eCommerce Trading Assistant

Job Introduction

• eCommerce Trading Assistant
• 37.5 hours per week Monday- Friday 9am-5pm 
• Lytham St Annes
• £19,000-£21,000 per annum depending on experience + excellent benefits 
• Closing date: 16th October 
• Interview dates: w/c 17th October 

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone with a passion for trade and merchandising to join our fast-growing eCommerce team at our Head Office in Lytham St Annes. This exciting new role will focus on our luxury watch and jewellery brand, Loupe, whose eCommerce site will launch at the start of next year.

As a Merchandising (Trading) Assistant for Loupe you will report into the Assistant eCommerce Trading Manager and will support with the trading and merchandising of the Loupe website- all with the ultimate aim of presenting the right products to our customers at the right time.

This is a varied and exciting role, which will see you involved in a range of tasks; from assisting with product launches, to image processing and onsite merchandising, to also supporting our Photography Coordinator with Loupe photoshoots too.

We are proud to have recently achieved the number one position in the prestigious 100 Best Companies to Work For list 2021, in addition to being announced as ‘Retail’s Best Company to Work For’ 2021. It’s also our 16th consecutive year of receiving three-star accreditation for ‘world class’ levels of workplace engagement.

We are based at our head office in Lytham St Annes but our teams are currently operating a hybrid way of working with a mix of home and remote working. This can be discussed further at interview.

Role Responsibility

• Supporting with the processing and publishing of new products onsite
• Uploading copy and image assets to our product catalogue
• Providing support to the Photography Coordinator with the deliveries of stock to and from photographers as well as supporting with any internal shoots
• Supporting the Photography Coordinator to ensure we’re hitting our photography targets and meeting the deadlines in our production plan
• Assisting with the online roll out of campaigns and promotions
• Working with the eCommerce Assistant Trading Manager to optimise onsite search and merchandising
• Working closely with the internal teams as well as our brands to ensure we keep up to date with the latest product launches and are keeping aligned with the brand guidelines
• Conducting regular auditing checks on the Loupe website-reviewing product specifications, prices and category placements
• Carrying out frequent checks of competitor websites to assess the market for promotions, discounts, and other areas of Trade such as photography

The Ideal Candidate

ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Passion for online shopping
• Highly organised and motivated
• A strong command of the English language
• Computer literate and competent in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word etc)

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Ecommerce experience or passion for Ecommerce
• Experience using Microsoft NAV, particularly stock movements and product setup
• Photoshop or equivalent image editing experience
• Knowledge of jewellery, watches and fashion brands

About the Company

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family.

Established in 1919 we now have 72 stores across the UK and an ecommerce website, which was launched in 2001. We provide exceptional quality diamonds, jewellery and watches as well as top name brands such as TAG Heuer, Omega, Breitling, Tudor, Gucci and Vivienne Westwood.

Our purpose is to enrich lives, which simply means making a positive difference to the world we live in. We donate 20 per cent of retained profits to charity and since the year 2000, Beaverbrooks has donated in excess of £16 million to over 750 different charities.

We pride ourselves on the work we do for local communities and in support of this we offer charity matching – you raise it, we match it! You can also take 2 paid charity days per year where you can spend time away from the business doing charity work and take time off to give blood.

Some of our other benefits include:

• Great office profit share bonus
• Office breakfast club - breakfast provided free of charge, Monday to Friday
• Regular social events- including, but not limited to: pay day drinks, football hospitality events, theatre and theme park trips.
• Outstanding staff discounts which extend to your family & friends.
• Wellbeing scheme- including monthly walks 
• Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
• Free eye test every 2 years
• Flu Vaccinations paid for
• Enhanced maternity and paternity package
• Maternity return to work bonus
• Employee & family support & counselling – Retail Trust
• Cycle scheme

If you would like to know more about Beaverbrooks, visit https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/about-us

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