Administration Assistant (Buying and Merchandising - Pets and Gardening)

Buying & Merchandising Assistant (Pets and Gardening) - Notcutts Support Office Woodbridge

Full Time 37.5 hours available - Monday - Friday

We are looking for a full-time Administrator to join our Buying and Merchandising team within the Pets and Gardening department. Based in Woodbridge, this role is a hybrid role and can have an element of home working included. This role is for 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.

As an Administrator, you will be supporting our buying and merchandising teams by ensuring the smooth running of product orders and deliveries, collating trade analysis, liaising with suppliers and internal departments and maintaining our systems with accurate, up to date information. This role is very much administration focused, with a high degree of spreadsheet usage, so the ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of using Windows Excel.

If you are looking for your next opportunity and are excited by new systems and processes this could be the role for you. We are looking for someone who is focussed in a bustling work environment, who can work independently and be responsible for their workload with good communication, numerical and analytical skills.

You’ll have opportunities to develop too as you’ll be working with experienced team members and have opportunities to develop within your role via our E-learning platform. So, as well as learning, you will take pride in delivering the high standard of work that has made us an inspiration for gardeners in our centres for over 125 years.

Our employees receive

  • A 30% staff discount
  • Company pension
  • Free parking
And here’s something important to know. There’s no such thing as a perfect job candidate, so don’t hold back on applying, we’d love to hear from you. Notcutts is a place where everyone (and everything!) can grow. We’re committed to equality of opportunity and we welcome applications from every part of our community and beyond. We regret we can currently only contact candidates who we would like to invite for interview. If you don’t hear from us regarding your application, we are sorry that you haven’t been successful this time.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £8.00-£12.76 per hour

Benefits

  • Company pension
  • Employee discount
  • On-site parking
  • Sick pay
  • Work from home
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woodbridge IP12 4AF
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