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Company Description
At Frasers Group, we're rethinking retail. Through digital innovation and unique store experiences, we're serving our consumers with the world's best sports, premium, and luxury brands globally. As a leader in the industry, we're elevating the retail experience for our consumers through our collection of established brands, including Sports Direct, FLANNELS, USC, Frasers, and GAME.
Why join us?
Our mission - we are building the world's most admired and compelling brand ecosystem.
Our purpose - we are elevating the lives of the many with access to the world's best brands and experiences.
At Frasers Group, we fear less and do more. Our people are forward thinkers who are driven to operate outside of their comfort zone to change the future of retail, embracing challenges along the way. The potential to elevate your career is massive, the experience unrivaled. To be able to make the most of it you need to live and breathe our principles:
* Think without limits - Think fast, think fearlessly, and take the team with you.
* Own it and back yourself - Own the basics, own your role and own the results.
* Be relevant - Relevant to our people, our partners, and the planet.
Are you ready to join the Fearless?
Job Description
We are looking for a commercial and organised product professional to join Sofa.com's own-Brand and 3rd Party product offering, assisting the Head of Buying & Merchandising in all B&M aspects, with particular focus on new product development, new brands onboarding, product range planning, digital imagery, stores/ecommerce/marketing support, and systems data management.
As a Junior Commercial Manager, your day-to-day responsibilities would include:
1. Product Management
• Master critical path and priority management.
• Monitor New Product development with factories to collate information and meet deadlines.
• Carry out competition/trade fair analysis and draw strategic recommendations.
• Propose new ranges and brands aligned with the Sofa.com strategy and positioning.
• Display and constantly build on strong product and trend knowledge.
• Develop and enact strong systems knowledge and troubleshooting.
• Input and maintain accurate data in systems along with BA.
• Act as key B&M coordinator to collate and communicate product information swiftly and accurately to all stakeholders including marketing, stores, and ecommerce.
• Carry out Marketing shoot preparation, coordination, and execution on site.
• Develop digital imagery to be accurate and commercial.
• Support QA and Merchandising within the team.
2. Commercial Awareness
• Demonstrate customer and market understanding during the product development process.
• Support producing weekly Trade packs and present internally.
• Bring new ideas to improve sales performance and identify trading risks.
• Negotiate pricing and other terms from suppliers.
3. Management
• Manage BA, secure prioritising, and organise workload to achieve deadlines.
• Control and guarantee the accuracy and quality of the work delivered for the department.
• Support BA in answering customer/showroom queries.
• Manage, monitor, and coach the Buying Assistant to develop their performance and skillset.
Qualifications
• Experienced in the product life cycle including critical path management, liaising with suppliers, competitor research, and data analysis.
• Comfortable with systems knowledge including all Microsoft (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).
• Experienced in buying/sourcing of products.
• Ideally, have an interest in furniture or upholstery.
Additional Information
Along with your benefits package, we also offer a wide range of perks for our colleagues:
Reward, Recognition and Opportunities
Frasers Champion - Our employees are at the heart of our business, and we ensure individuals are recognised every single month for their hard work. Frasers Champion is a peer-nominated scheme where 8 winners will receive double their pay for a month where they have thought without limits, owned it, or been relevant.
Fearless 1000 - By October 2025, we want our share price to hit £10. If that happens for 30 or more consecutive trading days, all colleagues across the business will receive a bonus! The top 1000 performers in the company will receive unprecedented bonuses, worth from £50,000 to £1 million! Senior leaders across the business nominate these performers twice a year for embodying our core values and delivering exceptional performance.
Frasers Festival - an event like no other! Our Frasers Festival is our celebration for Head Office and Retail Staff across the UK and Europe - hosting a MEGA brand village, guest speakers from the world's biggest brands, evening entertainment, the ultimate Frasers Fearless Fitness Challenge, and much more.
CEO Sessions - Once a quarter, we offer 20 employees the opportunity to attend our "CEO Sessions" run by our CEO and leadership team. Employees have the chance to connect, network, and submit questions around specific topics such as our Sports or Luxury business.
Retail Reconnect - In order to build the planet's most admired and compelling brand ecosystem, all employees must understand our business, product, and customers. Each financial year, Head Office employees will gain insights by spending two days in one of our stores or the Warehouse. The goal is to learn how the work you do impacts our teams on the frontline and to bring ideas back to the office which will improve how we work.
Employee Welfare
Frasers Fit - Our Everlast Gyms Team are on a mission to make our workforce the best and fittest on the planet! We run free gym classes for employees as well as discounted memberships to our clubs. Frasers Fit is our wellbeing programme which aims to support and improve colleagues' physical, financial, and mental wellbeing. The app is accessible for every employee and includes training, nutrition, and lifestyle advice - all completely free.
Retail Trust - We know that it's not just about physical health; mental wellness is equally important, which is why all of our employees get free access and support from the Retail Trust charity. This includes a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, wellness hub, counselling, and financial/legal support.
What's next?
Our Recruitment Team will be reviewing applications, and all candidates will receive a response, whether you are successful or unsuccessful. Shortlisted applicants may be asked to confirm a few key details before being booked in for a first stage interview with the Recruiter - this will be behaviourally focused and centred around how you align with our Culture and Values. If successful, we anticipate two further interview stages with the Hiring Manager/wider team which will be more technically focused and could include a presentation/task so we can see your skills in action.
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