Merchandising admin assistant Review

I am responsible for managing the admin on my team- this includes raising orders, following a critical path and ensuring any errors are dealt with on the system. I have to email suppliers to negotiate orders. I use trackers to manage all orders.

I have learnt lots of job based skills, but also developed existing ones. I have learnt: - How to use excel I have developed: - my time management skills and being able to prioritize tasks efficiently - Presenting skills - Analysis skills as i have to analyse numbers and sales figures

I have enjoyed the programme and am glad i did it. However i do feel that as it was an admin apprenticeship a lot of it was repeated learning from what i had done at school in business studies.

It is structured fairly well with the college, but I did find the organisation between the college and my work place lacking. There wasn't much communication between the two and this made it difficult for us on our teams at work as we have to explain it. I feel this could be improved.

We are allowed 20% of our week each week to spend doing college assignments/ studies and we get 5 studies days extra to use from september- september on top of our holiday allowance. I have received help and support from my team but as a whole we have to actively find people to give us support. However, i have felt supported throughout my apprenticeship.

we had help during college days and could ask for extra help if we needed it

It has helped me with the admin side of my job and understanding businesses as a whole. Regarding the buying and merchandising side it has been helpful but i have learnt more doing my job role than from the apprenticeship itself. However there were definitely some lessons from the course which were really useful towards my job role.

There are training sessions we can book on to, and we did have a netball team but due to Covid-19 this has been cancelled.

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It is a really good place to work and I am enjoying my time here. I like the work ethic and company morals and believe that they want each person to progress and have a successful, happy career. They pay well and offer lots of training to help progress yourself.

Be open-minded and enthusiastic. If you are passionate about something, be sure to make it known. Push yourself and step outside of your comfort zone as Tesco encourages this.