Job Title
Merchandiser Glass & Storage
Location
Asda House
Employment Type
Full time
Contract Type
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Hours Per Week
37.5
Salary
Competitive salary plus benefits.
Category
Buying
Closing Date
31 July 2024
We are currently recruiting for a Merchandiser on a fixed term contract Working within the George Home team, you will be responsible for delivering a commercial range alongside the Buyer, whilst also looking after the planning and weekly trading of your category. Maximising sales and profit is key, whilst ensuring availability for our customers at the same time. This role will be challenging and fast paced. Merchandising is key to our success, and you'll help us deliver the goods in this area - making sure that our customers get exactly what they want, exactly when they want it.
“Everything about Asda”
We are a values-led organisation. As such we, encourage everyone to be open and honest. We work creatively and collaboratively, valuing everyone’s input.
Our collaborative culture, the size of our business and our belief in the empowerment of the individual means opportunities at Asda are abundant.
We conduct £300m worth of transactions every week. Our website handles over 2 million transactions a month. We have more than 145,000 dedicated Asda colleagues ensuring that our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
“Everything you’ll love ”
1. Hybrid and flexible working – everyone is looking for that work/life balance and Asda have it on point. (2/3 days office working)
2. Discretionary bonus – Rewarding you for your hard work and efforts
3. Company matched pension – Looking forward to the future
4. 25 days annual leave per year plus 8 bank holidays – Making sure you take time for your self and switch off
5. 13 paydays a year – who doesn’t love an extra payday?
6. Digital GP and Wellbeing sessions – Asda genuinely cares so we create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of all our people is very important to us
7. Discount off your shopping at Asda and George - with extra discounts running throughout the year – really makes a difference, saving the colleagues an average of £700 a year
8. Career development and apprenticeship and graduate schemes - we want our colleagues to excel and grow with our business. (Link to grad scheme on Asda page)
9. Free city centre parking – you can also use it outside working hours
Plus much more!
“Find your role”
10. Working directly with Buyer to set the category strategy.
11. Delivering the business plan - working on longer term strategy and shorter-term proactive sales driving activity.
12. Driving the business to maximize profit in-season.
13. Developing strong relationships with suppliers.
14. Managing product critical path and lifecycle to ensure launch availability and full availability on continuity lines.
15. Accurate forecasting of sales, stock turn and markdown to achieve maximum profit.
16. Planning of markdown activity
17. Analysis of sales data to provide recommendations for range control, budgeting & selection for future seasons.
18. Working closely with the buying team to further understand our customer needs & competitor activity
19. This is a fast-paced role, and the ability to switch between longer term strategy and immediate trading priorities is key.
“ Let's find out about you”
20. Ability to thrive in a demanding, fast-paced environment
21. Enthusiasm to take responsibility and progress in your career
22. Ability to work independently and move your areas of responsibility forward
23. Good level of numeracy with an expert level of excel
24. Personal skills to work with people at all levels - not just in our business, but also beyond it
25. Flair for solving problems and making decisions
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.
Work Where it Works
Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to chose where you’ll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team.
You will also get an excellent benefits package including;-
• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.
We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves