Product Assistant Boots Brand and Health & Wellness

Contract: FTC 6 Months may go Perm

Location: Nottingham

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

What youll be doing

As Product Assistant for Boots Brand Health & Wellness youll 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.

Youll be the key coordination point for all stakeholders and youll build strong relationships across the business and our retailer partner.

Youll coordinate the development and sharing of our brand assets such as product photography and will hold yourself and others accountable. Youll monitor how our products show up in our stores and youll 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:

• Youll 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.

• Youll 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.

• Youll also work with our marketing agency on the edits and manage our asset library once the photography is complete.

• Youll manage our cost budget administration including raising and receipting POs tracking invoices and keeping the monthly tracker up to date.

• Youll work cross functionally with the team to increase our reviews on 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.

• Youll 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!

• Youll identify category trends and opportunities across packaging and product in the market.

If you have a keen interest in developing your career in product youll 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 youll 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:

• Youll be detail driven ensuring high executional standards in everything you do

• Organisation is key youre good at managing your time and muti-tasking thriving on fast delivery

• You are an effective communicator both verbal and written

• Youll be a natural relationship builder with experience working closely with cross functional teams to achieve a common goal

• Youre 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.

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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.

Whats 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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