Buying and Merchandising L4 Apprentice

About the team:

You’ll be joining the Merchandising Team who look to provide the customer with the right product at the right time. Working closely with the Buying team to build assortment strategies and focusing on ensuring the best possible range for our customers.

Looking at internal data, history and competitor performance whilst managing brand and supplier relationships across Brand and Own Brand. About the role You will provide administrative support to the Merchandising function, ensuring effective order management to deliver commercial KPI’s and critical path management.

You will be involved in administrative tasks to manage planning tools & critical path, and you will work collaboratively with other business functions including buying & operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Supports Merchandise department to deliver assortment strategy Analyse sales history to review size & style performance Ensure planning tools are up to date with the most recent information Effective critical path management to fulfil assortment plans Understand product lifecycle in order to manage style level plans Working in collaboration with buying, operations & wider merchandising team Understands and utilises data to best inform effective decision making for department

About you:

We know that our expectations are high, as are our ambitions as a business, so we are aware that one candidate will not have all of the below experience.

The ideal candidate will have/be:

Understanding of the merchandising function Good knowledge of Excel Strong with numbers - able to produce, analyse and articulate findings from reports Attention to detail Ability to establish relationships, internal & external - working cross functionally and collaboratively Desire to understand the Very customer Problem solving/critical thinking Decision making skills Ability to prioritise and manage workload A great attitude and who is willing to learn

Training:

Buying and Merchandising Assistant Level 4.

The apprentice will receive full on the job training from the employer as well as 20% off the job training. they will also receive a wraparound service from SCL.

Training Outcome:

The apprentice can progress on to a Level 6 in B&M once they have completed their apprenticeship.

Employer Description:
Sho direct rebranded as The Very Group in January 2020 is the largest pureplay digital retailer and financial services provider, based in Liverpool, it operates major brands including very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com.

Working Hours :
The hours will be confirmed at the interview stage.

Skills:
Attention to detail,Communication skills,Organisation skills,IT skills,Presentation skills,Administrative skills