Role Overview & Mandate
Executive Summary
Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here. Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the...
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Every great story has a new beginning, and yours starts here.
Welcome to Warner Bros. Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are…
When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth. Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next…
From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves. Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
Your New Role
As a Merchandising Assistant you will be responsible for supporting the Merchandising Team with the planning an delivery of products to our stores.
In this role you will be responsible for setting replenishment levels to meet sales demand, ensure delivery deadlines are met through managing supplier relationships and produce accurate reports for meetings.
What’s In It For You?
- Competitive Salary
- 25 days holiday (pro-rata)
- GymPass or free access to our onsite gym
- Exclusive access to our Screeners App, with our exciting Warner Bros. and HBO content
- Staff discounts on Studio Tour tickets, retail and food and beverage
- Access to Friends and Family events
- Free on-site staff car parking
- Complimentary staff shuttle bus between Watford Junction and our Studio Tour
- On-site staff Studio Café
- Option to join our pension and private healthcare schemes
Your Role Accountabilities...
- Work with suppliers to ensure purchase orders are handed over on time, highlighting any issues (or potential issues) to our merchandising team.
- Maintain and communicate delivery schedules for stock arriving at our businesses, ensuring schedules are accurate and up to date.
- Using our merchandising system, plan the minimum and maximum amount of each line that should be in each location, to improve and maintain availability for our customers.
- Hold regular meetings with the buying team to check that deliveries are on track, highlighting any issues to the merchandising team.
- Use, and exploit sales reporting and merchandising systems to create, maintain and run weekly sales reports (as well as other, ad hoc reporting requests), ensuring information is updated and accurate at all times.
- Carry out regular size analysis by region so that the information is ready for when rebuys are placed.
Qualifications & Experience...
- Demonstrable enthusiasm for Merchandising
- Strong administration and IT skills including the MS Office Suite, particularly excel and ideally, merchandising systems
- Ability to communicate effectively and build relationships
- Have strong organisational and analytical skills with a keen attention to detail.
Working Pattern
- 40 hours per week (full time) on a Monday to Friday pattern.
- Occasional weekend work (as an alternate) may be required to support the wider retail business.
- Because of the adaptive nature of this role flexibility is required to suit the needs of the business.
Business Overview
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter opened its doors on 31st March 2012. The unique attraction offers visitors the ultimate chance to get up close to authentic sets, discover the magic behind spellbinding special effects and explore the behind-the-scenes secrets of the Harry Potter film series including stepping in to the Great Hall and Gringotts Wizarding Bank. The Studio Tour has welcomed over 15 million visitors and has been well received with 96% of the 46,000+ reviews on TripAdvisor rating it as ‘Excellent’ or ‘Very Good’ and over 60,000 4- or 5-star ratings on Google Reviews.
How We Get Things Done…
This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at www.wbd.com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
The Legal Bits…
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law. If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.com.
