Product Assistant - gm And Beauty

Contract: Permanent

Closing date: 10th March

Recruitment Partner: Anastasia Walker

About the role

As Product Assistant for the UK's No. 1 Health & Beauty Brand; Boots, you'll play a critical role in supporting the own brand product team in the development and delivery of the entire Beauty & General Merchandise product pipeline in the UK. You will coordinate the product set up and sharing of our brand assets, such as product photography. You will provide administrative support to the team, you'll be the key coordination point for all stakeholders, and you'll build strong relationships across the business and our retailer partner, ensuring proactive support and clear communication. Your ability to manage multiple workstreams at any given time will be key, as will be your comfort in working seamlessly within our matrix organisation.

Responsibilities:

• You'll report to a Product Manager in the Beauty & General Merchandising Team but work closely with the entire team of 12 Product colleagues.
• You'll be accountable for ensuring each new product is set up correctly on our systems, working cross functionally with your colleagues, suppliers, and our retailer to ensure item codes are generated, keeping stakeholders engaged and updated along the way.
• You'll manage our cost budget administration, including raising and receipting POs, tracking invoices, and keeping the monthly tracker up to date.
• You'll be responsible for the coordination and development of our product assets - such as photography and lifestyle imagery - working with the team to write briefs, collect samples and assist photoshoots. You'll also work with our marketing team and agencies on the edits and manage our asset library once the photography is complete.
• You'll 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'll stay on top of category trends and opportunities across product and packaging in the market. You'll carry out quarterly store visits and competitor reviews both in store and online, acting as the eyes of the team to monitor and share back how our products show up on and what we can learn from competitor activity.

What you'll need to have

• You'll have a keen eye for detail, ensuring high executional standards in everything you do.
• Organisation is key, you're good at managing your time and can juggle multiple tasks and workstreams in order to meet deadlines, thriving on fast delivery.
• You're articulate with strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
• You have experience working closely with cross functional teams to achieve a common goal.
• You're competent using Microsoft office: Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word.
• You're able to manage multiple stakeholders.

Our benefits

• 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 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.