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Client:
ASDA
Location:
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
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Posted:
23.05.2025
Expiry Date:
07.07.2025
Job Description:
Job Title: George Merchandising Assistant Student Placement
Location: George House
Employment Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent Apprentice (Fixed Term)
Hours per Week: 37.5
Salary: Competitive salary
Category:
General / Other - SF
Closing Date:
6 June 2025
The Role
Working as a merchandising assistant, you’ll work closely with suppliers and buyers to deliver unique and stylish George products that allow us to offer the customer the best quality and affordability, which have the power to inspire joy and bring an unexpected smile to our customers.
During the 12-month placement, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment working for a leading brand in the UK clothing industry. The placement will help you develop skills and knowledge to enhance your learning and future career prospects.
Your day-to-day role could consist of:
* Analyzing buying behaviors of current and past products
* Agreeing budgets and trading plans to optimize sales
* Building and executing unique George product propositions
* Working closely with suppliers and buyers to deliver affordable and stylish pieces customers will love
About You
* You will be a business or fashion student looking for a placement with an inspiring retailer.
* Commercially aware and driven by financial success.
* Numerically proficient, with the ability to interpret data and focus on what will deliver value to the business.
* Agile, flexible, open to change and with a test-and-learn mindset, comfortable working at pace.
* Self-starter, happy taking accountability and creative in problem solving.
* Confident, inclusive and engaging in communication.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office especially in Excel.
Whatever your level of experience, we make the time to coach our talent, and we take pride in progressing our teams.
Find Your Everything
Bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.
Take time to complete your online application; it really is the best way to make a good first impression.
Once we receive your application, we use a range of techniques to narrow down the field and help us find our ideal candidates.
If you are successful at each stage, you will progress to the next. This will include:
* A short, blended personality assessment
* Three quick video interview questions
If successful, we will invite you to join ASDA in July 2025.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please register your interest as soon as possible.
All candidates must have the continuous right to work in the UK, and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement. ASDA does not provide sponsorship for our graduate, apprenticeship, and placement programs.
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join ASDA.
Everything you'll love
To balance moments where collaboration is needed and the need for flexibility, ASDA has a hybrid way of working with a minimum of 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.
Additional requirements may involve spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores, or depots.
You will also receive an excellent benefits package including:
* Discretionary company bonus
* Company pension up to 7% matched
* 15% colleague discount in store and online
* Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans, and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across various services and activities, from airport parking to theme parks and cinemas.
* ASDA Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues ensure everybody is included and that our differences are recognized and celebrated
* Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for fertility treatments.
We want all colleagues to bring their best and true selves to work every day. We want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.
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