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We are continuing to grow our Head Office Merchandising Team to support the expansion of our store network. We have another opportunity to join us as an Assistant Merchandiser. This role is offered as a full time permanent opportunity, based at our York Head Office(YO26 6QU).
As an Assistant Merchandiser you will work alongside a Merchandiser to support with stock allocations, stock transfers and administration duties, to maximise profitability at product group and store level, and via our online Home Shopping.
You’ll liaise with your designated stores on a monthly basis, by email and phone, in order to check that they have the correct stock package, performing sales analysis on a regular basis, contributing suggestions for improvements/changes.
You’ll join a friendly, collaborative team that currently consists of a number of sets of Merchandisers and Assistant Merchandiser pairings, all reporting into the Department Team Leader. To succeed as an Assistant Merchandiser you’ll need a good head for numbers, a love of retail and a passion for getting results!
Salary & Benefits for our Assistant Merchandiser
£24,031 per annum plus;
- Generous Staff Discount
- Discretionary Annual Bonus scheme??
- Free onsite parking at York Head Office
- Death In Service Benefit
- Holiday Entitlement (Increases with service)??
- Company Contribution Pension??
- Access to?RetailTRUST?(Wellbeing & Financial Support)
- Access to the Pavers Foundation: employee-led grant application and charitable giving scheme
- Access to wider training and development opportunities through Pavers Academy
Main duties of our Assistant Merchandiser
- Allocation and processing of stock in accordance with stores requests and/or the Merchandiser instructions
- Process essential weekly reports and create allocations based on sales criteria and feedback
- Assisting in new store/refit allocations
- Complete size runs for forward orders including packing assortments
- Updating future range plans within specific product groups
- Liaising with stores about stock requirements via telephone/email
- Undertake quarterly store visits to understand stock positions and gather feedback
About you
- Strong administration and organisation skills, with the ability to prioritise and re-prioritise easily
- You could come from a Retail Management background
- Experience of building rapport quickly with customers
- Good MS Excel skills
- Analytical with strong attention to detail
- Retail experience would be beneficial
About Us
At Pavers we are passionate about providing comfort and happiness to our customers, and we make sure to employ people who are as passionate as we are. We always look for happy, confident, upbeat people, and we provide great jobs in a supportive family environment for them. We know that without our colleagues there is no business, and so the better we look after you, the better service you will provide our customers.
Pavers is a growing, highly profitable, independent family-run business with a strong balance sheet, employing over 1,800 people across our estate of circa 200 Stores, Head Office & Distribution Centre, and we remain acquisitive.
We were voted one of the Top 10 Employers in Retail in the UK in 2020 and were recognised as a 3* Employer with ‘World Class’ levels of workplace engagement by Best Companies in 2023. At Pavers we truly believe the talents, passion, and dedication of our employees are the reasons for our success. As of 2023 we are working towards obtaining menopause friendly status.
In 2021 we became the first major retailer to achieve Carbon Neutral status and have proudly maintained this standard ever since. Championing sustainability is at the heart of everything that we do, and we’re committed to changing the future of retail for the better acting in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
Giving back is in our nature as a Business and in 2018 we established the Pavers Foundation, in the memory of our late founder, Catherine Paver. Since then, the Foundation has awarded grants for causes close to our colleagues’ hearts for; community, education, and areas of health, totalling more than £2m, growing year on year.
If this sounds like the kind of business you’d like to know more about, we’d love to hear from you - please apply today for the role of Assistant Merchandiser!
