Assistant Merchandiser
Your role in the JoJo story…
Join JoJo as our new Assistant Merchandiser! Where you'll be a part of our skilled and friendly Merchandising team. You will work closely with the Buying team and your Merchandiser to deliver a strong range across all channels, supporting with trading and reporting. You will also help train Merchandising Admin Assistants.
A peek into your daily adventures
- In this role, you’ll support the merchandising team with stock planning, intake, and distribution while assisting with seasonal sales forecasting and optimizing store layouts.
- You’ll analyse sales trends, produce weekly trading packs, manage markdowns, and provide insights for key meetings.
- On the operations side, you’ll oversee pricing, respond to store queries, and collaborate with the warehouse to manage stock levels.
- Additionally, you’ll support the Merchandiser in their day-to-day tasks, deputise when needed, and attend store visits, using your commercial knowledge to make informed decisions and drive performance.
Skills that make you shine:
- Proven experience working as an Assistant Merchandiser or Merchandising Administrative Assistant
- Proven numerate and analytical skills plus excellent verbal and written English
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with experience of working with Merchandising systems including WSSI
- Be an efficient and reliable team member who can be responsible for their own workload
- Build positive relationships within your own team and between other functions, and be able to influence others
- An ability to multitask and effectively prioritise workload
Just to give you a taste of our culture, we’ll be looking for you to:
- Be a brand ambassador, safeguarding our values and ethos.
- Demonstrate honesty and respect in every interaction.
- Foster collaboration and open, active listening
- Take ownership of all aspects of the role.
- Be an effective problem solver.
Perks and Benefits:
- Hybrid working - up to 3 days in our JoJo House (our JoJo House is located in Battersea, 5 min walking distance from Battersea Power Station and 2 min from Battersea Park Station)
- Flexible start and finish time - office core hours are between 10:00 and 16:30
- Extra day of annual leave for each year you’re with us, up to 38 days.
- Is it your birthday? Take it off and celebrate!
- Want to increase your holiday allowance? Holiday buying scheme.
- Let’s celebrate JoJo doing well – non-contractual bonus scheme.
- Helping plan for the future - enhanced pension scheme.
- Get on the move - cycle to work scheme.
- Financial wellbeing app - pay yourself 40% of your earned wages whenever you want.
- Saving scheme with Smart Money Cymru – You do not need to live in Wales!
- Enhanced family leave.
- Flexible work options.
- Enjoy fabulous social events.
- Saying thank you – employee recognition programme (Huggg)
- Give back with volunteer days to support our communities.
- Prioritise your well-being with our Health and Wellbeing hub.
- Specsavers voucher – Get a free sight test and contribution towards glasses (T & C’s) apply.
- We love our products! Get 40% off JoJo branded lines instore.
- Embrace an “It’s up to you” learning environment with ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Your furry friend doesn’t have to stay at home – our offices are dog friendly for friendly pooches.
Want to know more about JoJo?
We make happy and helpful clothes and products that let children be children – in all their silly, messy, adventurous, noisy, imaginative joy. But we’re not just about selling products; we’re about creating a warm, community-centric environment for our employees and our customers. From over 50 locations across the UK and Ireland and a thriving e-commerce platform, we offer a meticulously designed collection of children’s clothing, toys, and essentials designed with love and care: always with children at the forefront of our minds.
As a B Corp, our commitment goes beyond commerce, we strive for a sustainable future and take pride in our responsibilities to the planet and our communities. At JoJo, every role, every task and every day is an opportunity to support, inspire and contribute to the well-being of our teams and our customers.
We embrace and openly welcome people from different cultures, perspectives, and experiences to create a diverse and enriched environment. We work hard to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people, regardless of background to make sure we grow our company sustainably and with different cultural influences. By encouraging a diverse and inclusive workforce, we aim to create an environment where everyone can thrive and reach their full potential.
- Department
- Merchandising
- Locations
- Battersea, London-JoJo House
- Remote status
- Hybrid Remote
Assistant Merchandiser
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