Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 60,000 colleagues and over 3,400 stores across several retail fascias in over 30 markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.
Role Overview
Candidates will provide an effective and efficient administrative service to the line management team within the operations department.
Key Responsibilities:
- To complete weekly audits of all consumables, sending all counts to managers to ensure enough supply of each product
- To book in and out the deliveries and collections to and from the site. Ensuring all safety rules are followed.
- To log all operational hours into the Multi-Channel KPI report and transferred hours are logged within the correct timeframe
- To update and support the managers in filing and collating the data. Sending reports/ updates to required parties.
- To record the absence of colleagues and prepare Return to Work paperwork ready for managers
- To ensure that hours worked in the department are logged correctly via manual registers and update Excel spreadsheets
- To ensure that all departmental notice boards are kept up to date and that any briefs and announcements are displayed in a timely manner
- Support the operation in any area that you have been trained to work in.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Highly motivated with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines
- Confident communication skills both written and verbal
- Previous Administration experience is essential
- High level of attention to detail with superb administrative and organisational ability
- Proficient with using Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel
- Previous working knowledge of WMS and Shogun is advantageous
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Ability to use own initiative and excellent decision making skills
We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:
- Free parking
- Incremental Holiday Allowance
- Staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation
- Pension Scheme
- Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of you applying, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion
Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.
Thank you again for your time.