Job Description:

The Merchandise Specialist is a key role in the Supply Chain Merchandise team. You will manage external merchandise partners ensuring they are meeting their SLAs, cultivate strong relationships, optimize performance and contribute to the overall success of the supply chain. You will also collaborate closely with other internal cross functional teams

What we can offer you:

• The role will give you the opportunity to learn about managing our Global third party partners who are responsible for the delivery of merchandise products to our global user base in over 80 different countries worldwide.

• Improving current processes

• Express your own opinions and drive future improvements to current and new processes

• This merchandise specialist role is focused on managing external partners and offers a dynamic and rewarding career path with opportunities to make a meaningful impact on the organisations success.

• Our training is immersive and constantly looking to develop new skills on all of our internal processes and order management system

The Skills you will bring to the role:

• Communication and Collaboration: Strong communication skills to liaise with internal teams, external vendors and stakeholders across the supply chain, fostering collaboration and alignment towards common goals.

• Teamwork: Contributes to the establishment of a shared vision and takes responsibility for the achievement of team goals with a strong commitment to inclusivity for all.

• Innovation & Problem Solving: Works on complex issues and incorporates new opinions, research and ideas into group processes and applies creative thinking to develop new solutions and improvements.

• Project Management: Experience in managing projects related to supply chain optimization, process improvements, or vendor onboarding from planning and execution to monitoring and evaluation.

• Continuous Improvement: Actively seeking feedback and opportunities for improvement in relationships with external partners, as well as advocating for process enhancements and innovations to enhance collaboration and drive mutual success.

• Strategic Thinking: Identifies and presents new information or data to key decision-makers or stakeholders to support their understanding and decisions.

• Initiative: Works with minimal supervision on difficult work assignments, conferring with manager or more senior team members on unusual situations.

Achievements/Knowledge & Experience:

• Supply Chain, Logistics or Business Degree

• 3-5 years’ experience working in an operations or Global Supply Chain environment.

• Excellent working knowledge of all Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Experience with Stakeholder Management.

• Experience with project management advantageous

• Excellent time management skills allowing delivery on both short term and long-term goals

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with years of service

• Company plan VHI Health Care & Dental cover for employee and dependencies

• A Pension commencing after probation period

• Participation in Workhuman’s employee recognition programs

• Discounted gift certificates

• Discounted TaxSaver Travel cards/free car parking (subject to availability)

• Income Protection

• Life Assurance

• Access to our Tuition Reimbursement Scheme

• Access to Workhuman University

• Additional ‘perks’ - Free grab and go breakfast and lunch options, fruit, tea/coffee, fantastic catered events and wellness activities throughout the year throughout the year etc

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The Company:

At Workhuman® our mission is to bring more humanity to the workplace. We recognise and embrace individuals’ differences and believe that workforce diversity and inclusion are essential to our long-term growth and success. Even if you don’t think you “check every single box” above, please still consider applying. We’re looking for a human who is collaborative, innovative with a growth mindset

We love what we do because we’re shaping the future of work through our people and our technology. Our human cloud-based applications are helping some of the world’s leading global brands connect culture to shared purpose. The Workhuman Cloud empowers employees to thank, talk and celebrate each other, creating an environment that sparks gratitude and human connection while increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Did you know we have an award-winning culture across EMEA and North America:

• We were named as #5 Best Workplace in the Great Place to Work Awards in Ireland in 2022 in the large-sized workplace category. We were also recognised as the Best Workplace for Women and the Best Workplace in Technology in 2020, 2021, and 2022.

• In 2021 we were named as #2 Best Workplace in Europe in the medium-sized workplace category.

• We were also recognised as #2 Best Large Places to Work in Boston by Built In for 2023 as well as the Best Place to Work in Boston, U.S. Best Large Places to Work, and U.S. Best Places to Work.

• There are currently over 7.5 million users on the Workhuman® cloud across 180 countries.

• Our core values are Respect, Determination, Innovation, and Imagination.

Workhuman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees. We proudly provide a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at Workhuman are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Workhuman believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.