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Graduate Merchandise Assistant

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Dunelm

Aug 2, 2023

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Entry Level
  • Logistics
    Hospitality & Retail
  • Leicester

Requirements

  • A passion for attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Highly numerical.
  • Ability to focus on tasks.
  • Passion for product & trading.
  • Hardworking with a strong “can do” attitude.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Highly organised and able to manage multiple deadlines.
  • Proactive & self-motivated
  • Curiosity. Willing to listen and learn. Will ask for help when it’s needed.
  • Proficient in excel, word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Critical Path Management. You will be responsible for critical path planning for your department for all new range launches, marketing and promotional activity. Ensuring correct dates are logged & tracked for key milestones being hit on time & updating the team weekly.
  • Raise and maintain purchase orders and ensure the system accurately reflects intake. Challenges delays and understands impact to availability.
  • Plans future and current and allocations. Raises allocations after gaining sign off. Involves key stakeholders (Warehouse capacity ream, Store Operations and updating the Bulletin).
  • Complete weekly stock reporting & identifying risk & actions to my merchandiser.
  • Availability – assist Merchandising team in planning department line-cards, strong working relationship with suppliers.

The Home of Homes

Retail & Consumer Goods
Industry
10,001+
Employees
1979
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Dunelm is a well-known UK-based homeware retailer that offers a wide range of products for home improvement and decoration. They specialise in selling items such as furniture, bedding, curtains, rugs, lighting, and kitchenware. Their ultimate mission is to make homes beautiful and comfortable by providing high-quality, stylish, and affordable homeware products to customers. Dunelm's purpose is to help people create a living space they love, by offering a diverse selection of home essentials and accessories that cater to different tastes and lifestyles. They aim to be the go-to destination for individuals looking to enhance their living spaces with top-notch products and excellent customer service.

Culture & Values

  • Stronger together

    We value connection, inclusion, team work and clear communication, engaging everyone in our purpose, helping people feel at home and creating a sense of belonging.

  • Keep listening and learning

    We know that being curious and having a growth mindset is key to our continual learning and that being self-aware and adaptable means we can to be our best selves more of the time and achieve things we never thought possible.

  • Long term thinking

    We are committed to putting our customers first, thinking big, making decisions and innovating in ways that are guided by our purpose, making a difference to the lives of our colleagues and customers.

  • Act like owners

    We enjoy the opportunity to take responsibility, be challenging and resourceful and make the right things happen in the right way.