Music is Universal
 
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.

Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment because of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief, age, marital status, background, pregnancy, or caring responsibilities. We also recognise the importance of diversity of thought within our teams and are fully committed to embracing the talents of people with autism, dyslexia, ADHD, and other forms of neurocognitive variation.

We will always seek to make appropriate adjustments to recruitment, workplaces, and work processes to be fully inclusive to people with different needs and working styles. If you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you from application onwards, including alternatives to the online form or to disclose a neurocognitive condition, please email UniversalMusicCareers@umusic.com.

The A Side: A Day in The Life

We are UMG, Universal Music Group. We are the world’s leading music company. In everything we do, we are committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship. We own and operate a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising, and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. We identify and develop recording artists and songwriters, and we produce, distribute and promote the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music to delight and entertain fans around the world.

Bravado is a diverse team of passionate people who connect artists and brands through innovative products, and curated experiences for fans around the world. Bravado is a global merchandise company, providing a broad scope of services, including eCommerce, Tour, VIP, Fan Clubs and Retail Branding. Bravado works in close partnership with both emerging artists and the biggest superstars in the music industry, to help ensure their brand reach the most fans globally.

Our products are being sold through the artist’s official e-commerce shops, through online marketplaces and in thousands of retail and e-tail locations around the world. We also service our artists on the road, providing merchandise and VIP experiences at live shows. We take great pride in constantly finding new ways to push innovation through products and partnerships. The company maintains offices in London, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and Sydney.

The B Side: Skills & Experience

How You’ll Lead

We are currently seeking a Junior eCommerce Planner to support RS No. 9 and the growing planning department of Bravado UK, UMG’s merchandising division. Preferred candidates will have experience as a junior planner, merchandiser, or buyer.

As a Junior E-commerce Planner, you will work across the Direct to Consumer (D2C) roster with a focus on supporting the growth of RS No. 9 both online as well as the physical store on Carnaby Street. The role will involve working closely with the Senior Ecommerce Planner as well as our Brand Management, Marketing, Creative, Finance, Production, Operations and Consumer Engagement teams. This role is a vital part of the eCommerce growth strategy and will partner with Brand and Product Development on innovation and full strategy including product and trends, analytics, and individual store forecasts.

A high level of personal integrity, discretion in handling confidential information, and professionalism in dealing with executives inside and outside the company is essential.  The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, resourceful, creative, adaptable, and have solid experience in effectively supporting a leadership team within fast past ambiguous environment.

In this role you will be expected to work from our office in Kings Cross 4 days per week Mon-Thursday, with Fridays working from home.

How you’ll CREATE:

• Manage inventory across RS No. 9 channels, as well as UK eCommerce stores.  Reviewing on hand quantities and determining stock positions based on weeks of supply, current sell through, seasonal trends and artist life cycle

• Project sales and inventory of core products based on sales history and forecasted growth

• Work closely with other US/EU territories on aggregate demand across Global releases

• Identify items for promotional and marketing strategies and determine lifecycle of each item

• Communicate inventory needs with director of Ecommerce, brand management, supply chain and production teams to plan against upcoming product lines and marketing

• Work with UMG analytics team and prepare a data analysis that identifies excess inventory around lifecycle planning

• Initiate buy - gaining financial approval and processing with in-house production team

• Communicate incoming buys and timelines to key stakeholders for each store. Ensuring logistics teams adjust for incoming inventory

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with in-house product development and production teams, working together to research and resolve workability, vendor issues, delays and purchases

• Troubleshoot and resolve any shrinkage issues and discrepancies

Person Specification

• Strong organizational skills, with ability to successfully prioritize and manage multiple accountabilities simultaneously

• Strong proficiency with excel including pivot tables, vlookups, etc

• Ability to work within and across multiple functional teams, collaborating with planning regions, brands, supply, and commercial stakeholders

• Knowledge of, and experience with forecasting, demand planning, innovation planning and S&OP/IBP

Bring your VIBE:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; extremely detail oriented

• Exhibit a professional demeanor and good judgment

• Follow up on assignments until completion

• Self-starter who takes initiative and is resourceful; takes ownership of tasks and projects

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Ability to interact with outside partners and executive management

• Ability to multi-task and prioritize multiple assignments; work well under pressure

• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively

Benefits

• Group Personal Pension Scheme (between 3% and 9%)

• Private Medical Insurance

• 25 paid days of annual leave

• Interest Free Season Ticket Loan

• Holiday Purchase scheme

• Dental and Travel Insurance options

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Salary Sacrifice Cars

• Subsidised Gym Membership

• Employee Discounts (Reward Gateway)

Just So You Know…

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.

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