Graduate Trainee E-Commerce Merchandiser

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray , Russell Hobbs , Progress and Salter. Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx. At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

The role

Ultimate Products are currently seeking a creative and commercially minded Graduate Trainee E-Commerce Merchandiser to join our fast growing Online department in order to drive online business and maximise our online channels.

With the huge growth of online retail platforms and channels in recent years, our Online team continues to play a key role in the development of the business by effectively managing our major online retailers and ensuring that we provide the best possible service to our customers, which include Amazon, Ebay and Groupon.

As the Company sets to expand its markets and customer bases into 2018/19, this role will be pivotal in supporting our ecommerce trading team during a time of growth and development.

Key responsibilities

As Graduate Trainee E-Commerce Merchandiser you will be providing essential support to the Head of Online and the Managing Director in the implementation of the Company’s e-commerce strategy. Focus areas include:

• Providing weekly reporting, analysis and insights on product performance for our latest branded products
• Identifying buying/selling trends in the online market and acting on opportunities for business growth
• Completing forecasting reviews and ensuring the correct stock is readily available for customers
• Supporting the management and optimisation of online accounts and ecommerce listings on platforms such as Amazon and Groupon
• Writing commercially-focussed copy for our online product listings
• Working with departments including Buying, Design and Merchandising to coordinate the customer account set up process and arrange product samples for online listings
• Working with our Warehouse team to communicate order activity for our online vendors and direct to consumer accounts

This position offers a fantastic opportunity to work within our fastest growing division and contribute towards the development of the business’ online strategy. Due to the continual growth of our online markets this position also offers great career potential.

What we look for

Our ideal candidate will be a creative, digitally focussed individual with an interest in pursuing a career in ecommerce, digital marketing or online merchandising. The candidate should possess a strong commercial awareness and desire to learn the online retail industry. Application requirements:

• At least 12 months work experience, ideally within an office-based environment
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel. Experience in data analysis is desirable
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Assertive and confident with a proactive approach to work
• Local to Manchester

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary leading to £21k after 18 months
• Staff discounts on our own and branded products
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays after your first 12 months with the Company
• Company contribution pension scheme
• Bonus for 100 % attendance
• Free eye test and contribution to lenses of up to £100
• Annual staff awards including Employee of the Year
• Annual Christmas parties and celebrations throughout the year
• Team social events
• Funded external training
• Online training programs

Closing Date: 7th September 2018

Graduate Trainee Receptionist and HR Support

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray, Russell Hobbs, Progressand Salter.Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx.

At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

Our Graduate Development Scheme

Join one of the fastest-growing graduate schemes in the North West and start your Ultimate journey.

Ultimate Products Ltd are looking for committed and career-driven graduates to join our unique development programme in 2018. If you’ve already graduated or due to graduate this year, our job roles offer dedicated training, development and experience.

At Ultimate Products, we recognise that grads often have a fantastic array of transferable skills but lack experience and role-specific training. That’s where we come in. Our graduate programme combines on the job training with regular reviews, meetings and development plans to give our grads the best possible first step on the career ladder.

As Graduate Reception & HR Supportwithin the Company, you will provide support to the HR Director by completing the core administrational processes in the business whilst being an active member of the HR team. Aspects you will be involved in cover payroll, absence, recruitment, training and development for our current staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting HR support duties from the Reception desk whilst assisting with front of house and operational responsibilities.
• Managing the reception desk, transferring calls and managing our meeting room booking
• Placing job adverts, collating and screening applications and booking interviews for the HR Director and other managers.
• Completing core tasks on the new joiner checklists in a timely manner including reference checks, and reviewing and updating HR documentation, diarising key training sessions and review periods.
• Creating and maintaining personnel records including management of the holiday and sickness records and the submittal of weekly absence reports/spreadsheets to designated managers.
• Assisting with our social media platforms including Facebook and LinkedIn.

We look for hardworking, self-motivated and reliable candidates:

If you’re looking to gain hands on experience within a dynamic international business, our graduate roles offer a unique opportunity for practical experience, career progression and professional development.With the opportunity to work alongside our most senior members of staff, you will be given excellent training and experience within the HR field.

• Educated to degree level with a strong academic background
• At least 1 year’s work experience ideally within an office environment. Experience of working in HR is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational and administrational skills and attention to detail
• With a desire to build a career in HR
• Strong IT skills with good working knowledge of Excel
• Mature and reliable with the ability to remain confidential at all times
• Local to the Oldham area or able to commute

It’s been a great year

2017 has been our biggest and best year yet. And we’re not just talking about recruitment. 2017 marks Ultimate Products’ progression to a PLC business after floating on the London Stock Exchange. We also completed the renovation of a second mill in Greater Manchester, which now functions as our primary warehouse operation in the UK. And to top it off, we won the Oldham Business of the Year Award for the £10m+ category. After a brilliant year of achievements, we’re now focusing on further expansion plans for 2018.

Closing date: 07th September 2018

Graduate Trainee Shipping and Accounts Clerk

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray , Russell Hobbs , Progress and Salter. Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx. At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

The role

Ultimate Products are currently seeking an ambitious and motivated Graduate Trainee Shipping and Accounts Clerk to join our wider Supply Chain division in our UK office. Within this role, the candidate will undergo a dedicated training programme to learn first-hand the order management process right through from FE factories to our retail customers around the world. This fast-paced and challenging role offers excellent learning potential, allowing you to develop a strong career within supply chain/logistics and merchandising.

Key responsibilities

As Graduate Trainee Shipping and Accounts Clerk , you will be providing essential support to the Merchandising department in the management and progress of order shipments, ensuring orders are shipped on time and the correct documents are issued as per customer requirements.

• Monitoring the progress of order shipments and issuing relevant documents for orders
• Liaising with suppliers, agents and customers to ensure they receive all customs documentation in a timely manner
• Arranging and tracking the onward delivery of Purchase Orders from the supplier to the UP warehouse or directly to the customer
• Accurately checking invoices for orders and setting up payments to suppliers
• Checking our supply base is following Company shipping procedures and ensuring any non-conforming Suppliers are reminded of company procedures
• Escalate any concerns regarding containers without confirmation bookings

What we look for

Our ideal candidate will be a focussed, enthusiastic individual with an interest in pursuing a career in a leading international business. The candidate should possess a strong attention to detail and a desire to learn the supply chain industry. Application requirements:

• Recent degree essential and 2:2 or above. All specialisms accepted
• Minimum 6 months work experience, ideally within an office-based environment
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel. Experience in data analysis is desirable
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Assertive and confident with a proactive approach to work
• Local to Manchester

Benefits & Perks

At UP we understand the importance of rewarding our staff and offer a host of benefits…

• Competitive salary packages
• Staff discounts on our own and branded products
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays after your first 12 months with the Company
• Local retail discounts including Costco membership
• Company contribution pension scheme
• Bonus for 100 % attendance
• Free eye test and contribution to lenses of up to £100
• Local gym membership discount
• Private healthcare after 5 years service
• Annual staff awards including Employee of the Year
• Annual Christmas parties and celebrations throughout the year
• Team social events
• Tax-free childcare vouchers
• Sales commission structure
• Funded external training
• Online training programs

Our Graduate Development Scheme

We welcome graduate applicants for this position to join our hugely successful Graduate Development Scheme. Ultimate Products Ltd are always looking for committed and career-driven graduates to join the unique development programme. If you’ve already graduated or due to graduate this year, our opportunities offer dedicated training, development and experience.

At Ultimate Products, we recognise that grads often have a fantastic array of transferable skills but lack experience and role-specific training. That’s where we come in. Our graduate programme combines on the job training with regular reviews, meetings and development plans to give our grads the best possible first step on the career ladder.

We also understand that career progression is high on everyone’s wish list. Since our scheme began in 2012, we’ve….

• Taken on over 85 graduates
• Seen over 30 promotions
• Recruited 40 graduates in 2017

It’s been a great year

2017 has been our biggest and best year yet. And we’re not just talking about recruitment. 2017 marks Ultimate Products’ progression to a PLC business after floating on the London Stock Exchange. We also completed the renovation of a second mill in Greater Manchester, which now functions as our primary warehouse operation in the UK. And to top it off, we won the Oldham Business of the Year Award for the £10m+ category. After a brilliant year of achievements, we’re now focussing on further expansion plans for 2018.

Graduate Trainee Buying Assistant

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray, Russell Hobbs, Progress and Salter. Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx.

At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

Our Graduate Development Scheme

Join one of the fastest-growing graduate schemes in the North West and start your Ultimate journey.

Ultimate Products Ltd are looking for committed and career-driven graduates to join our unique development programme in 2018. If you’ve already graduated or due to graduate this year, our job roles offer dedicated training, development and experience.

At Ultimate Products, we recognise that grads often have a fantastic array of transferable skills but lack experience and role-specific training. That’s where we come in. Our graduate programme combines on the job training with regular reviews, meetings and development plans to give our grads the best possible first step on the career ladder.

Key Responsibilities

As a Graduate Trainee Buying Assistantyou will provide support to our senior Buying Directors in all aspects of the buying process, starting with the production and development of a product through to completing a customer order. Our Buying departments provide the best possible administrative support whilst working alongside some of the best branded products on the market.

• Assisting in the development of quality branded products for our world-class retailers
• Analysing consumer market trends and conducting effective product research
• Working alongside our Design teams to coordinate product packaging requirements
• Liaising with our offices in the Far East and our factories to organise product samples
• Buying Assistants also have the opportunity to travel to the Far East and to our key exhibitions and shows throughout the year

What we look for

Our ideal candidates will be confident, driven and motivated with an interest in pursuing a career in a leading international business. Application requirements:

• Recent degree essential at 2:2 level or above. All specialisms considered
• Minimum 6 months work experience, ideally within an office-based environment
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Excel
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Excellent organisational skills with a keen eye for detail
• Interested in pursuing a career dealing with quality products including Audio and Electrical goods
• Assertive and confident with a proactive approach to work
• Local to Greater Manchester

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary structure leading to £21k after 18 months
• Staff discounts on our own and branded products
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays after your first 12 months with the Company
• Company contribution pension scheme
• Bonus for 100 % attendance
• Free eye test and contribution to lenses of up to £100
• Annual Christmas parties and celebrations throughout the year
• Team social events
• Funded external training

It’s been a great year

2017 has been our biggest and best year yet. And we’re not just talking about recruitment. 2017 marks Ultimate Products’ progression to a PLC business after floating on the London Stock Exchange. We also completed the renovation of a second mill in Greater Manchester, which now functions as our primary warehouse operation in the UK. And to top it off, we won the Oldham Business of the Year Award for the £10m+ category. After a brilliant year of achievements, we’re now focussing on further expansion plans for 2018.

Closing date: 7th September 2018

Graduate Trainee Accounts Clerk

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray, Russell Hobbs, Progressand Salter.Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx. At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

Our Graduate Development Scheme

Join one of the fastest-growing graduate schemes in the North West and start your Ultimate journey.

Ultimate Products Ltd are looking for committed and career-driven graduates to join our unique development programme in 2018. If you’ve already graduated or due to graduate this year, our job roles offer dedicated training, development and experience.

At Ultimate Products, we recognise that grads often have a fantastic array of transferable skills but lack experience and role-specific training. That’s where we come in. Our graduate programme combines on the job training with regular reviews, meetings and development plans to give our grads the best possible first step on the career ladder.

Key Responsibilities

Within this role, you will assist in the effective running of the Purchase Ledger within our Accounts department, working alongside our small team to ensure our processes are diligently completed and to a high standard.

• To accurately add all factory deposits onto the purchase ledger, ensuring that all deposits are valid and escalating those orders requiring refunds to other departments.
• To raise and process all payments, ensuring these are accurate and within Company timescales.
• To effectively liaise with the Imports department to ensure that all relevant documents have been received and full checks of invoice and PO numbers are carried out.
• To ensure that the ledger is accurate and up-to-date at all times through timely allocations and the consistent resolution of supplier queries.
• To monitor unmatched aged payments, particularly unusual or high risk items, and investigate these appropriately.

This is an ideal position for someone aiming to utilise their industry-specific skills and understanding of Accounts within a dynamic and multi-national business. Within our Purchase Ledger team you will gain valuable experience in a variety of duties including purchase ledger management, data entry and administration.

What we look for

Our ideal candidates will be focussed, driven and enthusiastic with an interest in pursuing a career in a leading international business. Application requirements:

• Prior experience in an Accounting/Financial/Data Entry position is desirable
• At least 6- 12 months work experience, ideally within an office environment
• Strong academics, ideally with qualifications in accountancy or mathematics at A-Level or above
• Excellent problem solving skills, numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills particularly in Microsoft Excel
• Well organised with a strong work ethic
• Mature and able to work in a timely manner with minimal supervision
• Local to Manchester

It’s been a great year

2017 has been our biggest and best year yet. And we’re not just talking about recruitment. 2017 marks Ultimate Products’ progression to a PLC business after floating on the London Stock Exchange. We also completed the renovation of a second mill in Greater Manchester, which now functions as our primary warehouse operation in the UK. And to top it off, we won the Oldham Business of the Year Award for the £10m+ category. After a brilliant year of achievements, we’re now focussing on further expansion plans for 2018.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £17,000.00 to £21,000.00 /year

Surface Pattern Designer

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and we work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray, Russell Hobbs, Progressand Salter.Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx.

At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

The role

Due to huge growth in the business, Ultimate Products are now seeking a creative and commercially-minded individual to join our in-house Design team as a Surface Pattern Designer. To have responsibility for the continual production of design ranges for various products within our portfolio including homeware products from tabletop to luggage.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce artwork and designs for various areas of the business. Working to customer and internal briefs to produce commercial designs.
• Work with product development within the buying teams to ensure up to date knowledge of new techniques and materials that may be relevant when developing design.
• Design specifications to send to our factories.
• Assist with creating trends boards biannually.
• Display products in the showroom and for various trade shows throughout the year.

What we look for

• To have a relevant design degree ideally from a textile, fashion or Illustrator background where surface pattern design is integral.
• To have a minimum of 12 months experience designing within a studio environment so that they are able to demonstrate sound knowledge and understanding of our requirements
• To be up to date with the latest design software including Photoshop and Illustrator with the ability to competently demonstrate these skills.
• Have highly developed drawing and design skills
• Can work to deadlines and be extremely well organized.
• Focused and self motivated, able to collaborate with others.
• Current with the latest trends in retail ideally Housewares and Luggage products.

If you ae interested please send us examples of your work along with your CV. All applications to be sent to Laura Hanson at recruitment@ upgs.com.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Graduate Trainee Design and Brand Assistant

Opportunity

Oldham, Greater Manchester

Job Description

The UP story

Ultimate Products has evolved from a local business into a global success. We are a major supplier of branded household products and work alongside over 300 world-class retailers to bring quality goods to market. Our brand portfolio has grown extensively across our 12 product divisions and we are proud to work with prominent brands including Beldray, Russell Hobbs, Progressand Salter.Now an international PLC business, we’re committed to providing the latest trends on the consumer market and delivering an end to end service to our customers. Our retail partners include UK and international retailers such as B&M, Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Argos, B&Q, and TKMaxx.

At UP we pride ourselves on delivering tomorrow’s products today.

Our Graduate Development Scheme

Join one of the fastest-growing graduate schemes in the North West and start your Ultimate journey.

Ultimate Products Ltd are looking for committed and career-driven graduates to join our unique development programme in 2018. If you’ve already graduated or due to graduate this year, our job roles offer dedicated training, development and experience.

At Ultimate Products, we recognise that grads often have a fantastic array of transferable skills but lack experience and role-specific training. That’s where we come in. Our graduate programme combines on the job training with regular reviews, meetings and development plans to give our grads the best possible first step on the career ladder.

Key Responsibilities

As Graduate Trainee Design & Brand Assistant you will be responsible for creating and maintaining all key design materials for our products, brands, websites and retail customers. This role is based within our wider Creative department and focusses on providing support to the Creative Artworkers and Concept Graphic designers.

• Create Company product branding materials, including offer sheets, offer packs and corporate presentational documents, and maintain these on a regular basis.
• Assist the Concept team, Sales and Buying departments with product branding materials such as graphic headers, posters, invites, and presentation boards which are used for our Showrooms and Exhibitions.
• Maintain our branded websites, ensuring all information and branding is up to date and using the Adobe Suite to design new banners, layouts etc.
• Assist the Artwork Team with basic retouching, editing and resizing of product imagery.
• Use Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to edit branding, photography, and create 3d product packaging.
• Manage PR elements for magazines, blogs & online and work alongside the copywritig team to supply correct copy and imagery.
• Track the process of reserving, ordering and sending out products to our PR partners and competition winners.
• Monitor our social media platforms and ensure new content is posted on a regular basis, including competitions and graphics.
• Revise and update the company iPad with new product imagery, branded brochures and information

The role provides excellent training opportunities to improve your technical design skills and gain the experience to develop a career in the design area.

What we look for

Our ideal candidates will be focussed, driven and enthusiastic with an interest in pursuing a career in a leading international business. Application requirements:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a Creative subject such as Marketing, Advertising, Branding or Graphic Design
• Experience and proficiency with MAC and relevant design-related software such as Indesign and Photoshop
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Ability to demonstrate skills within a design field
• Excellent communication skills both written & verbal
• Hardworking, creative and dynamic with an excellent eye for detail
• Ability to work to tight deadlines in a fast-moving company
• Experience of copy writing is desirable but not essential
• Local to Greater Manchester

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary structure leading to £21kafter 18 months
• Staff discounts on our own and branded products
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays after your first 12 months with the Company
• Company contribution pension scheme
• Bonus for 100 % attendance
• Free eye test and contribution to lenses of up to £100
• Annual Christmas parties and celebrations throughout the year
• Team social events
• Funded external training

It’s been a great year

2017 has been our biggest and best year yet. And we’re not just talking about recruitment. 2017 marks Ultimate Products’ progression to a PLC business after floating on the London Stock Exchange. We also completed the renovation of a second mill in Greater Manchester, which now functions as our primary warehouse operation in the UK. And to top it off, we won the Oldham Business of the Year Award for the £10m+ category. After a brilliant year of achievements, we’re now focussing on further expansion plans for 2018.

Closing date: 7th September 2018

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £16,500.00 to £21,000.00 /year