Assistant Branch Merchandiser

The Role

Working in our dynamic and creative Branch Merchandising Team, you’ll support branch-planning activities including recording local branch information and maintaining reports that determine what products each store stocks. You’ll also help to plan the rates of sale and distribution for particular items, as well as reacting to sales information to maximise sales potential for all stores.

What You’ll Take On

During each season you’ll be responsible for interpreting store sales, stock planning and optimisation. You will manage store grading to ensure stock is in the right place.

You’ll also ensure new and refitted stores have the stock packages they need for launch, while helping to interpret and produce a range of regular stock and merchandising reports.

You will liaise with warehousing to ensure a smooth flow of stock into stores for peak sales periods.

You’ll effectively co-ordinate and collate all re-labelling requirements during seasons and ahead of a new season’s launch. You’ll also produce and maintain a detailed record of price discrepancies, as well as gathering and sharing details of key price amendments with the relevant teams.

What You’ll Bring

If you’re a natural collaborative problem solver, with an outstanding eye for detail and impressive retail experience, then you sound like just the sort of person we’re looking for.

Demonstrate drive and decisiveness in understanding and dealing with commercial situations to ensure positive outcomes for stores. Analysing and prioritising risks and opportunities You’ll also have advanced skills in Microsoft Excel/Google sheets.

You will be able to quickly identify any discrepancies and confidently propose the most appropriate course of action. You’ll also have strong planning and organisational skills, as well as a positive and flexible approach to every task.

A clear and engaging communicator, you’ll be able to quickly build productive relationships throughout the business. You’ll also be able to motivate, support and assign challenging development tasks to trainees in your team.

Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: .

We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.

#LI-Onsite

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Profit-related bonus - based on company performance
• Private health insurance- surgery choices
• Sharesave scheme - make savings from your net pay to buy NEXT shares at a discount
• Pension - fixed contribution rates from both an employer and employee perspective, but you're also able to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) if you wish to save more.
• 25% staff discount on most NEXT products - plus discount on other products
• Wagestream - helping you make the most out of your money
• Salary finance - offers access to affordable loans repaid through salary, simple savings and free financial education.
• Life assurance
• Direct to work - NEXT orders delivered free to the office for collection
• VIP sale - early access to the NEXT sale
• Access to NEXT staff shops
• Octopus energy - like cycle-to-work, but for electric vehicles
• Free parking (excluding London locations)
• Travel2NEXT - bus services dependent on location
• On site dining facilities (excluding London locations)
• National and local discounts on goods and services - this includes things like discounted cinema tickets
• Wellhub - includes access to discounted gym membership
• Simply health - a healthcare subscription service
• Aviva Digicare Workplace+ healthcare service - 7 Free services including Digital GP appointments and an annual health check.
• Onsite GP - Leicester Head Office
• Onsite Physio - Leicester Head Office
• A range of dedicated 3rd party wellbeing partners
• Free eye testing - voucher to use at specific locations

Conditions apply to all benefits. These benefits are discretionary and subject to change.

We aim to support all candidates during the application process and are happy to provide workplace adjustments when necessary. Should you need support with your application due to a disability or long-term condition, feel free to get in touch with us by email [email protected] (please include 'Workplace Adjustments' in the subject line), or call us on 0116 284 2486 and leave a voicemail.