Merchandising Administrative Assistant

Your role in the JoJo story…

Do you dream of a role where you can make meaningful contributions that finish in days well spent? If you’re ready to begin a fabulous adventure and you’re passionate about effective stock flow and distribution, we have the perfect role for you.

At JoJo we’re on the lookout for a Merchandising Administrative Assistant

You will  assist and support the Merchandising team in all aspects of Merchandising across all business channels. Working within a small team you will be expected to juggle a fast paced and changing workload and be able to multi task. Duties may cover all areas of admin, reporting, analysing, and stock distribution.

A peek into your daily adventures

Planning

• Work with the merchandising team to ensure effective planning of stock flow, commitment, intake and distribution.

• Support the merchandising team to plan for new store openings & review existing store layouts

• Support the merchandising team to plan and manage stock distributions to stores

Analysis

• Analyse historic sales patterns and trends.

• Produce all trading packs and ad hoc analysis as required.

• Provide regular analysis on stock levels, sales performance and purchasing.

• Ad Hoc analysis as required.

Trading / Operations

• Responding to store queries.

• Amending mins and maxes for stores.

• Importing allocations for new season.

• Managing price lists for current season & markdowns

• Amending hierarchies and ensuring merchandising style information is up to date on the system.

• Assist in managing the outlet website (stock and discounts) and allocating of the sale stores.

• Liaising with the warehouse to help manage stock levels and capacity

• Collating weekly correspondence to stores & area managers

• Proofing the catalogues plans to ensure the correct information is included

Other

• Supporting the Merchandising team in the day-to-day running of the department.

• Attend store visits, providing useful information and recommendations, and feedback with actions required.

Skills that make you shine:

• Good experience with Excel.

• Proven numerate and analytical skills plus excellent verbal and written English.

• Be an efficient and reliable team member who can be responsible for their own workload.

• An ability to multitask and effectively prioritise workload

Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to:

• Be a brand ambassador, safeguarding our values and ethos.
• Demonstrate honesty and respect in every interaction.
• Foster collaboration and open, active listening
• Take ownership of all aspects of the role.
• Be an effective problem solver.

Perks and Benefits:

• Hybrid working - up to 3 days in our Battersea office
• Flexible start and finish time - office core hours are between 10:00 and 16:30
• Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us, up to 38 days.
• Is it your birthday? Take it off and celebrate!
• Want to increase your holiday allowance? Holiday buying scheme.
• Let’s celebrate JoJo doing well – non-contractual bonus scheme.
• Helping plan for the future - enhanced pension scheme.
• Get on the move - cycle to work scheme.
• Financial wellbeing app - pay yourself 40% of your earned wages whenever you want.
• Saving scheme with Smart Money Cymru – You do not need to live in Wales!
• Enhanced family leave.
• Flexible work options.
• Enjoy fabulous social events.
• Saying thank you – employee recognition programme (Huggg)
• Give back with volunteer days to support our communities.
• Prioritise your well-being with our Health and Wellbeing hub.
• Specsavers voucher – Get a free sight test and contribution towards glasses (T & C’s) apply.
• We love our products! Get 40% off JoJo branded lines instore.
• Embrace an “It’s up to you” learning environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.
• Your furry friend doesn’t have to stay at home – our offices are dog friendly for friendly pooches.

Want to know more about JoJo?

We make happy and helpful clothes and products that let children be children – in all their silly, messy, adventurous, noisy, imaginative joy. But we’re not just about selling products; we’re about creating a warm, community-centric environment for our employees and our customers. From over 50 locations across the UK and Ireland and a thriving e-commerce platform, we offer a meticulously designed collection of children’s clothing, toys, and essentials designed with love and care: always with children at the forefront of our minds.

As a B Corp, our commitment goes beyond commerce, we strive for a sustainable future and take pride in our responsibilities to the planet and our communities. At JoJo, every role, every task and every day is an opportunity to support, inspire and contribute to the well-being of our teams and our customers.

We embrace and openly welcome people from different cultures, perspectives, and experiences to create a diverse and enriched environment. We work hard to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people, regardless of background to make sure we grow our company sustainably and with different cultural influences. By encouraging a diverse and inclusive workforce, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.