Matalan are a £1bn multi-channel retail business with huge ambitions, and it’s these ambitions and the people behind us that make us who we.  Our Junior Footwear Technologist will work closely with the Footwear Technologists to develop and update products whilst maintaining quality standards, ensuring Matalan product provides excellent value for money for its customers. Part of your role is responsiblity for delivering gold seal status enabling shipping approval,  assisting in fit sessions and delivering returns analysis across the department, working closing with Buying, eCommerce and our off shore suppliy base.

• Up to 25 Days holiday (Pro Rata)
• 20% Staff discount
• Our Family Extras Scheme
• Pension Scheme

Working hours 8.30am – 5pm

To find the best people for our Technical Services teams, we’d like you to have the following....

• Graduate with a footwear related degree at classification 2:1 or above would be ideal, but we will consider other fashion based sunjects as well
• Commercially focused
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate at all levels
• Ability to work independently
• Strong Microsoft Office knowledge and skills

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family, you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real. Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities. Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role. We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

As an Assistant Buyer, you’ll work closely with the relebamt Buyer to ensure the department achieves sales, stock and margin targets through the development of the product ranges, building and maintaining strong working relationships with the Men's supplier base.

• Ensure we stay ahead of our competitors within the market with regular shopping and benchmarking trips
• Identify opportunities with the Buyer in regards to prices, range width, gaps or over-ranging, equipment, POS & VM.
• Attend Trade Shows, in the UK and overseas, producing reports and feeding back your findings to the wider team
• Taking an active role within WSSI meetings, displaying your understanding of how Intake and OTB affect WSSI figures.
• Identify sales on the Range Monitor, proposing actions against forecasts and budgets where appropriate.
• Support the Buyer by contributing to selection meetings, commenting on future trends and competitor ranges using knowledge gained from competitor shopping trips and external research.

This role is offered on a 6 month fixed term contract.

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real. Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities. Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role. We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

We’re looking for a Product Technologist to join the Homeware Technical Services team here at our Knowsley Head Office. As a Product Technologist, you'll work closely with the Homeware buying team on the Living department to develop and update our products to ensure that product is for purpose and complies with all current legislation, setting and maintaining quality standards to ensure all our products provide excellent value for money to our members.

• Be responsible for inherent quality of Homeware and Electrical products across the Living ranges including candles & fragrances
• Able to use all QA systems effectively
• Setting of quality standards and specifications to ensure that Matalan achieves the goal of delivering outstanding value to our customers.
• Ensure product performance requirements are established and maintained through supplier education, testing and monitoring.
• Keep up to date on necessary testing and legal labelling requirements as applicable so products comply with European/British Standards and all statutory instruments.
• Resolve customer services/legal department/store and Trading Standards issue when they arise.
• Agree manufacturing methods that are achievable in bulk production and result in a product that will perform to all requirements after purchase.
• Apply the most appropriate method of communication with our global supplier base so they clearly understand Matalan’s requirements, showing initiative and creative thinking where necessary to solve problems.
• Be commercially aware, show good risk analysis and understand the implications (to others and the business) of actions taken.
• Keep detailed and accurate records of all communications in an orderly fashion within the data base.
• Undertake supplier visits when possible to improve quality standards, build better working relationships and increase personal knowledge of manufacturing capabilities/developments.
• Build positive and effective relationships with buying teams, DC’s, Merchandisers, Returns, Customer Services, Legal Department.

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 11,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real. Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities. Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role. We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested. 

As a Quality Control Coordinator, you will check all incoming product quality, packaging, bar codes and box ends against Gold Seals where appropriate, and communicate any product failures to relevant parties.

• Inspect product ensuring it meets company specification and standards, aided by Web PDM and the Buying department
• Check product identification against purchase orders
• Complete relevant report documentation identifying actions where required
• Alert product/delivery failures to relevant parties, communicating action on held goods to the Distribution Centre where appropriate
• Ensure inspection and cycle of referral takes place within strict deadlines, ensuring efficient product flow through the DC
• Undertake in-house processing as required

This role is offered on a 7am-3pm / 2pm-10pm rotating shift pattern for a minimum of 3 months.

• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Adaptable and flexible approach
• Well organized
• Attention to detail including accurate numerical and data importing
• Experience of maintaining accurate records
• Ability to work independently to complete tasks
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel and willingness to develop skills
• Ability to liaise with other departments
• Able to work the shift pattern available

 

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family, you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real. Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities. Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role. We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

We’re looking for a Sourcing Partner to join the team here at Matalan Head Office.  As a Sourcing Partner, you'll support the Sourcing Manager, working in partnership with the Trading Teams, to identify and fulfil Sourcing needs across the apparel side of the business, in line with the strategic direction of the company and attend key meetings to support decision making and capitalise on consolidation opportunities.

• You will lead day to day sourcing activities and projects, delivering both country of origin and supply base mixes in line with seasonal plans – creating a highly flexible and sustainable supply base and utilising a centralised view across all apparel areas.
• Use strong negotiation skills to support cross costing exercises and selected volume line negotiations to capture cost savings without detriment to the product quality and taste levels, ensuring that Matalan achieves our goal of delivering outstanding value to our customers.
• Create a robust and flexible supply base, delivering supplier de-risk opportunities and exit strategies where necessary.
• Offer insight and drive opportunities utilising a centralised view
• Investigate new supplier opportunities in line with current and future sourcing requirements, attending suitable meetings and completing relevant cross costings – communicating great opportunities to the wider business
• Work in partnership with all relevant internal and external teams to seamlessly deliver the sourcing strategy in an effective and efficient way, continually reviewing and streamlining ways of working
• Drive actions to optimise the customer offer ensuring the right product is in the right place at the right time.
• Understanding of the duty rates by country, applicable commission rates, freight rates and other applicable costs to be including when calculating costs to Matalan, as well as the calculation of buying in margins.
• Develop a firm knowledge of suppliers, product types and capabilities by country

Founded in the early 1980s by John Hargreaves in Liverpool, Matalan is proud to serve its customers excellent quality at great value. With over 200 stores in the UK, a growing online presence and over 15,000 employees, working here is exciting, challenging, and above all fun! As part of the Matalan family you can expect some great benefits and the opportunity to be part of our exciting vision - to become the UK’s most trusted value retailer. This is Retail Made Real. Matalan value diversity and don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from all communities. Matalan wants to see every candidate performing at their best throughout the application and interview process and ultimately, in their role. We therefore encourage you to inform us of any reasonable adjustments you might need to enable this. In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.