Assistant Project Manager - Own Brand Products

at  Toolstation

Remote working with occasional travel to Northampton and Bridgwater
This is an exciting time to join our team in a brand-new role, created as part of our transformative, customer and colleague-first strategy. We’re focused on building a convenient and engaging shopping experience, empowering our customers to shop whenever and however they choose, and ensuring products are readily available when they need them.
As the Assistant Project Manager for Own Brand, you’ll report to the Commercial Planning Manager, playing a crucial role in driving the growth of our own brand products by managing the Toolstation Sourcing program. This role is not just about organisation and project management. It is as much about building solid, collaborative relationships both externally and internally, influencing decision making and engendering a multi-team spirit to get the job done.
You will provide a great insight into all commercial and supply activity across Toolstation, shaping the business’s domestic and overseas sourcing strategy through competent delivery of a large number of range projects, according to timescale and budget.You’ll be a key connector between our UK Commercial team and our Sourcing operations in Asia, helping to deliver unique, own-brand products with a higher margin that boost profitability and cement us as the customer’s top choice for tools and more.
Day to day
Project management: Oversee all phases of the project lifecycle, from initial briefing and planning through to execution, monitoring, and reporting. You’ll create detailed project plans, schedules, minutes, and status reports to keep everything on track.
Collaborating: Work closely with various internal teams, including Commercial, Supply Chain and Marketing, as well as with external stakeholders and third-party partners. You’ll bring commercial insight to supply activities, coordinating a wide range of projects on time and within budget.
Governance and control: Ensure best practices are followed, robust financial performance is created and processes are optimised to deliver projects in a lean, cost-effective manner.
Commercial insight: Develop a comprehensive understanding of commodities, currency data, supply routes, packaging, service costs, customer insights, and marketing needs. You’ll provide valuable insights and troubleshoot any issues that arise.
WHAT YOU’LL BRINGProject Management experience: You’re a graduate-calibre professional with some experience in project management, which must have been gained in a fast paced retail or product sourcing environment.
Relationship building: You excel at building constructive, effective relationships both internally and externally, always focused on productivity and achieving shared goals.
Organisational and Analytical skill: You understand how to prioritise effectively, balancing your own tasks with broader business goals. Analytical and detail-oriented, you draw insights from a range of data sources with accuracy and attention to detail.
Process driven: You appreciate well-defined processes, and you’re adept at identifying areas for improvement and refining processes for better outcomes.
Authenticity: Bring your whole self to work and let your personality shine as part of our team