Games Workshop is hiring a new merchandise manager that could help reduce allocations, region locks, FOMO, and all the problems from the release of the Lion.
Are you the person to turn it all around? Honestly, this would be excellent news if they get someone in there who can keep the caps higher, the scalpers away, and get more new releases to people. It’s interesting to see this position drop just before the colossal release debacle for the Lion 40k primarch. But to be honest, for the past two months, there have been some pretty insane allocations.
Perhaps GW needs someone new to help keep the 10th Edition releases flowing and not messed up (as it says you will handle one major product category). Either way, will you be the one to keep the GW products flowing across the world?
This will be a Nottingham-based job, so either you want to live there or be there already. Also, this job opening ends on the 30th of April. Let’s take a look at the details!
Games Workshop Hiring New Merchandise Manager
Let’s hear about who Games Workshop is looking for and what they expect from this Merchandise Manager:
Do you want to be part of a high performing team, delivering exceptional results for all of Games Workshop’s customers across the globe?
Are you passionate about results, and would you find planning and managing inventory across Games Workshop’s international retail, online and wholesale channels exciting?
Can you readily alternate between short and long term thinking and are you enthusiastic about working with others to get to a resolution whatever the challenge?
In this job you will play a critical role in managing one of our major product categories. Your core responsibilities will be to develop stock and range plans to ensure we have the right products, in the right places, at the right time. You will work with a wide range of talented colleagues to make the world’s best miniatures available for all of our customers, whenever and wherever they want them. You will proactively manage inventory across all channels and territories, ensuring that new products are launched on time.
We know that this role is challenging. Coming up with a plan to generate sales growth every single month, ensuring that inventory and stock provision are managed to within demanding targets, and doing all of this whilst retaining a focus on customer service, and profitability, is tough. For the right person though, these are challenges to be relished.
To stand the best chance of being successful in this role you’ll need bags of resilience and experience in supporting and growing a multi-channel organisation. You’ll also need to build great working relationships, possess excellent organisational skills and have the ability to communicate detail as well as ‘the big picture’.
How to Apply
If you wish to apply you must send us a letter or a video telling us why you want this job. We select candidates for interview based on what they tell us in their letter or video.
This is a great opportunity for you to let us know that you understand what we are looking for. Please include an up-to-date CV to support your application.
Working at GW
At Games Workshop we are looking for people who will do their best to understand the needs of the company and to put those needs first when they are at work.
Because of this we believe that what you are like, hence the attitude you show to work and the way you choose to behave is even more important than your skills or experience.
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About the Author: Travis Pasch
Travis Pasch
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About Travis Pasch: Travis has been a Warhammer 40k hobbyist since the 1990s, playing the game since Third Edition. Through extensive traveling, he’s seen a lot of the miniatures hobby from across the world, giving him a unique perspective on the latest gaming topics and trends.
Travis’s brother even owns a commission painting studio, where he’s picked up a lot of good advice and techniques for painting Warhammer and tabletop miniatures over the years, as well. Travis joined the Spikey Bits team in 2019 and has been the lead writer since 2020.
Currently, he’s working on converting all his 40k Adeptus Mechanicus models and becoming a true tech enjoyer, complete with both sad and happy robot noises!
