Full Time 39 Hours
Permanent
Hybrid working (Head Office: Windermere – minimum 3 days per week)
In this role, you’ll be responsible for coordinating the logistics of all product samples and product details required for marketing activities, including photo shoots and filming. Your job is to ensure the correct samples reach the right place at the right time.
Reporting to the Brand Development & Campaign Manager, this is a cross-functional and external-facing role liaising across the Marketing, Buying, and Merchandising teams, as well as dealing directly with third-party suppliers to support the coordination of a profitable annual calendar of marketing activities.
You’ll work closely with the buying and merchandising teams to ensure the marketing department has timely access to all relevant products, including newness, to support marketing initiatives.
You’ll also collaborate with the marketing team to supply all product requirements for prize draws and other product-related marketing activities.
You must be highly organized and deadline-driven, with the ability to plan and manage multiple concurrent timelines. Excellent communication skills are essential for coordinating with cross-functional colleagues and influencing others around shared goals.
You should be confident and comfortable dealing with external suppliers and colleagues at all levels within Lakeland.
We are looking for a self-starter with a solution-oriented mindset and a positive, can-do attitude.
Being a team player who collaborates well, welcomes feedback, and seeks continuous improvement is important.
Proficiency in Excel is preferred to effectively track product sample movements in and out of the business.
Essential Experience
* Experience in a coordination or planning role, preferably in B2C and in a multichannel business with a significant online presence.
* Good computer literacy, including Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
* Project management skills.
* Experience with bespoke software solutions.
* Marketing and/or Buying & Merchandising experience.
Founded in the early 1960s, Lakeland has maintained its core values of quality and customer care. Starting from selling plastic bags for home freezing from the Rayner family garage in Windermere, it has grown to over 4,000 kitchen and home products, with a nationwide presence including stores from Aberdeen to Exeter.
Benefits of joining Lakeland include a competitive salary, a group personal pension plan, 29 days’ paid holiday (including bank holidays), generous staff discounts, and a vibrant retail environment where colleagues enjoy working and socializing together.
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