Merchandise Admin Assistant

Merchandise Admin Assistant - JD    Why JD?  Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world. JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally. We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.    Job Description  The JD Group is now recruiting for a Merchandise Admin Assistant (MAA) to join our Bury Head Office, within the JD Sports Fashion fascia. The MAA is responsible/reports to the Senior MAA.  Looking to start a career in Merchandising? Looking for a Merchandise Admin Assistant role complementing your analytical skills and your passion for numbers? All within a company that wants to help you build your professional career?    If all the answers to these questions are ‘yes’, then you’re the person we’re looking for to join our Merchandising team!     As an MAA, you will create and maintain purchase orders and data and act as a support function to the Merchandising team to achieve optimum efficiency and help maximise profitability across all channels. A great opportunity to start your career in merchandising.     Responsibilities     Order (30%):    Create and maintain purchase orders on the JD system within a specific product area.  Check and ensure all purchase orders are received by supplier and filed correctly.  Review all costs, selling prices and VAT within a specific product file, prior to receipt, highlighting to Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser and amend purchase orders as directed.    Stock (40%):    Schedule orders quarterly and new lines weekly.  Check schedules to ensure the correct amount of stock is allocated in ratio.  Amend schedules as directed by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser.    Trade (30%):    Run and distribute key reporting for Monday trade meetings.  Review top and new line performance, suggesting actions, with support.  Work alongside the Digital team to ensure new lines are live on the website.  Upload weekly price amendments as directed by Merchandiser / Assistant Merchandiser and communicate to Retail.  Build collaborative working relationships within teams and across functions.    The ideal candidate  Passionate about JD, its brands and customer.  Analytical and passionate about numbers.  Systems driven, proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office software.   Highly organised and strong attention to detail.  A good communicator able to build relationships with stakeholders and to work across teams.  Able to take ownership of your work and use your initiative to deliver on your key responsibilities.  Good teamwork skills, being able to work collaboratively to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.   Positive, flexible, and responsive to business needs.  Curious with a continuous learning mindset.    Team Structure  Here at JD, the Merchandising team structure is organised into various departments. Each of the departments have a strong focus in certain areas, such as Apparel, Footwear and Accessories.   There are many opportunities to grow within the different areas and there are also training and development plans in place to support and mentor you in your personal and professional career.       Our Benefits   JD Group company Discount Across All JD Group Fascia’s (JD, Size?, Scotts, Tessuti, Blacks, Millets, GO Outdoors)  JD Group Pension Scheme   JD Group Holiday Entitlement   Discounted Membership at JD Gyms   In-House Training & Development Programmes  Apprenticeship Opportunities  Staff Sales  Free Onsite Parking  Onsite Canteen  Opportunities to Progress throughout the wider business – within the UK and International       The JD Recruitment process   We will review the applications individually and we will contact you if we feel you would be a good fit for the team, to have a conversation about your skills, experiences, and career path. Please be aware that the talent team receive thousands of applications, therefore if you have not heard back within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.   JD welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. Diversity is very important for us since we love building teams with different backgrounds and experiences to inspire and learn from others. If you need any reasonable adjustments, during your interview process here at JD, please do notify the Talent Acquisition team.