Product Assistant
Contract: FTC 6 Months, may go Perm
Location: Nottingham
Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker
What you’ll be doing
As Product Assistant for Boots Brand Health & Wellness, you’ll play a critical role in supporting the product team in the development and delivery of the entire product pipeline in the UK. You will report to a member of the Product Team and provide administrative support across all team members, based in our Nottingham head office. You’ll be the key coordination point for all stakeholders, and you’ll build strong relationships across the business and our retailer partner. You’ll coordinate the development and sharing of our brand assets, such as product photography, and will hold yourself and others accountable. You’ll monitor how our products show up in our stores and you’ll stay close to competitor activity, both in store and online - capturing and sharing your insight with the product team on a regular basis.
Key Responsibilities
- You\'ll be accountable for ensuring each new product and vendor is set up correctly on our PIM (Product Information Management) system.
- You will work cross functionally with colleagues, suppliers and our retailer to ensure item codes are generated and vendors are set up correctly, keeping stakeholders engaged and updated along the way.
- You\'ll be responsible for the coordination and development of our product photography assets, working with the brand manager to write briefs, collect samples and attend photoshoots.
- You\'ll also work with our marketing agency on the edits and manage our asset library once the photography is complete.
- You’ll manage our cost budget administration, including raising and receipting POs, tracking invoices and keeping the monthly tracker up to date.
- You\'ll work cross functionally with the team to increase our reviews on Boots.com by running quarterly review panels with our external agency.
- You will co-ordinate the nominations, budget and customer facing material to ensure we achieve the best reviews from our customer review panel.
- You\'ll provide administrative support to the product team, being the go-to coordinator for all things from samples, to sales reports, to travel and team building days!
- You\'ll identify category trends and opportunities across packaging and product in the market.
If you have a keen interest in developing your career in product, you’ll have countless opportunities. These opportunities include supporting new product development project work. This work may involve collaborating with product managers on writing briefs for the manufacturer. Additionally, it may entail developing the packaging design through to artwork creation.
What you’ll need to have (our must-haves)
Are you passionate about products? Are you the “they really should invent that” one at the dinner table?
In addition to the above, the following skills and attributes are preferred in our Product Assistant:
- You’ll be detail driven ensuring high executional standards in everything you do
- Organisation is key, you’re good at managing your time and multi-tasking, thriving on fast delivery
- You are an effective communicator, both verbal and written
- You’ll be a natural relationship builder, with experience working closely with cross functional teams to achieve a common goal
- You’re competent using Microsoft Office: Excel, Outlook and Word
It would be great if you also have
- Experience in working for a retailer and an interest in the Healthcare field
Rewards designed for you
- Boots Retirement Savings Plan
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Generous employee discounts
- Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child
- Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.
- Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.
There\'s lots more in our benefits and discounts, MyBoosts - there to give you that little lift in your everyday. Find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Exclusions may apply; eligible roles only.
About The Boots Group
The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare, pharmacy and retail, operating across 11 countries - including the UK, Ireland, Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company, Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses, serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.
What’s next
If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
We hope to hear from you soon.
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