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It’s the passionate and dedicated team at Universal Music who help make us the world’s leading music company. From A&R to finance, legal to digital, sales to marketing, Universal Music is the place to grow and develop your career within a truly commercial and innovative business that leads in everything it does.
The A Side: A Day in The Life
Reporting into the Senior Partner Manager (SPM) this is a key role supporting two of UMGs most business-critical partners, working in an overall team of five people including the HMV Partner Manager (PM) working closely with labels and providing commercial administrative support to the HMV / Amazon teams.
The B Side: Skills Experience
- HMV Release Schedule – preparation and submission
- Setting up Deals and Terms as required
- Supplying artwork and managing label approvals for all marketing for HMV – ads & graphics
- Supports preparation and submission of weekly consignment pricing file
- Weekly store visit followed with written in store summary document v plan
- Managing pre-order report
- Assist SPM with Stock
- Providing pack shots & sales info to HMV
- Hmv.com – check all information is present & correct and manage any out of stocks
- Full responsibility for liaising with labels and setting up all pre-orders on hmv.com
- Assisting the SPM with managing the returns process end to end
- Assisting SPM with set up and execution of all in-store Pas
- Ownership of weekly stock-on-hand reporting & report any issues to PM
- New release order management process
- Working with the partner managers to manage the set up and processing of all Retros and Markdowns
- Assist PMs with managing the returns process end to end
- Using Amazon Vendor Central system for agreements, co-ops and general reporting
- Manage all product changes on Amazon and assist with set up of all pre-orders in conjunction with the account
- Liaising with key label personnel to collate all key product & promo information for PMs
Be Analytical
- Setting up and analysing campaign sales trackers
- Liaise with account to resolve any stock or on-site issues on a daily basis
- Campaign reporting & analysis
- Monitor new release orders (actual vs proposed) & report back to PM
Be Administrative
- Submitting a monthly catalogue listing & deletions list to HMV
- Preparation of weekly wrap-up document to circulate to key label personnel
- Updating retail marketing document weekly
- Full responsibility for setting up and payment of HMV Retros and Markdowns
- Collates and distributes weekly EPOS Document
- Manages the weekly EPOS Report for Amazon tracking against market
- Updating the weekly sell-in document
- Setting up deals on internal systems
- Assisting manager with ad hoc reporting requirements
About you
- Hungry, flexible and organised self-starter eager to provide flexible approach and work quickly through day to day worklists and meet deadlines
- Computer literate, with skills in all Microsoft Office products (must be proficient to good standard in Excel) & Business Objects or similar. Familiarity with Mac OS also an advantage
- Proactive, Curious, self-motivated individual
- Highly numerate
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal
- Good inter-personal skills, confident dealing with people
- Methodical individual with excellent organisation and time management skills
- Proven ability to work as part of a team
- Desire to learn new technologies, process, applications
Benefits
- Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)
- Private Medical Insurance
- 25 paid days of annual leave
- Interest Free Season Ticket Loan available
- Holiday Purchase scheme
- Dental and Travel Insurance options
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice Cars
- Subsidised Gym Membership
- Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)
The company presents this job description as a guide to the major areas and duties for which the jobholder is accountable. However, the business operates in an environment that demands change and the jobholder's specific responsibilities and activities will vary and develop. Therefore, the job description should be seen as indicative and not as a permanent, definitive, and exhaustive statement.
