Merchandising Executive Review

I look after the merchandising of products on the retail websites. This includes a wide range of tasks from managing and creating discounts, product focused email campaigns, creating and uploading new webpages, supporting the marketing team with appropriate products for each campaign, curating product pages and providing our customers with the best deals.

I have further developed my management and leadership skills throughout the duration of my apprenticeship. It has given me the opportunity to take part in tasks and projects which I wouldn't normally have the opportunity to do so. The apprenticeship curriculum includes a varied range of topics to further develop my skills in.

I have really enjoyed taking part in my apprenticeship programme. I believe it has enhanced my everyday role, because the modules have a practical application which has helped me and my team with our everyday workings. I also enjoy learning new skills which my programme has definitely given me the opportunity to do.

The programme itself is quite structured that you have to complete online modules on certain topics. However it terms of complete my work and preparing for my assessments, I feel like it was more focused around working independently. This personally suits my learning style, but I can see that other people who require more support might struggle with this aspect.

Again I feel like my apprenticeship included a lot of independent learning, so I didn't really require a lot of support from my employer overall. However I did receive a lot of support from my colleagues, who helped me and participated in some of my assessment tasks and projects.

My training provider has been a massive help with working towards my apprenticeship. My assessor has been brilliant with the time we have been working together. She has always made herself available to answer any of my questions through enails or over the phone. I feel like all of our assessment appointments have been really productive.

As I have previously mentioned, I believe my apprenticeship has enhanced my everyday role. This is because of the way the apprenticeship is structured so that I can be applied to day to day working. So has benefited me by providing me with an additional qualification and helped improve he way I work overall.

There aren't currently any extra curricular activities in my office. I am aware of sports teams and networking events that take place at our head office, but this isn't something that is currently on offer at where I work now. It might be something that gets implemented in the future.

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I think TUI is a great place to work and there are so many different departments and roles available. It's definitely the place to work if you are passionate about travel. There's a great range of benefits such as our concession scheme, so you can enjoy TUI holidays at a fraction of the price.

There's so many roles available at TUI that there's loads of opportunities for people with different skill sets. From everything from travel advisors to web developers. I'd suggest just showing your enthusiasm for what you do and having a willingness to learn. This will always be something a potential employer will be looking for.