Merchandise Admin Assistant - Seasonal/Toys/Electrical

☞ Sainsbury’s

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Update day: 11-06-2024

Location: Milton Keynes South East

Category: Administrative / Clerical / Assistant

Industry: Food & Beverages Retail Supermarkets

Job type: Full-time

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We are currently looking for Merchandise Admin Assistants to join our General Merchandise teams supporting on categories such as Seasonal, Toys and Electricals. These roles will require travel to our Store Support Centre in Milton Keynes but also have a mix of home working.

The role of a Merchandise Admin Assistant is to provide comprehensive administrative support to the Merchandising team, ensuring that tasks are undertaken accurately and timely to drive overall performance in the business unit.


As a Merchandise Admin Assistant, Your Duties Will Include

  • Use line forecasting system to ensure sales, stock holding, margin and availability is optimised by line
  • Understanding of systems in the management of intake and the stock position
  • Responsible for maintaining accurate records of commitment in order to provide stock intake and output forecasts
  • Prepare accurate analysis as required by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser in line with agreed timescales, ensure all reports are downloaded and cascaded as appropriate
  • Work with the replenishment teams to plan initial allocations, launch builds and ensure that stock and availability targets are met
  • Assist replenishment team with store trade queries
  • Liaise with suppliers and the imports and warehousing teams to ensure smooth flow of stock from the supplier to depot, under the guidance of the Assistant Merchandiser
  • Update delivery schedules to reflect latest supplier delivery position and maintaining relevant systems. Raise contracts for new orders with guidance from Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser
  • Ensure all orders are generated accurately in line with the critical path
  • Prepare all stock builds against the agreed parameters
  • Maintain accurate delivery and shipment records for all products using the appropriate systems
  • Build good working relationships with suppliers, store colleagues and retail support teams
  • Prepare availability reports to identify impact to availability
  • Provide administrative support to the merchandising team as required
  • Demonstrate high levels of process compliance and data integrity
  • Data entry and housekeeping of forecasting systems
  • Gain a commercial awareness of our product ranges, stores and competitors
  • Prepare for, attend and take notes at meetings
  • Ensure team activity is legal and compliant, and ensure trained to understand my obligations under competition law and ethical training


Your Experience Will Include

  • Analytical and numerical skills as will be working with lots of data
  • Computer literate, with systems knowledge (especially Excel)
  • Good knowledge of the Sainsbury’s Argos operational model, Warehouses, Store replenishment and / or Direct to customer fulfilment customer channels
  • Good written and verbal communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal and team-working skills
  • Knowledge and preferably experience, of working within a retail environment
  • Excellent admin and organisational ability
  • Interest in commercial issues
  • Knowledge of business principles and core values

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.


Primary Location
GB-GB-Milton Keynes


Other Locations
GB-GB-Coventry


Work Locations
Argos - Avebury and Home


Job
Merchandising


Schedule
Full-time


Advertised Salary
Competitive plus benefits

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Deadline: 26-07-2024

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