Promotions Assistant

About the role

We’re looking for a Promotions Assistant to help manage our promotional processes. This role will support both the Trading team as well as other teams across the business by producing a variety of trading and analytical documentation, spreadsheets and reports. Using your excellent attention to detail, you’ll audit and analyse key promotions-related data.  

About Bestway

Bestway Group is a diversified multinational family owned business with annualised turnover in excess of £4.5 billion.  Starting off as a chain of retail convenience stores, the Group has grown to become a diversified multinational business with interests across the wholesale, pharmacy, real estate, cement and banking sectors.  The Group is also the largest overseas investor in Pakistan. 

Owned by the Pervez, Choudrey and Sheikh families, Bestway Group was founded in 1976 by Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk, who remains Chairman.  Serving over 12 million customers and employing over 28,000 individuals, the Group supports and serves communities through its operations across the UK, Pakistan and the Middle East

Responsibilities:

• Management of promotional process with both internal/external stakeholders
• Production of Pricing & Promotions material including ‘Write Up’s, Benchmarking and Promotion Briefs
• Auditing of Pricing & Promotions Data
• Management of product range process
• Ongoing maintenance/auditing of product data integrity
• Building strong relationships with both internal/external stakeholders
• Trading Project Analysis
• Various spreadsheet comparison/analysis generation
• Top line management of the promotional materials
• Team, Category and supplier sales analysis

The Ideal Candidate:

• Excellent IT skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced retail environment
• Meticulous process management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong time management skills to ensure deadlines are achieved
• Experience using Excel would be beneficial

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• 22 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Onsite parking

We understand that no applicant ever ticks every box so please do consider applying should some or most of the above apply.  Bestway Group is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives. We want strong, and diverse teams built from talented individuals with different backgrounds identities and experiences.

If this is of interest to you and you would like to learn more, please do get in touch, we are looking forward to hearing from you.