Assistant Upload Planner

Since launching in February 2011, MR PORTER has established itself as the world’s leading, award winning online destination for men’s style, with an unparalleled product offering from the best menswear and luxury brands, including categories that range from fine watches and lifestyle through to own labels Mr P. and Kingsman. MR PORTER produces unmatched digital and printed content across its shoppable online magazine, The Journal, and its bi-monthly newspaper, The MR PORTER Post. In 2019, MR PORTER founded MR PORTER Health In Mind, a content and fundraising initiative in partnership with Movember, developed to raise awareness around men’s mental and physical health. We offer express worldwide shipping to more than 180 countries, including same-day delivery to New York, London and Milan, while providing a seamless shopping experience across mobile, tablet and desktop, with easy returns and multi-lingual customer care and personal-shopping teams who are available 24/7, 365 days a year. MR PORTER are now seeking a talented Assistant Upload Planner Some of the essentials for you to know are: Location: Our Westfield office in Shepherd's Bush (Hybrid) Reporting into: Senior Upload Manager Besides a competitive salary, we can offer you:

• Performance bonus schemes dependent on the type of role you are in
• A pension that both you and the company contribute too
• A portal with an array of discounts on things like theme park and cinema tickets Our famous staff discount along with exclusive staff sales Private healthcare for you and your family
• Flexible working A chance to be part of a fun and caring team that support each other

Here is a breakdown of what you’ll be doing:

• Orchestrates the process of launching all items onto Mr Porter.
• Collaborating with all teams to execute regular 5x weekly uploads as well as special events.
• Communicating important dates and deadlines and providing visibility of these to the wider business.
• Setting upload dates and performing technical as well as qualitative checks for the go-live process.
• Prioritizing key items for expedited warehouse and studio processing.
• Scheduling all items for studio production. Forecasting studio capacity requirements.
• Ensuring the shortest possible lead time to market. Proactively streamlining all processes to scale for growth and propel Mr. Porter into the future.
• Support Senior Upload Planner with day-to-day team management.
• Provide the studio with short term capacity forecasts allowing them to plan the workload for all teams and maintaining the flow of product to site.
• Review and edit uploads to ensure that they achieve the best offering to the customer, satisfy financial needs and enhance visual merchandising output.
• Create and maintain upload catalogues for the migrated platforms.
• Allocate product to the upload for assigned regions ensuring all key sales drivers and launches are included.
• Edit, revise and share the priority trackers weekly to provide the Inbound DC teams visibility of business priorities.
• Prepare and update weekly trade information providing updates vs KPIs.
• Keep a strict schedule and enforce deadlines for all teams, whilst remaining flexible if urgent priorities arise.
• Carry out thorough checks before and after product is made live, to ensure a smooth launch each day, in all regions.
• Maintain an acute awareness of the Buy.
• Troubleshoot problems and put plans in place to avoid repetition of issues.
• Attend trade, and studio meetings to provide and receive updates on deliveries, uploads and special projects.
• Visit UK distribution center and studio on a regular basis to build and maintain relationships with key operational contacts.
• Have flexible work hours as called upon – early starts or late afternoons, bank holiday availability, some weekends, etc.
• Support the Senior Upload Planner and Upload Manager as called upon.

The type of person we are looking for:

• Degree-educated with relevant experience gained in the Retail industry with E-commerce preferred and/or exposure to Merchandising, Buying and Inbound warehouse functions.
• Organized and efficient with proven ability to work to stringent deadlines.
• Can prioritize a multitude of tasks in a dynamic and effective manner.
• A great communicator who genuinely enjoys working with others and responds to queries in a timely manner.
• A positive, can-do attitude.
• Comfortable working with a global team in separate offices and time zones.
• Can maintain high standards in day-to-day routines whilst multitasking other long-term projects and working under pressure.
• Has exceptional attention to detail, especially in carrying out routine checks for website product information.
• A self-starter who is process and results-driven with a genuine interest in Retail Operations, Merchandising and Warehouse operations.

From the moment you walk through our doors and join the YOOX NET-A-PORTER team we are committed to making your journey with us inspirational and Evolutionary. If you are passionate, committed and thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, then please apply with a CV YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP is an equal opportunities employer, we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply. We recognize and celebrate the benefits that diversity brings to our workplace, our business and our customers. We welcome and will consider all applications regardless of race and nationality, religion, color, sex, pregnancy or related medical conditions, parental status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as an individual with a disability, or any other legally protected characteristics. If you require any reasonable adjustments to complete your application, please do not hesitate to advise us accordingly. Experience Level: Entry level Workplace Type: Hybrid