Category Assistant

Internal use only - Grade H

About us

Were the team behind digital retailerVery.

Our purpose helping families get more out of life powers everything we do.

And we want our people to get more out of life too! If youre high-performing ambitious and make the most of every opportunity we want to hear from return youll enjoy heaps of flexibility great perks and benefits and the freedom to be yourself keep learning and take your career wherever you want it to go.

If you love making a difference youll love making it sparkle for millions of Very customers.

About the role

We are seeking multiple Category Assistants to join our Technology department supporting our work across leading brands such as Microsoft Google and Samsung.

By integrating category management with our digital experience and marketing teams weare able togain deeper insights into our customers needs. This collaborative approach empowers us to make swifter better-informed decisions ensuring we provide the best possible offering in the technology the chance to engage directly with some of the worlds biggest brands working alongside trading marketing and customer experience teams within our wider Retail group.

Your experience may stem from buying merchandising stockplanningor a related field.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead theend to endproduct set up through to go live and trading.

• Creating line level product forecasts and order requirements in response to performance and stock holding to maximise both availability and stock efficiency.

• Manage stock through critical path management progression and replenishment whilstidentifyingwhere price/promotional activity isrequired.

• Acts on pricing tools () to find matches and make pricing recommendations.

• May be involved in sourcing new suppliers or brands with ownership of range building through forecastingtradingand promo activity.

• Produceadhocreports for the wider category.

About you

• Experience in retail merchandising and/or buying.
• Strong Excel and numerical skills.
• Ability to analyse and communicate insights clearly.
• Attention to detail and strong organisational skills.
• A collaborative approach and relationship-building ability.
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn.

Some of our benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Inclusive culture and environment check out our Glassdoor reviews
• 250 flexible benefits allowance to suit your needs
• 27days holiday bank holidays
• Udemy learning access
• Bonus potential (performance and business-related)
• Up to 25% discount on

• Matched pension up to 6%
• More benefits can be foundon our career site

How to apply

Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly and if successful in securing this role you will be required to undertake a credit CIFAS Right to Work checks and if a specific requirement of your role a DBS (criminal records) check. Should your application progress we require you to let the team know if there is anything you need to disclose in relation to any of these checks prior to them being undertaken including any unspent criminal convictions.

What happens next

Our talent acquisition team will be in touch if youre successful so keep an eye on your emails! Well arrange a short call to learn more about you as well as answer any questions you have. If it feels like were a good match well share your CV with the hiring manager to review. Our interview process is tailored to each role and can be in-person or held remotely.

You can expect a two-stage interview process for this position:

First Stage - a 30 minute initial call with the hiring team to find out more about you and for you to learn about life at The Very Group.

Second Stage - A 1 hour final stage face to face interview with the Hiring Team.

As an inclusive employer please do let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments.

If youd like to know more about our interviews you can find out here.

Diversity inclusion and equal opportunities

Werebuilding a culture of everyday inclusion and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We dont discriminate based on age disability gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity race religion or belief sex or sexual orientation.

We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply interview or perform a role let us know via Well be happy to support you.

Were proud to be aDisability Confident Committed Employerand have nine brilliant colleague networks - including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) - that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.

Required Experience:

Junior IC