Trade Planning Assistant 

£37,600 to £50,000 plus great benefits (Work Level 6A) 

Scunthorpe / Manchester, in this role you’ll work in a hybrid way splitting your time between home and coming into the office at least once a fortnight (find out more about our hybrid working policy at colleagues.coop.co.uk/hybrid-working-policy). 

We’re looking for two Trade Planning Assistants to join our Nisa team. In this role you’ll be responsible for the delivery of the annual trade plan for Nisa and work closely with our trading team to develop and execute strong trade driving promotions. You’ll be joining our team at a time of huge transformation, giving you the opportunity to play a lead role in shaping our trade plans and bring new ideas to improve the way we do things. If you love the challenge of transformation, we can offer the opportunity to get involved in creating campaigns in our trade planning environment and getting to see them make a difference in our business and for our customers.

What you’ll do

• Be responsible for the delivery of the agreed annual trade plan in Nisa for a specific category 
• Write engaging briefs and work with internal teams and suppliers to agree promotions that bring innovation to the promotional package 
• Work with the Campaign and Communications team, making sure they have all the information and inputs they need to brilliantly activate each campaign in communications
• Collaborate with our Category Controller’s to complete the agreed strategy and promotional materials 
• Be the voice of the customer guiding the shape of the customer offer 
• Measure promotional performance by working with finance and insight teams 
• Keep up to date with the current market, finding opportunities for us to continuously improve our proposition

This role would suit people who have

• Brilliant communications skills, with the ability to write clear and motivating briefs
• A strategic approach and always look for continuous improvements
• Experience managing team delivery in accordance with agreed budgets 
• Good data analysis skills 
• Experience in a transformation role 

Why Co-op? 

If you have the skills that we need, we can offer you a competitive salary and great benefits package which includes 30% off Co-op branded products in our food stores (as well as other discounts on Co-op products and services).

• An annual bonus (based on personal and business performance)
• 28 days holiday (rising to 32 with service) plus bank holidays 
• A pension with up to 10% employer contributions
• Access to a subsidised onsite gym (at our Manchester HQ)
• Coaching and training to support your career development
• Wagestream app – giving you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn

At Co-op, we’re proud to do things a different way. As one of the world’s largest co-operatives, owned by millions of members, community is at the heart of what we do. Since our Co-op was founded in 1844, we’ve had a clear social purpose, and everything we do as a business helps to build a fairer world for our members, customers, colleagues, and communities. 

Building a diverse environment

We’re actively building diverse teams and we welcome applications from everyone. If you have a disability, we can make reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process according to your needs. We're also part of the Disability Confident scheme, meaning we'll always offer an interview to disabled candidates who apply through the scheme if they meet the minimum criteria for a job.

We'll ask whether you’d like to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme when you apply.

If we invite you to take part in the recruitment process for any of our jobs, we’ll ask you if you need any reasonable adjustments to enable you to participate.

You can find out more about our recruitment process at jobs.coop.co.uk/apply-process

You can find out more about the Disability Confident scheme and all our commitments to diversity and inclusion at jobs.coop.co.uk/diversity-inclusion-wellbeing

Please note that we may close applications for this role early. 

As part of your application, you'll need to complete an online assessment. This assessment typically takes between 45-60 minutes.