Trading Operations Specialist

Contract: Fixed Term/Secondment - Up to 12 Months

Closing date: Tuesday 3rd March

Recruitment Partner: Shannon Linton

If you have a sharp eye for detail, enjoy working in a fast-moving environment, and want to make a tangible impact in stores, this could be a great opportunity to join our Trading Operations team. You'll play a key role in bringing commercial plans to life, working cross-functionally with passionate colleagues to deliver simple, effective in-store activity that really works. It's a collaborative role where operational thinking and strong relationships are valued.

What you'll be doing

You'll operate in a fast-paced, reactive environment supporting multiple product categories to deliver their commercial plans effectively in stores. This involves working cross-functionally to ensure all activity is operationally sound, clearly communicated, and designed with stores firmly in mind.

You'll help translate commercial strategy into practical execution - ensuring stores have the right guidance, resources, and operational clarity to deliver activity to a high standard. Collaboration with teams such as Store Planning and Store Communications will be central to your role.

Key responsibilities

• Provide clear, operational guidance and information to stores, central teams, and field functions through cross-functional collaboration

• Create engaging materials that bring commercial plans to life for stores

• Identify and deliver operational solutions to tactical issues

• Develop and maintain strong relationships across departments and external partners

• Ensure commercial activity is simple, store-focused, and operationally fit for purpose

• Review prototypes of new display aids and show materials to confirm suitability for stores

• Evaluate activity performance and incorporate insights into future planning

• Build strong connections with buddy stores through regular (fortnightly) visits

• Support delivery of new product development into stores, ensuring simple execution and strong compliance

What you'll need to have (our must-haves)

• Knowledge of key Store Operational processes

• High standard of written and verbal communication

• Analytical thinking and problem solving

• Cross functional working and stakeholder management

• Confidence to drive change in a challenging and fast paced environment

It would be great if you also have

• Experience with excel

• Experience of using Adobe InDesign

Rewards designed for you

• Boots Retirement Savings Plan

• Discretionary annual bonus

• Generous employee discounts

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave pay and gift card for anyone expecting or adopting a child

• Flexible benefits scheme including option to buy additional holiday, discounted gym membership, life assurance, activity passes and much more.

• Access to free, 24/7 counselling and support through TELUS Health, our Employee Assistance Programme.

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About The Boots Group

The Boots Group is a trusted leader in healthcare, pharmacy and retail, operating across 11 countries - including the UK, Ireland, Thailand and Mexico. The Boots Group brands - including Boots, Boots Opticians, No7 Beauty Company, Farmacias Benavides and Alliance Healthcare - are trusted and well recognised healthcare and beauty businesses, serving millions of customers and patients every day in communities around the world. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, passionate about embracing the diversity of our colleagues and providing a positive and inclusive working environment for all.

What's next

If you apply, our team will be in touch to let you know the outcome of your application or to arrange next steps. Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.

We hope to hear from you soon.

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