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Are you perhaps working in a retail environment and want to make that move into an office based role, working Monday to Friday and getting your weekends back.. A recent graduate looking for that first career step or maybe someone with previous office admin experience..
Peacocks is a well known clothing and footwear retail company that offers affordable, family friendly fashion on our local high street, with a strong & growing online presence.
Based at our Head office at the centre of Cardiff, we have an exciting new opportunity for an 'Admin Assistant’ / Assistant product Merchandiser’.
This an excel based role, which will assist the merchandiser in the delivery of various merchandising tasks that ensure the effectiveness of the department. Performing to the required competencies within the Merchandising Development Programme. Responsible for the department’s intake of stock into the business to ensure optimised sales.
Responsibilites include:
Intake management & Supply Chain Management
- Takes responsibility for stock intake into the business by proactively liaising with suppliers and providing timely communication of any changes to merchandiser and team.
- Proactively participates in the critical path meeting with the team by utilising knowledge of order status to identify any issues and opportunities.
- Develops positive working relationships with the stock allocation function to ensure stock is sent to the right stores at the right time to optimise sales across the grades during the product life cycle.
Trading & commercial Awareness
- Undertake analysis of weekly sales reports to interpret and present back department performance and to identify Best and Worst selling products
- Continually review, and update product line cards to ensure Merchandiser is kept informed of current sales and stock levels, proposing appropriate action to support for future trading performance.
- Able to demonstrate understanding of the Peacocks customer profile by carrying out regular Peacocks and Competitor store visits and communicating feedback in the appropriate way back to the team.
- Produce and interpret daily sales information accurately and communicate this back commercially to the team.
The role will require the successful applicant to have following skills and passion :
- An interest in fashion.. !
- Good with figures, enjoy analysis and have good Excel skills.
- A strong communicator and work well as part of a team.
- Organised, excellent at planning your daily workload, a strong multi-tasker and good decision-making skills.
- Attention to detail & good levels of accuracy in your work.
