Product Assistant - Boots Brand and Health & Wellness

Contract: FTC 6 Months, may go Perm

Location:
Nottingham

Recruitment Partner:
Anastasia Walker

As Product Assistant for Boots Brand Health & Wellness, you'll 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.

You'll be the key coordination point for all stakeholders, and you'll build strong relationships across the business and our retailer partner.

You'll coordinate the development and sharing of our brand assets, such as product photography, and will hold yourself and others accountable. You'll monitor how our products show up in our stores and you'll stay close to competitor activity, both in store and online - capturing and sharing your insight with the product team on a regular basis.

• You will 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.
• You will 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.
• You will also work with our marketing agency on the edits and manage our asset library once the photography is complete.
• You will manage our cost budget administration, including raising and receipting POs, tracking invoices and keeping the monthly tracker up to date.
• You will 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.
• You will 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!
• You will identify category trends and opportunities across packaging and product in the market.

If you have a keen interest in developing your career in product, you'll 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.

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:

• You will be detail driven ensuring high executional standards in everything you do.
• Organisation is key, you're good at managing your time and multi-tasking, thriving on fast delivery.
• You are an effective communicator, both verbal and written.
• You will be a natural relationship builder, with experience working closely with cross functional teams to achieve a common goal.
• You're competent using Microsoft Office:
  Excel, Outlook and Word.

• Experience in working for a retailer and an interest in the Healthcare field.

• 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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