Careers
Fancy joining the Barker and Stonehouse team?
Our great products, superb presentation and friendly service require bright, spirited people to help make it all happen.
As a leading family owned furniture retailer, we’re a loyal, committed and happy bunch. We have eleven stores across the country from Newcastle, Gateshead, Knaresborough, Leeds, Darlington, Hull, Nottingham, Battersea, London, Hove through to Teesside, where our Head Office is also based.
If you feel you’ve got what it takes to become a part of the Barker and Stonehouse team, take a peek at the jobs we currently have available below.
Please note: We’re sorry but due to the volume of applications we receive, we’ll only reply to your submission if you have been selected for an interview.
Accessory and Homewares Buyer
Looking to take your buying career to the next level? This is a great opportunity for an experienced accessories buyer to join one of the UK’s leading and most exciting independent furniture brands. Reporting directly to our Head of Creative, this is a full-time role based in our head office in Teesside and plays a key part in further developing one of our best-selling categories.
Who we’re looking for:
- An experienced buyer ideally with a background in furniture or home interiors
- A team player who can also work independently when the need arises
- Creative and commercial, you’ll have an eye for trends and a head for figures
- You’re a spreadsheet ninja with great organisational skills
- A confident communicator who can build key internal and external relationships
What the role involves:
- Managing the department’s sales budget and margin
- Delivering monthly sales forecasts for the stores
- Sourcing new products and suppliers who fit commercially and creatively with the brand
- Nurturing supplier relationships to encourage support on promotional activity
- Negotiating prices as well as terms and conditions with suppliers
- Creating new product lists, ordering and on-time delivery for brochure shoots
- Producing clear range plans
- Identifying under-performing products and working on clearance strategies
- Managing new product listing, initial ordering and delivery to stores
- Defining a clear yearly promotional strategy
- Moving from direct import from sourcing more UK suppliers
- Maintaining the up-keep of clear pricing files
- Managing displays of stock in store and on racks, alongside stock levels for the display team
- Developing special projects with the head of creative, such as new branded areas and stores
- Working on ticketing/ banners and all point-of-sale with the relevant team
- Sourcing new product information for the website, including packaging where necessary
- Monitoring invoicing to ensure consistently correct pricing
- Analysing sales information to create bestseller lists for the business and stores
- Developing future products and identifying new range opportunities
- Carrying out comparative shops to gain market insights
Please email your CV to Claire Hornby Project Design Manager: CHornby@barkerandstonehouse.co.uk
Closing Date: 27th April 2018
Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.
Barker and Stonehouse is an equal opportunities employer.
Warehouse Manager - Eggborough - Goole
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has the experience or skills to manage a busy warehouse reporting directly to the Logistics Manager. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing, planning, coordinating and monitoring the receipt, storage, assembly and dispatch of goods along with ensuring a safe working environment and highly motivated and engaged team
Key accountabilities & tasks:
- Organising and managing the transport and delivery of goods, both inbound and outbound
- The efficient utilisation of space and mechanical handling equipment, ensuring quality, budgetary targets and environmental objectives are met;
- Having a clear understanding of the company's policies and vision and how the warehouse contributes to these; working inline with the Logistics Mission and Charter and promoting that within their operation
- Managing operation in line with set KPI’s and continually pushing to improve particularly in the areas of customer service, efficiency, safety and cost reduction
- Coordinating the use of automated and computerised systems
- Responding to and dealing with customer communication by email and telephone in a manner which gives “Customer Delight”
- Keeping stock control systems up to date and ensuring inventory accuracy is improved to industry leading levels
- Planning future capacity requirements
- Organising the recruitment and training of staff, as well as monitoring staff performance and progress;
- Motivating, organising and encouraging teamwork within the workforce to ensure productivity targets are met or exceeded;
- Producing regular reports and statistics on a daily, weekly and monthly basis;
- Briefing department managers on a daily basis;
- Continually improving standards of Health and Safety, Hygiene and Security in the work environment by striving for a “Safety First” culture.
- Overseeing and scheduling planned maintenance of vehicles, machinery and equipment.
- Adhere to health and safety rules and regulations and identifying any unsafe working practices
- Other reasonable duties within the job holder’s capabilities.
Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
Essential:
- Customer relationship skills, diplomacy, integrity and negotiation
- Clear leadership, energy and passion
- Logical thinking and analytical
- Ability to work under pressure in a challenging and constantly changing environment
- Demonstrate the ability to act as a leader for team of people
- Experience of managing or implementing Continuous improvement
- Experience of managing a stand alone operation
- Experience of managing a fast moving volume driven environment in line with KPI’s
- Proven effective relationships with clients and customers
Desirable:
- Experience of Stock Management
- Capacity Planning
A competitive salary and overtime package is on offer with this post.
If you are the person described above, please email your cv to: Iain Thompson Logistics Manager: IThomson@barkerandstonehouse.co.uk
Closing Date: 30th April 2018
Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted.
Barker and Stonehouse is an equal opportunities employer.
A copy of the Barker and Stonehouse Gender Pay Gap 2017 statement can be found here Barker and Stonehouse Gender Pay Gap 2017
