Seasonal Stock and Trade Assistant

Dunelm; Grays; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Dunelm in Grays is hiring a Stock & Trade Assistant for a seasonal role. You will help with planograms, stock handling, and in-store logistics, with shifts starting from 7am.

The role focuses on merchandising, price updates, deliveries, stock control, and replenishment, requiring flexibility across the week including weekends. You’ll support customers and collaborate with the store team to ensure smooth operations.

This position runs until 13 February 2027, with a minimum of 12 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 hours per week commitment.
• Fully flexible across the course of the week.
• Saturday or Sunday shift included.
• Confident communicator with colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Follow planograms and merchandising tasks.
• Update price changes as required.
• Recover store readiness for opening.
• Oversee and action deliveries during the week.
• Stock control, ordering and shop-floor replenishment.

Skills

Team player

Organised

Multi-tasking

Customer focus

Communication

Job description

Overview

Pay -

16 - 17 - £8.72 per hour.

18+ - £13.39 per hour.

This is a seasonal position lasting until 13 February 2027.

Your local store is looking for a minimum 12hrs per week Stock & Trade Assistant with shifts starting at 7am. You will need to be fully flexible over the course of the week. The hours will be spread across the week but will include a SaturdayorSundayshift.

Stock and Trade Assistants working for Dunelm are our fantastic product focused individuals. As well as being completely engaged with operating our in-store warehouses and behind-the-scenes storerooms, this is a team dedicated to providing a vast range of product knowledge and logistical understanding.

What you’ll be doing

• Following planograms and focusing on our merchandising efforts whilst completing a variety of tasks.

• Updating price changes.

• Recovering our stores after a busy day so we are ready to welcome our customers in the morning.

• Over-see and action several deliveries throughout the week.

• Stock control, ordering and shop-floor replenishment.

This is not a solely warehouse operative based role. Our Stock and Trade Assistants are great communicators. They know the importance of their product priorities, whilst maintaining the ability to connect with both customers and colleagues in order to provide an excellent customer experience.

What we’ll look for in you

• You will love helping your colleagues across the store and always contribute to your team by reporting successfully to your team leaders and store management team regularly.

• You’ll be organised, committed and open to learning about Dunelm’s vast range of products.
• You’ll be confident in multi-tasking across all stock responsibilities whilst having a friendly chat with our customers.
• Be able to meet the physical expectations of this role and you’ll be comfortable working extensively with large and small items of furniture and furnishings in store.

Our Dunelm colleagues work together to support and encourage each other in order to help create a fantastic work environment that feels like home. So, we would like you to feel confident and empowered in your role, be sociable and excited at the prospect of working in an ever-growing retail environment and provide memorable customer experiences.