Closing date: 21 January 2025

Recruitment Partner: Matt Haywood - matt.haywood@boots.co.uk

Fixed Term Contract - 12 months

 

About the role

A role at the heart of Commercial Operations, delivering customer-led planners to ensure our ranges are displayed in an attractive, easy to shop way in our stores. Reporting to the Merchandising Manager, the Merchandising Specialist plays a key role in creating planograms for implementation in our stores, keeping the customer at the front of all decisions and managing rebuild projects to ensure they land right first time, on time.  

Enable commercial teams to deliver their ranges into store Bring customer insight, product innovation and financial targets together in the displays we createResponsible for a selection of categories, developing an understanding of each and using this to create the best possible displaysWork collaboratively with a wide cross-functional team

 

What you’ll need to haveAbility to manage multiple projects which may well overlap and be running to different timescales, including keeping stakeholders informed of progress and making them aware of any issuesA strong eye for detail, and the ability to work accurately and to deadlines The ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of different stakeholdersBe able to embrace and positively react to changeUse your leadership behaviours to manage the end to end Merchandising process.Have the confidence to share your ideas with a variety of stakeholders, and the ability to discuss and understand the views of othersConfident to challenge ways of working with a continuous drive for improvement

 

It would be great if you also haveGood computer skills, Excel would be an advantage.There will be training on Intactix (planner creation software/system) and previous knowledge of merchandising systems is an advantage.

 

Our benefitsBoots Retirement Savings PlanDiscretionary annual bonusGenerous employee discountsEnhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a childFlexible benefits scheme including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and more.Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

We have a great range of benefits in addition to the above that offer flexibility to suit you - find out more at boots.jobs/rewards. Please note, any salary estimates given on third-party sites are not provided or endorsed by Boots and may not be accurate.

 

Why Boots

At Boots, we foster a working environment where consideration and inclusivity help everyone to be themselves and reach their full potential. 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. As the heart of everything we do at Boots, it's with you, we change for the better.

 

What's next

Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. 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.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete a Pre-employment check after receiving an offer. Depending on your location you will be asked to submit either a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service), PVG (Protection of Vulnerable groups) or an Access NI Check.

Boots is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.

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