Merchandising Administration Assistant

We are currently recruiting for a Merchandising Administration Assistant to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK in our merchandising team at our PEPCO Watford office.

This is a great opportunity for a graduate in Fashion to join one of the fastest growing retailers in the UK. We are 10 minutes’ walk from Watford Junction and 20 minutes train journey from London Euston and also offer a flexible working location, allowing you to work from home and the office.

The purpose of this role is to support the Merchandising team to maximize sales and profit opportunities through the effective management of stock at store and option level ensuring the allocation of stock to the right place at the right time, driving sales through improved availability, and so reducing markdown and maximizing profit for the department.

As Merchandising Administration Assistant, you will report into one of the Senior Merchandisers and will be a key support in maximizing sales and profit through effective management of stock.

• Providing accurate sales reports and analysis to support the merchandising team with strategy decisions on stock, stores, grading and range planning
• Collating accurate sales history reports to generate size mixes and support merchandising and buying decisions by reflecting in buy ratios
• Ensuring all POs on department are raised accurately and sent to supplier when needed
• Updating and maintaining accurate delivery schedule
• Ensuring all department housekeeping is kept up to date on systems each week
• Attending a weekly allocation and trade meeting with the allocations/merchandising teams
• Ensuring stock is allocated and moving through the warehouse as expected

• Competent Math's & Excel skills
• Analytical mindset
• Strong communication and numerical skills
• A Interest in Merchandising as a career or head office roles
• Confident in working in a team environment where you can communicate well with others inside and outside of your direct team
• Willingness to learn 

• Competitive salary 
• Potential to earn bonus 
• Free on-site car park 
• Onsite coffee lounge
• Discount Card – 10% discount on most purchases in-store
• Family Friendly Benefits
• Loyal Service Awards
• My Staff Shop – exclusive discount portal
• Apprenticeships & Career Development  
• Life Assurance Cover
• Health & Wellbeing – employee assistance programme to support you
• Holiday Allowance – 33 days, along with the option to purchase additional holiday (annually)
• Birthdays are important, so each year, you can take the day off as an extra day’s holiday
• Pension scheme

Since opening our first store in Burton-upon-Trent in 1990, Poundland, has built a network of over 850 stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, offering top brands and great quality own brand products that provide customers with amazing value every day! 

Poundland offers thousands of quality products in store with over 1,000 well-known brands in 17 shopping categories including food and drink, health and beauty, household, gardening, DIY, pet, stationery, books, DVDs and toys.   We are now on a journey from a single price to a simple price point retailer. 

Now part of Pepco Group with over 2,500 stores across Europe, you will see Poundland also trades internationally in the Republic of Ireland through its Dealz brand.  Dealz has a growing store base in both Poland and Spain.

Within the UK Poundland has also rolled out its fashion brand PEP&CO to approximately 300 of our larger stores. PEP&CO, launched in 2015 as a stand-alone brand, offers customers a full range of women’s, men’s and kids’ fashion and is now bringing new style to Poundland with simple low pricing on family fashion that’s hard to find on local high streets.

PEP&CO was also nominated in the 2019 Retail Week Awards as Private Label of The Year.

If this sounds like you and you can make a real difference, apply today!