Digital Merchandising Assistant

Digital Merchandising Assistant
£26,500 to £30,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6B)  
Manchester city centre, hybrid, working from home with 1 day in the office per week
12-month secondment

We’re looking for a Digital Merchandising Assistant to help deliver our exciting new Food digital strategy. If you have the administrative experience and keen eye for detail we need, we can offer you the chance to build a career and develop your skills with a business that’s using digital to make a difference in communities across the UK.

In this role, you’ll support our Digital Merchandising Manager in improving the online shopping experience for our members and customers. You’ll work with your category team to implement category strategies across our partner websites, including Deliveroo, UBER, Just Eat and Amazon. E-commerce is an increasingly significant part of our business, and it’s a high-profile, fast-paced area to work in. And with so much exciting change happening, it’s never been a better time to join Co-op.

What you’ll do:

• Support the Digital Merchandising Manager with day-to-day admin tasks
• Use a range of internal and external market data to support the building and development of online pricing and promotional strategies
• Spot trends and look for opportunities to reduce costs and improve processes
• Support on the implementation of category strategies specific to each platform
• Work across several areas of responsibility including ranging, pricing, promotions, merchandising, and search optimisation
• Contribute to activity planning through product nominations
• Support key partnerships with internal and external  partners
• Collate and build reports and analyse data and insight to drive actions day-to-day

This role will suit people who have:

• A passion and interest for e-commerce
• Experience with using and analysing basic data
• A keen eye for detail
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Great relationship building skills and the ability and confidence to work cross-functionally
• A good understanding of food retail

Why Co-op?

At Co-op, we’re owned by our members. And because we’re owned by you, we can do right by you. So when you join us, you’re not just taking a job, you’re joining a movement. We’re an organisation that puts people and communities first, and we’re powered by purpose. We want this to be a place where you can thrive, so you’ll also receive:

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme at Disability Confident Scheme - Co-op Colleagues and more about our commitments to diversity and inclusion at Diversity and Inclusion

Please note that we may close applications for this role early.

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes up to 50 minutes. If you're a current Co-op colleague, this does not need to be completed.