Product Assistant

Manchester

Branded

Competitive Salary

Ideal candidate will have approx. 12 months experience or a placement year in a product, buying, merchandising or administrative role or experience of working with product samples, product data or range management processes.

Are you an excellent communicator? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same and managing multiple projects and hitting deadlines?  

Do you have experience in a product, buying, merchandising or administrative role or experience of working with product samples, product data or range management processes?  

If so, we’re looking for a Product Assistant to join our client on a fixed term basis for 12 months.  This is an exciting opportunity to support the development and launch of our seasonal product ranges while building your knowledge of product management and buying.  

You’ll work closely with the category managers, helping to keep product information, samples, pricing and launch activity organised and on track, while gradually taking ownership of a smaller product areas such as accessories and equipment.  

 

The Impact you will have in this role is: 

  • Maintaining accurate product information, range documents, sample trackers and shared team files. 
  • Supporting the management and tracking of product samples, including launch and marker samples. 
  • Assisting with seasonal launch preparation, coordinating product information, CADs and presentation materials. 
  • Preparing and updating pricing information for new, replacement and carry-forward styles. 
  • Supporting range development activities, including product set-up, line lists and action tracking. 
  • Helping to manage product information for swing tickets and marketing bullet points. 
  • Attending meetings, taking notes and ensuring actions are tracked and completed. 
  • Building strong relationships across Product, Design, Buying and Merchandising teams. 
  • Identifying and escalating potential risks, blockers or missing information to ensure deadlines are met. 

Key Responsibilities


Support the Category Managers with day-to-day administration across product
ranges.
Maintain accurate product information, range documents, sample trackers, action logs
and shared team files.
Assist with sample management, including sorting marker samples, tracking launch samples,
identifying missing run-ons and organising temporary samples where required.
Support seasonal launch preparation, including coordinating CADs, product information
and catwalk outfit PowerPoint content across ranges.
Attend key meetings where relevant, taking clear notes and following up on agreed
actions.
Help prepare and update pricing information, including previous price details for run-on
and replacement styles.
Support range development activity, including line list briefing, product set-up, sample
tracking and action management.
Assist with bullets and swing ticket requirements ahead of agreed deadlines.
• Build strong working relationships with Category Managers, design, merchandising and
wider product teams.
• Escalate blockers, missing information.

 

As our future Product Assistant, you will have: 

  • Excellent organisation skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously and hit deadlines 
  • Good attention to detail and ability to work accurately with product, pricing and sample information 
  • Confident using PLM, Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint 
  • Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-moving product environment 
  • Clear written and verbal communication skills  
  • Experience working with product ranges, samples, buying, merchandising or retail processes is beneficial. 

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