The Company
As one of the country’s leading fashion retailers, our customers include absolutely everyone who’s looking for exciting, beautifully designed clothing and homeware. We have around 500 stores in the UK and Eire, our largest being over 80,000 square feet, and more than 140 outlets abroad. We print over 2.5 million copies of our direct mail catalogue, Next Directory, which has over 2 million active customers. If you’re bright, ambitious and want to break into the business of fashion retailing, you can now take the first step in a rewarding long term career with the highly regarded Next training programme, based at our modern Head Office in Leicestershire.
The Opportunity
Fresh thinking and new ideas are positively encouraged in our fast-paced, professional yet informal environment.
And it’s here where you’ll develop your skills with both structured and on-the-job training. Best of all, you’ll learn from, and work alongside, some of the very best people in the business. If you’re doing really well, you’ll be offered promotion within 18 months of joining us. In fact, many of our highest achievers began as trainees.
The Role
Our Merchandisers analyse sales information and product trends from the previous season, while evaluating future trend information, supplied by Buyers and Designers, to help plan the next one. It’ll also be your job to secure the best possible delivery dates from global suppliers and maximise sales and profits by re-ordering best-sellers to meet demand. It’s all about delivering the right product in the right quantity at the right price and at the right time.
The People
Along with strong analytical skills and a real head for figures, the people we’re looking for have a degree level qualification, or equivalent, or relevant industry experience. If degree qualified, your passion and commitment are far more important to us than the subject you studied. A confident communicator, you’ll also need to be commercially minded with a genuine interest in retail.
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The Rewards
Just because you’re learning your trade, you don’t have to wait to get the benefits you want. So, as well as a competitive starting salary, you can look forward to a great bonus scheme, sharesave options, a group pension and 25% staff discount.
At our contemporary Head Office, you’ll also find a subsidised restaurant and coffee shop, an onsite store and free parking or a company bus from Leicester City Centre.
To find out more, log on to careers.next.co.uk/trainees.