The JD Group is now recruiting for a Merchandise Admin Assistant (MAA) to join our Bury Head Office, within the JD Sports Fashion fascia. The MAA is responsible/reports to the Senior MAA.

Looking to start a career in Merchandising? Looking for a Merchandise Admin Assistant role complementing your analytical skills and your passion for numbers? All within a company that wants to help you build your professional career?

If all the answers to these questions are ‘yes’, then you’re the person we’re looking for to join our Merchandising team!

As an MAA, you will create and maintain purchase orders and data and act as a support function to the Merchandising team to achieve optimum efficiency and help maximise profitability across all channels. A great opportunity to start your career in merchandising.

Responsibilities of the Merchandising Development Assistant:

• Create and maintain purchase orders on the JD system within a specific product area.
• Check and ensure all purchase orders are received by supplier and filed correctly.
• Review all costs, selling prices and VAT within a specific product file, prior to receipt, highlighting to Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser and amend purchase orders as directed.
• Schedule (initial allocation) orders quarterly and new lines weekly.
• Check schedules to ensure the correct amount of stock is allocated in ratio
• Amend schedules as directed by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser.
• Produce Upload weekly price amendments as directed by Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser and communicate to Retail.
• Review top and new line performance, suggesting actions, with support.
• Establish Build collaborative working relationships within teams and across functions.
• Run and distribute key reporting for Monday trade meetings.               

What Jd Group is looking for:

• Passionate about JD, its brands and customers.
• Analytical and passionate about numbers.
• Systems-driven, proficient in Excel and other Microsoft Office software.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• A good communicator able to build relationships with stakeholders and to work across teams.
• Able to take ownership of your work and use your initiative to deliver on your key responsibilities.
• Good teamwork skills, being able to work collaboratively to reach a common goal, sharing information and supporting colleagues.
• Positive, flexible, and responsive to business needs.
• Curious with a continuous learning mindset.

Team Structure

Here at JD, the Merchandising team structure is organised into various departments. Each of the departments have a strong focus in certain areas, such as Apparel, Footwear and Accessories.

There are many opportunities to grow within the different areas and there are also training and development plans in place to support and mentor you in your personal and professional career.

Our Benefits:

• JD Group company Discount Across All JD Group Fascia’s (JD, Size?, Scotts, Tessuti, 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

The JD Recruitment process

We will review the applications individually and we will contact you if we feel you would be a good fit for the team, to have a conversation about your skills, experiences, and career path.

Please be aware that the talent team receive thousands of applications, therefore if you have not heard back within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.