E-Commerce Assistant

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Have you realised your current role isn’t for you?

Ultimate Products are looking for suitably experienced and career-driven people to join our successful company in the role of E-Commerce Assistant

Each role offers structured training, regular reviews, development plans and one-one support to enable you to reach your highest potential at the company.

Key Job Duties:

• Forecasting and analysing data to drive additional business through our ecommerce channels across many European countries
• Identifying buying/selling trends in the online market and acting on opportunities for business growth
• Completing forecasting reviews and ensuring the correct stock is readily available for customers
• Researching consumer trends and optimisation of online accounts and ecommerce listings on platforms such as Amazon and Groupon
• Working with departments including Buying, Design and Merchandising to coordinate the customer account set up process and arrange product samples for online listings
• Working with our Warehouse team to communicate order activity for our online vendors and direct to consumer accounts

The UP story

From a spark in Oldham to a global success. We’re the cogs in the retail machine, designing, manufacturing and distributing innovative branded products at the best prices to a mass market. Our brand portfolio includes Salter, Beldray and Progress. Each has a reputation for high quality and on trend design, and they’re faithful household names – some that even your grandparents love.

Ultimate Products has been bringing branded kitchen and laundry products to the market since 1997. Now a public limited company, our annual turnover exceeds £150 million. We’ve established strong working relationships with Internationally recognised retailers, including Tesco, Asda and Primark, filling the shelves of the world’s favourite stores across 38 countries. Despite our continued growth, strong corporate values remain at UP’s core; we are committed to supporting local charities and initiatives to give back to the community that helped build us.

Our people are a key driver to our success and we are proud of creating an environment that enables our colleagues to thrive both professionally and personally, which is why we recently invested £2M in a brand new office at our Oldham headquarters. With newly implemented employee mental health and environmental committees, we are dedicated to empowering our people to have a voice and share their views. In a 2021 survey, 86% of our employees said that they would recommend Ultimate Products as a great place to work, a figure that we’re hoping to improve even further in 2022!

What we look for

Working predominately from our £2m head office site on the outskirts of Manchester, candidates must be ambitious, driven and enthusiastic with an interest in developing their career in a leading international PLC business by utilising their existing skills and experience.

Application requirements:

• A minimum of 2.5 years relevant work experience in a similar role
• A minimum 2:1 undergraduate degree. All specialisms considered
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Team work skills
• Assertive and confident with a proactive approach to work
• Local to Greater Manchester

What is in it for you?

We care about your progression:

• Structured training and development plan during your career with us
• Yearly salary reviews as you take on more responsibility and progress your career
• Employee Save As You Earn share save scheme
• Optional salary sacrifice pension contribution of an additional 10% on top of your standard pension contribution
• Many opportunities for career progression and job promotion

We invest in our people:

• New £2M state of the art office in Oldham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpB1oHqz8S8
• 30 internal promotions to senior positions in 2022
• Access to wellbeing support, including 24-hour access to Employee Assistance Helpline
• Charity, Environmental and ESG committees, created to encourage positive change within the company and our wider community
• Every UP employee is authorised to complete a day of paid charity work volunteering
• High levels of employee satisfaction- Glassdoor rating of 4* and above