Merchandising and Buying Placement Review

Item: Merchandising and Buying Placement at TJX Europe
Rating: 4.4
Author: Anonymous

at TJX Europe

Placement (10 Months+)

Retail Manager

Watford

Review Submitted: July 2022

Overall Rating

4.4 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

3.8/5 - Company Culture

4.5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Role involves a initial 3 month training period, followed by 6 months where you work as an allocation analyst as part of a team in the merchandising function. The final stage of the placement is 3 months in buying where you shadow a buyer in the market.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

In the merchandising part of the placement you are given a lot of responsibility looking after a department. Responsible for analysing reports, feeding it back to your team on a daily basis as well as allocating stock to stores. The buying part of the placement is more of a shadow role so there is less responsibility but still very immersed in the role.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

Developed my analytical skills and excel skills. Learnt a number of communication skills.

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

The support and guidance was excellent throughout. During training I had a weekly one to one with my line manager and after the training period we caught up every two weeks.