Product Description Acquisition Specialist

Position: Product Description Acquisition Specialist - 6 month fixed term contract
Our client is an international home improvement retail group.
We're a team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring our home improvement brands to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.
The Packaging Compliance Manager will take full accountability for our Packaging data compliance process ensuring the delivery is executed fully and against newly established KPIs developed for the role.
The roles' purpose is to ensure that OEB (own exclusive brands) product description data and assets are acquired, translated and communicated within the agreed deadlines across all the KF Group. Those data and assets will be used for multiple purposes such as; packaging and online throughout the Group. You will be the representative of product description data in Project meetings with Category teams providing updates to current data status against CPA, raising any concerns and mitigating any risks to data delivery.

A key area of focus will be to work with Vendors to collect data ensuring that all data is collected and available for all channels within the agreed deadlines.  
* 6 month fixed term contract
Project Manage the E2E PDD Collection process this includes:
Supporting the range team with data pre-population
Vendor engagement, training and onboarding to PIM
Ensuring with vendors achieve agreed collection SLA though PIM and Vendor Portal
Data validation against data model principles
Support range team data validation for accuracy
Send to translation and support with queries
Responsible for delivery of OEB PDD acquisition in line with the CPA to the agreed brief
Responsible for the delivery of validated and translated PDD, Packaging data and assets
Ensure that risks and potential mitigations affecting range change are escalated and communicated as required.
Becoming fully competent in use of PIM and Vendor Portal
Working to consistently achieve high quality output
Work closely with the Change Control and PIM Development teams
Flexible approach – dealing with ad-hoc requests, balancing shifting priorities
Collaboration – works with stakeholders to seek agreed outcomes
Work effectively alongside 3rd party organisations
Good communication and interpersonal skills working with teams in a multicultural environment
Good personal organisation, with ability to set priorities and monitor process
Ability to adapt to changing priorities in line with working in retail environment
Essential
Ability to work under pressure and to challenging deadlines
Attention to detail, accuracy is vital
Good problem-solving skills
Consideration to how something may impact other areas of the business
Passionate about how data is used to help a customer buy a product and its importance within a Retail organisation
Tenacious and resilient in the face of strong opinions
MS Office, MS SharePoint and MS Teams.
Advantageous
Product Information Management (PIM) systems and Digital Asset Management (DAM) systems