Merchandising Assistant (6mth FTC)

Mamas & Papas; Crowborough; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Buy & Sell holiday schemes

Company Bonus Schemes

Pension from day 1

Staff discounts

Benefits Hub access

Health & critical illness cover

Parental leave support

Foster Care & Carers Leave

Loss and Bereavement support

Menopause Friendly Employer

Recognition Schemes

Job summary

Mamas & Papas is seeking a Merchandising Assistant to join our Head Office team near Huddersfield. This role supports the Travel & Equipment Merchandising function, helping ensure the right products are in the right place at the right time.

You will analyse weekly sales and stock, communicate daily with store teams, customer care, suppliers and factories (including partners in Hong Kong and China) to balance supply and demand from factory to distribution centres UK and internationally.

Qualifications

• Experience in junior or trainee head office merchandising preferred.
• Analytical and numerically inclined mindset required.
• Interest in nursery products and supply chain dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Analyse weekly sales and stock intake to balance supply and demand.
• Communicate daily with store teams, customer care, suppliers and factories.
• Support flow from factory through to distribution centres UK and international.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Merchandising knowledge

Job description

Overview

For the last 40 years, here at Mamas & Papas we have dedicated everything to putting the customer first. Every department has their own unique and special part to play in making this happen whether that be our store teams, or our customer care teams, our finance, IT, marketing…everyone. One of these key departments is our head office merchandising team.

Our Merchandising Team at Head office

Based at our Head office on the outskirts of Huddersfield, our Merchandising team make sure from a customer’s perspective we have the right products, in the right place, at the right time for them whether that be in our stores, online or where we sell our award nursery products into other retailers across the UK and in over 30 countries around the world. Through continued growth, we are looking to recruit a Merchandising Assistant.

Merchandising Assistant

This MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT role takes responsibility in supporting the Travel & Equipment Merchandising team. One of the biggest product areas within Mamas & Papas. This incredibly talented department and team will analyse the weekly sales and stock intake, speak with store teams, customer care, our suppliers, Hong Kong, China on a daily basis to make sure supply and demand match up and products flow smoothly from factory through to designated distribution centres (both UK and International).

Requirements

If you come from a Junior or Trainee head office merchandise background, have an analytical mind in dealing with the flow of products from supplier or manufacturer to customer. Or even, come from a statistical or numbers orientated backgrounds and would love to work for the No. 1 brand in the Nursery sector, a global supplier of nursery products then please don’t hesitate apply.

Benefits

• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes
• Company Bonus Schemes
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances
• Supportive family related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave)
• Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering
• Support for Loss and Bereavement
• A Menopause Friendly Employer
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes
• At Mamas & Papas, we’re a business for the future. Every day, we help to welcome a new generation of children into the world, and we want them to grow up in a world that’s sustainable – one that’s full of opportunity and hope.
• Oh, and a great bunch of people to work with too.

Hybrid Working

• Hybrid flexi office working with 2 days working from home
• Flexi-time schemes based around core working hours whether in the office, or working from home
• Plus, free car parking, Prayer & Contemplation room, subsidised canteen, free tea & coffee, Games & TV rooms & much more.

Location

Mamas & Papas (Head Office)

Colne Bridge Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD5 0RH

Culture

We at Mamas & Papas are committed to championing people of all cultures, ethnicities and gender preferences, and celebrating diversity in all its forms through our campaigns and our actions. We strongly believe in the power of inclusivity to help us all move forward in life.

(NB* All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)