Category Assistant

Category Assistant Job in Christchurch
You have some administration experience but you’re really looking for something more creative. You love products, and you’re great at juggling. You like to take responsibility for your own workload and helping out in lots of different ways. You also like the details, ensuring everything is just so, and information is ready at everyone’s finger tips! You may also be a graduate looking for your first position where you can grow and develop.
What you’ll be doing:
* Creating mood boards/ market research/ ad hoc requests from customers
* Sample management - being in control of all samples received, keeping detailed records of things sent in/out of the business.
* Administration tasks, including data collection, arranging pack copy forms, maintenance of data records, and barcode allocations.
* Helping to create slides to add to customer strategy meeting decks.
* Competitor analysis, visiting top 6 supermarkets monthly, collecting info on RRPs, specs and designs and supporting comp shop trips.
* Sample purchasing, ensuring that anything needed for meetings or to be sent to FE for benchmarking is bought ahead of time.
* Helping to action design briefs and uploading to our project management system.
* Brief number allocation and uploading new projects to project management system.
Dovetail Recruitment are looking for a Category Assistant to join our client of 10 years, working with the National Account Controller who has progressed up the ranks. You’ll be exposed to products you see every day in shops, giving you a buzz knowing you were part of that whole development process. You might have recently graduated and you’re unsure how to find the right balance of creative and administration in a role.
Minimum Requirements for the Category Assistant
* One year of administration experience or recent graduate with a placement year
* Creative mindset
* Eye for detail and highly organised
Salary & Details:
* £25,000 per annum with salary reviews
* 25 days holiday per annum, increasing to 27 days after 3 years’ service and 30 days after 5 years’ service
* Extensive benefits programme including buying additional holiday, medical cash plan, access to mental health support and many other benefits
* Flexible hours and work-from-home available to all staff
* Great learning and development and progression opportunities · Yearly bonus structure (based on company targets)
* Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
* Pension Scheme Contribution
* Social events run by our inhouse Social Team
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Dress down Fridays
If you are interested in this Category Assistant job in Christchurch, please click ‘apply now’, or give us a call and ask for Laura. We will discuss your experience in more detail, give you more insight into the role and company and put forward an application on your behalf. When it comes to interviews, we will of course give you help and guidance along the way.
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