Working Pattern: Typically 5 days in the office, with core hours flexible between 8am-6pm. There is potential for some flex on office days at the discretion of your manager.
The Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive individual to drive the movement of stock between our commission brands and warehousing. Critically ensuring that the Returns to Brand movement of stock is efficient and timely. Your leadership will extend to collaborating with top brands, guiding them through our processes, and fostering strong, long-lasting partnerships that are vital to our success. You'll also be responsible for prioritising and resolving all levels of queries, negotiating with external partners to ensure operations run without a hitch.
Your expertise in supply chain processes and your ability to handle intricate scenarios with precision will be essential. If you're driven by the challenge of managing data and administration in a fast-paced environment, this role offers a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact on our NEXT Branded operations.
What You’ll Take On
Your primary focus will be to oversee physical movement of stock to and from our commission brands and warehouses, ensuring everything runs smoothly and efficiently. You'll be the key point of contact for the return to brand process, and will work with our wider operations and warehousing teams to oversee brand bookings, resolving delivery queries, and ensuring compliance with our high standards.
Key Accountabilities Include:
Warehouse Processes
- Management of the Return to Brands processes
- Management of regular collection of stock
- Charging for non collection
Manage stock receipt issues;
- Using ASANA and STS workflow
- Stock on hold process (C5)
- Stock unable to be processed
- Stock receipt queries
Warehouse bookings
- Facilitate booking slots as required working alongside the wider operations team.
- Pre-advise queries on live deliveries
Supplier Management:
Deal with adhoc brand queries
What You’ll Bring
We are looking for an individual who loves to roll up their sleeves and solve problems, taking ownership of issues instead of passing them along.
We need a strong communicator, skilled at liaising between the warehouse and external Brands to ensure seamless operations. Your resilience and thick skin allow you to navigate challenges with confidence. Highly organised - you can manage tasks reactively when needed, but you're also proactive in bringing innovative ideas to the table for long-term solutions. Your ability to balance immediate demands with strategic thinking makes you an invaluable asset to our team.
Sponsorship
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa .
We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.
At NEXT, we believe the best work happens when there are no barriers to collaboration. That’s why we are a Google-powered workspace . From your very first day, you’ll be using the full Google Workspace suite; Docs, Drive, and Meet, to stay connected and move fast.
If your previous experience is rooted in other software suites, don’t worry! We’ll point you to a digital Google toolkit the moment you join, packed with handy guides and insider tips to help you transition smoothly and hit the ground running.
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You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 44,000 people across the Next group. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 450 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 80 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
