Position: Graduate Product Manager
Location: Kingston Bagpuize, Near Abingdon (OX13)
Salary: £10.50ph
Hours: Monday – Thursday (09:00– 17:00) and Friday (09:00 – 13:00)
Experience: Degree, Graduate, University, Photography, Administration, Marketing, Business, Sales, Customer Service

The Opportunity

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are looking to recruit a Graduate Product Manager to join a small independent family-owned business based near Abingdon. This is a varied graduate program where you will gain experience in all parts of business including photography, marketing, stock management, administration, customer service, sales and other areas of general business. This is a really unique opportunity to expand your skillset and learn first-hand about how a small e-commerce business runs, whilst building a long-term career.

As part of the graduate program, over the next 12 months the successful candidate will cover the following whilst working towards a promotion to Product Manager:

• Photography – A big part of the role is to take detailed product photos for the company website and to post on other e-commerce sites such as eBay and Shopify
• Marketing – Taking on the day-to-day management of the social media channels, creating content for and helping to rebrand the company website, working closely with the business owner to update the social media strategy and reach new markets
• Administration – Responsible for writing product listings and posting them on e-commerce sites and other general office administration
• Customer service – Interacting with customers over the telephone and through online platforms such as eBay, PayPal, Shopify and Royal Mail
• Stock Management – Using in-house databases to manage stock, put together orders to be shipped, organize and retrieve stock
• Business – Working closely with the management team to plan and implement new business strategy, regularly brainstorm and innovatively collaborate to meet the goals for the company

Whilst the successful Graduate Product Manager may not have comparable working experience, which isn’t an issue as all parts of the role can be taught, they must be a critical thinker who really LOVES learning and seeing the impact of their hard work.

The Company

Thompson & Terry Recruitment are so excited to be working with friends of the firm, who are a leading niche e-commerce business, to recruit the very first inductee onto their graduate program.

Our client really prides themselves on their innovative approach to business where their whole team are always working together in order to innovatively find ways to improve their processes, the business and most importantly customer journey.

In exchange for their hard work, the successful candidate will enjoy a rounded role with extensive training program, regular ownership of projects (working on a new marketing strategy as an example) and the opportunity to genuinely get involved in the running of the business, not to mention a half day every Friday!

Requirements

• A critical thinker, who enjoys seeing the impacts of their works
• Strong literacy and numeracy skills, with excellent attention to detail
• The confidence to enthusiastically talk to customers over the phone
• A self-motivated candidate, who is able to at times work independently for long periods
• Excited by the opportunity to absorb information and really learn about the inner workings of a small ecommerce business

Thompson & Terry Ltd, trading as Thompson & Terry Recruitment (thompsonandterry.co.uk) are an Abingdon based recruitment agency specialising in the sourcing of Sales, Marketing and office administration candidates in Oxfordshire. No terminology used in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, gender, age or sex.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to a high volume of applications, if you have not heard from us within 5 working days, unfortunately, your application has been unsuccessful at this time.