George Merchandising Assistant Student PlacementHead Office

The Role

Working as a merchandising assistant you’ll work closely with suppliers and buyers to deliver unique and stylish George products that allow us to offer the customer the best quality and affordability which have the power to inspire joy and bring an unexpected smile to our customers.

During the 12-month placement you will gain hands-on experience in a fast paced environment working for a leading brand in the UK clothing industry. The placement will help you to develop skills and knowledge to enhance your learning and future career prospects.

Your day-to-day role could consist of:

· Analysing buying behaviours of current and past products

· Agreeing budgets and trading plans to optimise sales

· Build and execute unique George product propositions

· Work closely with suppliers and buyers to deliver affordable and stylish pieces are customers will love.

About You

• You will be a business or fashion student looking for a placement with an inspiring retailer.

• Commercially aware and driven by financial success.

• Numerically proficient, with the ability to interpret data and focus on what will deliver value to the business.

• Agile, flexible, open to change and with a test-and-learn mindset, comfortable working at pace.

• Self-starter, happy taking accountability and creative in problem solving.

• Confident, inclusive and engaging in communication.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office especially in Excel.

Whatever your level of experience, we make the time to coach our talent and we take pride in progressing our teams.

Find Your Everything

Bringing brighter living within everyone's reach.

Take time to complete your online application, it really is the best way to make a good first impression.

Once we received your application, we use a range of techniques to narrow down the field and help us find our ideal candidates.

If you are successful at each stage, you will progress to the next. This will include:

• A short, blended personality
• Three, quick video interview questions

If you are successful, we will ask you to come and join ASDA in July 2025.

Applications may close before the deadline so please register your interest as soon as possible.

All candidates must have the continuous right to work in the UK and any offer of employment is conditional upon this requirement. Asda do not provide sponsorship for our graduate, apprenticeship and placement programmes.

We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join Asda.

Everything you'll love

To ensure we balance moments where we know we need to collaborate together and the need for flexibility, Asda has a hybrid way of working with a minimum 3 days a week in one of our Home Offices.

Over and above this, each area of Asda may have additional requirements which may require spending more days in the office, visiting suppliers, stores or depots.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• Discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 15% colleague discount in store and online
• Free access to wellbeing services such as Wagestream, 24/7 virtual GP, counselling, health and dental cash plans and a 24/7 employee assistance helpline, alongside discounts across a range of services and activities, from airport parking, enhanced to theme parks and cinemas.
• Asda Allies Inclusion Networks – helping colleagues to make sure everybody is included and that our differences are recognised and celebrated
• Excellent parental leave policies, including maternity & adoption leave, paternity leave, shared parental leave, neonatal care leave, and support for those doing fertility treatments.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.