Merchandise Assistant

Merchandise Assistant – JD Group

The JD Group is recruiting for a Merchandise Assistant to join our Bury Head Office, within the JD Sports Fashion fascia.

Responsibilities

• Support size ratio of lines on smaller brands under AM guidance; create purchase orders, reconcile supplier order books, and communicate all anomalies.
• Update supplier order books and ETA reports, book product as directed, liaise with warehouse for delivery issues, and perform cost and retail checks on orders booked into the warehouse.
• Print and run key trade reporting, develop product area awareness, maximise best sellers through review of ideal stock levels, action stock movements (IBTs) with the Assistant Merchandiser, and collate and check weekly price amendments.
• Follow up feedback from retail and branch merchandising, review new store performance and suggest actions to the team, complete marketing requests, and produce ad‑hoc reports and analysis for the team as required.
• Establish collaborative working relationships within teams across functions.

Ideal Candidate

• Passionate about JD, its brands and customer.
• Some knowledge and understanding of merchandising.
• Analytical and passionate about numbers; systems driven and proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office software.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Good communicator able to build relationships with stakeholders and work across teams; able to take ownership of work and use initiative to deliver.
• Strong teamwork skills, able to collaborate to reach a common goal, share information and support colleagues.
• Positive, flexible, responsive to business needs, and curious with a continuous learning mindset.

Benefits

• Company discount across all JD Group fascia’s (JD, Size?, Blacks, Millets, GO Outdoors)
• JD Group pension scheme
• JD Group holiday entitlement
• Discounted membership at JD Gyms
• In‑house training & development programmes, apprenticeship opportunities, staff sales
• Free onsite parking, onsite canteen
• Opportunities to progress throughout the wider business – within the UK and International

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