible elegance to every living space, empowering you to realise your ideal home vision.

As a trusted British brand, our team in our Doncaster warehouses work hard behind the scenes to make sure every order is carefully packed and delivered on time.

You can read more about us at: https://dusk.com/

Why Dusk.com?

• 25 days holidays (plus bank holidays) as standard, plus additional days based on length of service
• Option to buy additional holidays (by a maximum of 5 days)
• Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 work from home
• Bonus Scheme
• Staff Discount Scheme on DUSK products
• Death in service
• Company pension (3% employer contributions)
• Flexible start and finish times
• Access to employee assistance programme through ‘Spark’, including 24/7 helpline, virtual GP and counselling services to support your health and wellbeing.
• Excellent Career progression and training opportunities
• Opportunities to partake in company days

Due to the high volume of applications, on some occasions we are unable to reply to each individual applicant. If you do not hear from us within four weeks, then unfortunately your application has not been successful.

We will keep your application on file for six months and we will consider you for future roles within the organisation during this time. Your information will be deleted after six-months. If you wish to be considered for roles after this point, then you will need to re-apply.