Partnership Trading Assistant

JR United Kingdom; Chesham Bois; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An award-winning retailer in Chesham Bois seeks a Partnership Trading Assistant to drive sales and optimize product ranges. Candidates should have experience with planograms and strong analytical skills. This role offers competitive employee benefits, including hybrid working and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Employee discounts

Pension top-up

Parking

Bonus

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Previous experience in creating planograms or similar.
• Experience in retail merchandising or trading roles.
• Strong organisational and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Work with teams to create engaging planograms.
• Spot trading opportunities to enhance sales.
• Contribute to a first-class retail experience.

Skills

Planogram creation

Retail merchandising

Analytical skills

Data confidence

Communication skills

Tools

Quant

Excel

MS Office

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This is a fantastic chance to join this award-winning retailer as part of their Partnership Trading team and help drive sales, profitability, and stock availability across high-profile retail partnerships.

As Partnership Trading Assistant, you'll work closely with the Merchandiser, Buying, and Merchandising teams to analyse sales, manage product ranges, and create planograms, which will support maximising sales and ensuring new products are launched successfully.

You will spot trading opportunities, solve problems quickly, and help deliver a first-class retail experience for our customers.

You will need:

• Previous experience using planograms or similar in a head office environment.
• Ability to use range data to create engaging and customer-led planograms.
• Produce market-specific planograms to support sales generation, delivered to critical path deadlines, including new launches.
• Knowledge of Quant or similar space planning software (Blue Yonder, DotActiv, Planorama, etc.).

Experience in retail merchandising, trading, or a similar role (e.g., Merchandising Assistant, Trading Assistant).

Strong organisational and analytical skills.

Confidence working with numbers and data (Excel, MS Office).

Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

A passion for retail and commercial trading.

What's in it for you?
An opportunity to join this high-growth, exciting, employee-owned retailer. Develop valuable space planning and trading skills, and grow your merchandising career in a supportive, collaborative, and fun environment.

Range of employee benefits: discounts, pension top-up, EAP, parking, bonus, hybrid working, and ongoing professional development.

Apply today and take the next step in your retail merchandising career.