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Student Placement / Gap Year placement |
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£13000/annum |
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Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
| Job Number |
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109182797 |
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22/05/2012 (14:56) |
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Comet |
Description
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Student Placement / Gap Year placement
Overall purpose of the role:
This is a twelve month student placement and only candidates with relevant degrees will be considered. The Commercial Assistant will support the Buying team with all aspects of the central buying process and administrative requirements providing information and reports to the team and being a point of contact to other parts of the Business.
Key Accountabilities:
- To liaise with the Category team to administer and track all ad-hoc and terms related billing
- Help with the administrative management of Red Book
- Run Edison reports to provide information upon request to the Buyers
- To support the Buyers in any ad-hoc project work as and when required.
- Maintain detailed knowledge of our competitors’ trading offer, communicating to the Trading Team any key competitor activities on a daily basis.
- Maintain products within promotions, campaigns and collections, ensuring commercial statements are accurate, checking stock availability issues and ensuring valid voucher codes remain operable throughout the activity.
- Assist in the setup of promotions by attaching promotional lozenges, buttons and banners, and setup of packages as required.
- Review daily price discrepancy and resolve any issues.
- As part of ‘Team Search’, contribute to discussion on how customers shop online and set up any redirects as decided within weekly meetings.
- Develop online/retail knowledge by maintaining a programme of personal development.
- Work on Ad-Hoc commercial / buying and web projects as advised by managers
Opportunities are available within:
- Buying function in Consumer Electronics
- Buying function in Home Appliances
- Web function in Marketing and Direct Channels
Skills/Attributes required for the role:
- Currently studying towards a relevant degree.
- Numerate with good analytical skills.
- Good Excel skills, with the ability to quickly learn new systems.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Excellent attention to detail
- Hard working, flexible and a good team player
- Ability and enthusiasm to work to tight deadlines and prioritise workload
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Contract |
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N/A |
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Business Development Manager |
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£34000/annum 5.5k car allowance +Bonus +Benefits |
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Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
| Job Number |
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118454802 |
| Posted |
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22/05/2012 (14:51) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Comet |
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Overall Purpose of the role:
Doing business at Comet has seen significant growth over the past 3 years to the point now where it contributes over 10% of Comets revenue. Key to this success is the ability to attract new business clients and develop long standing business relationships.
As such a team of field based business development managers are required, to develop and converts new sales leads. Once acquired the account must be maintained to the highest professional standards.
Key Accountabilities:
- Develop an exceptional understanding of the needs of this market, covering the buying behaviours and seasonal trends.
- Deliver sales and profit targets.
- Formulate a planned approach to increase sales and profit by understanding the needs of the client.
- Develop existing relationships through regular account review meetings with a view to establishing a buying route map so as to retain long-term customer loyalty.
- Write and maintain a detailed business plan for the account base covering market summaries, acquisition plans, and strategy that links to marketing needs.
- Be competent in arranging new business meetings and cold calling to win new business.
- Recruit new customers in line with business plan achieving an acceptable conversion rate.
- Manage a detailed profit and loss account monthly, which includes the management of the marketing budget for your sector.
- Foster excellent relationships with key internal/external personnel to the benefit of your market place.
- Continually challenge and add value to the strategy and activity of DBAC as a whole, demonstrating ownership and initiative.
- Maximise net return whilst stabilising the current processes, identifying resource issues e.g. account management, and fulfilment options.
- Demonstrate performance via a monthly review with the General Manager.
Skills/attributes required for the role:
- Must be educated to A’ Level standard or equivalent calibre.
- Must have at least 2 years sales experience gained within a sales management role.
- Should have proven ability to influence successfully both internally and externally.
- Must have high achievement drive.
- Should be able to show initiative with sound thinking agility.
- Must have well developed communication and influencing skills.
- Must be able to operate independently.
- Must have strong commercial acumen.
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Permanent |
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N/A |
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Online Marketing Assistant |
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£18000 - £20000/annum Up to £20k depending on experience |
| Location |
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Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
| Job Number |
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126243927 |
| Posted |
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09/05/2012 (15:13) |
| Agency/Employer |
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Comet |
| Description
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Customer Support / Administration
Overall Purpose of the role:
This is a varied role, ideally suited to an online marketer with some experience but not essential. The successful candidate will be involved in running our affiliate, shopping comparison, display and Email programmes, plus also support our Social media activity.
Key Accountabilities:
- Assist in the growth and continued development of our affiliate, shopping comparison, display, Email and Social media programmes. Provide networks and partners with creative elements and information to assist them in promoting our latest campaigns. Additionally, there will be some direct contact with key partners.
- Assist the Social Media manager in developing our presence across Social networks.
- Develop a close working relationship with the Commercial team to ensure that marketing activity supports commercial core focus.
- Develop a close working relationship with our Content team to ensure we have up-to-date creative for our partners.
- Use Comet’s site analytics tool and supplier tracking tools to measure and optimise sales performance across channels.
- Keep up-to-date with new trends for Customer Acquisition within Online Marketing
Evaluate marketing proposals in terms of new opportunities for Comet
Skills/attributes required for the role:
- Previous online marketing experience would be useful but not essential.
- Must be a creative thinker
- An awareness of the social media landscape, ideally able to show examples of blogging/networking and social media reach results.
- Must be a team player.
- Must have good organisation, numerical and PC skills (must be proficient in MS Excel).
- Must have excellent communication skills with the ability to form good working relationships with existing and potential partners.
- Must have the ability to produce comprehensive reports, which reflect business issues for Comet and the wider online marketing arena.
What decisions does the role holder make:
- Day to day decision that do not require sign off What is the typical planning time frame for the role:
- Weekly / monthly within an annual plan
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Permanent |
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N/A |
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June 2012 |
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Corporate Communications Co-ordinator |
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£20000 - £25000/annum Depending on experience |
| Location |
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Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire |
| Job Number |
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129159826 |
| Posted |
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09/05/2012 (12:28) |
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Comet |
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Overall Purpose of the role:
To assist the Corporate Communications Manager in delivering against the PR plan and achieve the overall internal and external communications objectives.
Key Accountabilities:
General
- Assist the Corporate Communications Manager in the implementation of the internal and external communications plan and related activity.
- Deputise for Corporate Communications Manager in any absence
Internal
Intranet Editor and information distribution
- Manage the flow of information coming from internal communications to the business and distribute in appropriate manner i.e. via email or on intranet.
- Overall management responsibility (under direction of Corporate Communications Manager) including sourcing news and creating high quality written materials as well as ensuring all pages are updated regularly and briefing in any technical requirements.
- Work closely with Central Operations Communications team to ensure synergy of articles and sharing of relevant content between Corporate Intranet and MyStore (retail resource).
- Regularly evaluate the success of articles and feedback and use learnings to shape future content.
Internal Client Management
- Act as PR ambassador internally, liaise closely with internal clients and assist where necessary on communications needs.
- Ensure that directors and senior managers are kept abreast of coverage and competitor activity.
Event management
- Organise all logistics for informal business briefings, Head Office Briefings, Leadership Group Meetings and any ad hoc events which arise
Charity
- Manage the relationship with charity partner and ensure targets are met.
- Devise and execute communication plan including internal communications to encourage employee engagement and external for consumer facing activity as relevant
- Event manage Golf Day and other ad hoc events such as fund raising week
External
Media Enquiries
- Work with external agency and respond quickly and efficiently to media enquiries.
- Support sell-in to journalists for some proactive press stories.
- Support the PR agency on some projects, such as organising competitions in publications.
Deals Outreach
- Obtaining product deals from commercial departments on a weekly basis and work with agency for distribution to the media for editorial coverage.
Product Placement and Outreach
- Work with Corporate Communications Manager and agency to identify relevant products to promote for key events/timelines across the calendar year e.g. Valentine’s Day, Fathers Day, National Photography Week etc.
- Responsibility for Comet’s product loans process and ensuring product is returned in a timely fashion.
Virtual Press Office
- Manage the content of the VPO and ensure site is kept up to date with TV adverts, press releases, product stories etc.
Crisis Management
- Work with external agency and respond quickly and efficiently to media and customer issues.
- Liaise with Directors Office team and assist in fact finding to ascertain company response and resolution.
Admin
- Save all press coverage on a daily basis.
- Carry out all admin related duties, including being the first phone point of contact for the comms team, filing and processing invoices, keeping files on K drive orderly and scanning press coverage.
- Maintain and manage the company and press image library.
Skills/attributes required for the role:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Focused and highly motivated with strong organisational skills and ability to juggle simultaneous projects.
- Strong PC skills and technically savvy.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Confident and able to work under pressure. • Knowledge of Retail market / business.
- Ability to meet deadlines and respond to issues quickly.
- A confident communicator with a pro-active attitude and able to create strong relationships across the business.
- Discretion regarding confidential company information.
- A team player but also able to work on own initiative.
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10 months FTC (mater |
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