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Senior Talent Acquisition Executive @ JD Sports | Recruitment for UK & Europe
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 our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many 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.
Role Overview
The Assistant Merchandiser (AM) plays a key role within the Merchandising function, providing vital support to the Merchandising team to achieve optimum efficiency and to deliver the department plan on customer, sales, and profit.
The AM takes responsibility for ensuring the right stock and intake is available for our customers, continually looking for opportunities to maximise the potential of both product and stores, whilst working collaboratively within the Merchandising team and key areas of the business.
Responsibilities
Plan:
* Support with product mix and sign off pack reporting and analysis.
* Assist in the formulation of the range plan at store level with the Merchandiser/Buyer.
Order
* Create accurate size ratios for all buys.
* Ensure planners are accurate to support order raising process.
* Support Merchandise Assistants on creating purchase orders via upload.
* Reconcile supplier order books and communicate all anomalies, on bigger brands.
Stock
* Collate bookings with Buying team.
* Prioritise intake and review booked lines to ensure best stock placement, with guidance from the Merchandiser.
* Establish working relationships with supplier base.
Trade
* Review reporting and collate key findings in preparation for department trade email. Compile focus for the week for yourself and Merchandise Assistant.
* Review sales analysis to identify key trade actions. Suggest cancellation, rephasing and markdown activity to Merchandiser.
* Identify priority stores for the week, review and propose actions.
* New / re-fit stores - analysis of performance
* Over / under performing stores
* Over / under optioned stores
* Trading team branch feedback
* Identify lines to IBT and fast track.
* Propose distribution amends to Buying and Merchandiser.
* Check and approve weekly divisional price changes prior to upload.
* Review branch actions for the Merchandise Assistant to complete.
* Undertake store visits, collates report and feedback.
* Help build new store stock package and track progress.
* Set up and review Linecards.
* Identify ideal level actions.
* Check and action range plan to ensure stores hit planned options.
* Oversee Merchandise Assistant’s weekly tasks.
* Establish collaborative working relationships within teams across functions.
* Carry out any ad-hoc analysis as required.
Role Objectives And KPIs
To support the Merchandising team to effectively deliver departmental goals and KPIs – sales, profit, and stock - across all channels (stores and digital), maximising commercial opportunities.
Core Competencies
2.1 Working with People
3.1 Relating and Networking
4.1 Writing and Reporting
4.3 Analysing
5.1 Learning and Researching
6.1. Planning and Organising
Skills And Experience
* Analytical, data driven and highly numerate.
* Keen eye for detail and ability to accurately enter and check data.
* Enthusiastic about JD, its brands and customer.
* Good knowledge of Excel.
* Confident communicator able to build relationships at all levels.
* Able to take ownership of work and use initiative to deliver on 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.
Training Requirements For Role
* GUI
* Shogun
* Intermediate Excel
* Good trade knowledge
* Sign off attendance
* Size ratios - ratio tool
* Planner (Planogram)
* Purchase order creation process - PO upload
* Reconcile process
* Bookings & weekly intake
* Manage trade actions
* Weekly divisional price changes
* Ideal management tool
* Linecards
* Oversees MA weekly tasks
* Store visits
* New store reviews
* Branch actions
* Selektron
* Sales Analysis
* Cost prices
Training is on-the-job shadowing supported by online resources. Where relevant, face to face training on key tools, systems or processes will be arranged.
We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
Thank you for your time
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