Category Specialist Chapter Member

6 days ago

Auckland City, New Zealand The Warehouse Group Full time

Company Description

Are you a recent graduate, with great admin / organisational skills, with a passion for retail and looking for an opportunity to kickstart your career? Or perhaps you have great store experience, a real understanding of products and want to learn and support the behind-the-scenes of how our products land in store?

The Warehouse Group (TWG) is a New Zealand success story, evolving from a single The Warehouse store to become one of the largest multi-brand retailing groups in New Zealand. As a company, we’re continuing our innovation and agile journey - with bold new ways of moving forward, empowering teams and with more effective collaboration and communication, we have our customers top of mind and work purposefully together, “Helping Kiwis live better every day”.

**Job Description**:
We’re looking for dynamic, self-starters to step into these exciting, admin roles with a real difference

Our Buyers Assistants (Category Specialist chapter members), part of our merchandise team support the day to day operational admin, point contact in relationships with suppliers and offer buying assistance to our Buyers across categories - from our design-led apparel ranges, essential and everyday food and grocery, hi-technology & appliances, fashionable home ranges stationery to help you get creative and outdoor sporting and living.

You’ll be responsible for:

- Efficiently managing product orders to schedule and deadlines - placing, tracking, raising purchase order and barcodes
- Maintaining and inputting accurate product data and imagery
- Managing supplier invoices and information
- Assisting with advertising/promotional plans
- Monitoring and reporting on sales results
- Additional administration and systems support
- Support of customer-based Events (e.g. Christmas, Easter, Mother’s Day etc.), following critical paths, sample management

**Qualifications**:
With lots of opportunities to learn in real-time and develop your skills, you’re a real self-starter who takes ownership of your work, thrives when working at the fast pace of retail and can collaborate with internal teams and build relationships with external suppliers. No two days are the same You’re an active problem-solver, curious in nature and drive to find solutions.

Organisation, prioritisation and time management skills are your key strengths as you work efficiently to juggle priorities, manage workload and deliver to strict deadlines with ease You will have outstanding verbal and written communication skills, have a high attention to detail and robust organisational skills.

On our wish list:

- Strong administration experience and organisational skills
- Proficient knowledge in Microsoft Office including Excel
- A passion for retail and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
- Impeccable accuracy and attention to detail

Additional Information

We offer a dynamic, flexible and supportive team environment working with like-minded people within a business that cares about and recognises individuals.

We also offer a range of benefits that work for you, your lifestyle and your career which include flexible working arrangements, team member discounts, wellbeing support, leave benefits and more

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