Wiggle started out as Butlers Cycles, a small independent bike shop established in Portsmouth, UK in 1920. In 1999, Butlers Cycles went online with the launch of wiggle.co.uk.
By focusing on providing unmatched value and great customer service, Wiggle rapidly took off in the UK and soon began expanding around the globe. We have now grown to become a global leader in the online retail of equipment for cycling, running and swimming, selling to over 70 countries in 10 languages and 14 currencies.
We occupy over 85,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space and stock over 2 million items!
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
We would absolutely love to hear from you and learn what makes you want to work for Wiggle! Please send your CV and Cover Letter to Jobs@wiggle.com
We would really like to be able to respond individually to each and every one of your emails, unfortunately due to the volume of applications we receive here at Wiggle, this just isn’t possible. So if you have not heard from us within 30 days of submitting your CV, please consider your application unsuccessful on this occasion.
Thank you for your interest in working for us and please take a look below at our current vacancies…
At Wiggle we understand the importance of maintaining a healthy work/life balance. We work hard, but our working environment is relaxed and we encourage staff to participate in sport. We frequently train together in club activities such as our running and cycling clubs which operate during lunch or after work. We also participate in events together such as sportive rides and running races.
Our benefits include
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Location: Wolverhampton
Position: Full Time, Permanent
WiggleCRC is a fast-paced company filled with talented, passionate people. We ship thousands of bikes, components, clothing and accessories to over 115 countries on a daily basis and pride ourselves on the quality of products we sell, speed of delivery and first-class customer service. We offer many opportunities across a wide variety of departments in which we will engage your skills to their full potential.
What will you be doing?
The successful candidate will work on the assembly of bikes in line with PDI process
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
Desirable Criteria:
Job Title: German Translator
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Permanent
WiggleCRC have an exciting opportunity for German Translator to join the family!
This is a full time permanent position working from home (must be resident in the UK) or in our Portsmouth or Belfast office.
What will I be doing?
You will be working as part of the translation team and provide support for the customer service team when/if necessary. As a WiggleCRC translator, you will be responsible for translating everything for your local TLD: website interface, marketing and digital content, technical products, help pages.
Duties and responsibilities:
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
Are you a practical, hands on person, with a passion for cycling?
At WiggleCRC we are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic individuals, that are as passionate about bikes as we are. You may be an experienced bike mechanic, or it may have been a hobby of yours to build and maintain your bike for years, either way we would like to talk to you.
As a Bicycle Technician within our Bilston distribution centre, you will work alongside an experienced team assembling and quality checking our bikes. From a top of the range mountain bike, to a child’s bike or road bike, you will play a key part in ensuring that a high-quality product reaches our customer.
WiggleCRC is a fast-paced company filled with talented, passionate people. We ship thousands of bikes, components, clothing and accessories to over 115 countries on a daily basis and pride ourselves on the quality of products we sell, speed of delivery and first-class customer service. We offer many opportunities across a wide variety of departments in which we will engage your skills to their full potential.
What will you be doing?
The Bicycle Technician will work on the assembly of bikes in line with PDI process
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
Desirable Criteria:
Why work for us?
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
What’s in it for you?
If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you:
Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.
What’s next?
Is this the job for you? If so, we would love to hear from you…
Why not stand out from the crowd and send us your wiggly cover letter to give us a better idea of who you are and why you want to join the team…
#ComeJoinTheRide
Job Title: Senior Mobile Developer
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced senior Mobile Developer to join the team.
What will you be doing?
WiggleCRC are in the process of modernising our ecommerce platform and you will play a key role in this project. You will help us to define what modern ecommerce apps should be, both in terms of technology choices, architecture choices and functionality.
You will be responsible for the design, implementation and testing of WiggleCRC’s ecommerce mobile solutions, as well as defining and maintaining the standards which our software must adhere to, both in terms of development and security.
Responsibilities:
Experience:
Desirable Experience
Job Title: Lead Product Owner
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Lead Product Owner to join the ride in Portsmouth.
What will you be doing?
As Product Lead your role is to be responsible for leading standards and processes for the Product Owner team whilst having a hands-on roll within Product Ownership as part of a cross functional team. Following high level roadmaps and key objectives to ensure strategic targets are hit on an annual and quarterly basis.
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Job Title: Financial Accountant
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Financial Accountant to join the ride.
What will you be doing?
You will have overall responsibility for the preparation, accuracy and compliance of the group’s annual financial statements and consolidation prepared under IFRS, as well as the monthly accounting duties in a range of areas including the Group’s debt and holding companies and key balance sheet accounts for the main trading entity, ad oversight of the month end process for smaller trading entities.
You will provide key support to the Head of tax, Accounting and Cashflow for the monthly UK, EU and AUS VAT/GST returns as well as ongoing tax and legal requirements of the Group.
Responsibilities:
Experience:
Job Title: Fully Qualified Financial Accountant
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Financial Accountant to join the team.
What will you be doing?
You will be reporting to the Head of Tax, Accounting and Cashflow, providing support and be responsible for the integrity and accuracy of the tax, duty and VAT of the Group. You will work closely with the wider Financial Control team to assist where possible and ensure accurate monthly consolidated management accounts.
Responsibilities:
• Management and support of one direct report;
• Overseeing the customs warehouse operation and reporting on performance;
• Completion of all VAT returns;
• Monthly Reconciliation of VAT accounts;
• Working with tax advisers to assist with the annual corporation tax returns and research and development claims;
• Completion of tax notes to be included in the statutory accounts;
• Seeking continuous improvement in the area of customs warehouse, tax and VAT;
• Active participation in projects to improve tax, VAT and financial reporting;
• Assisting the wider Financial Control team where required;
• Assisting the wider business with a focus on buying and merchandising to understand the impacts of VAT;
• Assisting the wider business with a focus on operations to understand the duty regime and how cost savings can be realised
Experience:
• ACA or ACCA qualified
• Practice trained
• Technical accounting experience essential
• Experience of large Groups, trading globally
• Corporate Tax and VAT experience preferable but not essential
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced excel skills
Why work for us?
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
What’s in it for you?
If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you: Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.
What’s next?
Is this the job for you? If so, we would love to hear from you… Why not stand out from the crowd and send us your wiggly cover letter to give us a better idea of who you are and why you want to join the team…
#ComeJoinTheRide
Location: Wolverhampton
The HR Advisor will work closely with the HRBP onsite to deliver the people agenda in a fast paced, growing organisation, supporting the delivery and implementation of people process, policies and strategies across the company, with specific reference to their implementation at the Wolverhampton site.
As the HR Advisor you will ensure the delivery of effective ER and people processes, internal co-ordination of system reporting and delivery of associated tasks within a demanding and challenging environment.
· Provide advice and administration support for performance and probation review processes, ensuring appropriate follow up actions taken to address poor performers and to deliver colleague development plans.
· Support the HR Coordinator with day to day management and improvement of all transactional HR processes including ensuring that all new starter, mover and leaver information is processed between HR and Payroll.
· Support the provision of site specific people data and KPI information.
· Deliver modules of the company training programme. Participate in the development of new modules and refinement of existing modules based of participant feedback.
· Support site departments to avoid people concerns and promote a culture of engagement, through building effective working relationships with the management team.
Who are we looking for?
· Able to demonstrate comprehensive generalist HR knowledge.
· Highly organised and logical approach to managing priorities. Able to deal with a heavy workload with conflicting priorities whilst maintaining accuracy and achieving deadlines
· Comfortable dealing with conflict or challenging situations and can do so in a controlled manner
· Adaptable and embracing of change
Required:
· Experience in a fast paced, changing environment
Preferred
· Previous experience in a Warehouse/Logistics business
· Ideally CIPD qualified, or hold professional qualification in HR practice
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you:
What’s next?
#ComeJoinTheRide
Job Title: Senior Front- End Developer
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Senior Front-End Developer to join the team.
What will you be doing?
WiggleCRC are in the process of modernising our ecommerce platform and you will play a key role in this project.
You will be responsible for the design, implementation and testing of WiggleCRC’s ecommerce platform, as well as defining and maintaining the standards which our software must adhere to, both in terms of development and security.
You will help us to define what a modern ecommerce site should be, both in terms of technology choices and architecture choices.
Responsibilities:
Experience:
Desirable Experience:
Job Title: CRM Email Developer
Location: Portsmouth or Northern Ireland
Position type: Full time, Permanent
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced CRM Email Developer to join the team in our Portsmouth office. As the CRM Email Developer you will be supporting the delivery of all CRM and Triggered marketing activity from the chosen Email Marketing Platform and launching new campaigns in line with business objectives.
What will you be doing?
• Ensure all emails (BAU/CRM) continue to be sent from the chosen Digital Marketing platform.
• Provide Testing and Optimization for our BAU trade emails
• Provide Testing and Optimization for our CRM automated emails
• Ensure all project deliverables are progressed in-line with agreed timescales
• Support the technical deliverability of our Digital Comms. activity
• Support the delivery phase of customer segmentation through the email channel
• Support the delivery and execution of product recommendations through the channel
• Maintain and implement Google Analytics Tracking as appropriate
• Manage the publication of email campaign delivery (within defined templates)
• Support the development of HTML and mobile responsive email templates
• Work across multiple projects, ensuring they are prioritized and delivered on time and on budget
Who are we looking for?
• Experienced skills in HTML and CSS, ideally in relation to email development
• Experience with a leading ESP or similar (IBM: Silverpop, Salesforce: Marketing Cloud, Oracle: Responsys, Adobe: Campaign)
• At least 1-2 years experience in Email or Web Development
• Knowledge of advanced personalisation and segmentation of customer databases, that create conditions that govern the presentation of content to customers.
• Optimise email for various email clients on web and mobile platform
• Experience with leading customer marketing and/or customer systems experience (Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, Silverpop or similar level)
• Knowledge of email best practices and testing methodologies.
• Experience with responsive development and testing for a wide variety of screen sizes and devices
• Experience with A/B split testing to improve the customer experience.
• Experience with Google Analytics
• Experience with marketing technology and understanding of best practices
Why work for us?
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
What’s in it for you?
If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you: Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.
What’s next?
Is this the job for you? If so, we would love to hear from you… Why not stand out from the crowd and send us your wiggly cover letter to give us a better idea of who you are and why you want to join the team…
#ComeJoinTheRide
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, Fixed Term Contact 12 month
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Business Change Manager
What will you be doing?
You will ensure that stakeholders and users understand the purpose and value of the programme, providing them with the correct level of communication, documentation and training for a successful cutover to the new technology.
Responsibilities:
Comprehensive understanding of the change lifecycle, as well as knowledge of best practice business change management, tools and techniques
Experience of delivering training to multiple user environment
Previous retail industry and or eCommerce experience is an team
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Job Title: Category Admin Assistant
Location: Portsmouth
Position type: Full time, FTC until February 2022
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit an experienced Admin Assistant to join the team!
What will you be doing?
You will support the Category Marketing team and Commercials teams in collating all relevant information needed for marketing campaigns and promotional activity, across the Wiggle & CRC channels. T
You will support in arranging samples for photo shoots and other marketing activities and operate as a key role between the Commercial & Marketing departments.
Responsibilities:
Collect all required data from Commercial teams & Suppliers
Enter information into channel planning documents within deadlines
Ensure planning documents are kept up to date
Monitor and report on stock ETAs of campaign heroes
Generate reports and summary emails when appropriate
Liaising with brands to collate image libraries
Experience:
Proficiency in MS Office
Prior administrative experience
Content Executive | Permanent | Full time | Portsmouth or Northern Ireland
WiggleCRC are looking to recruit a Content Executive to join our team in Portsmouth or Northern Ireland.
The Opportunity
Reporting directly into the Content Manager you will make a significant contribution to the performance of Wiggle’s social media channels. Focus will be primarily on the UK, but you will responsible for collaborating with the commercial team to ensure relevant assets are leveraged across international territories. Key to this role will be supporting the organic content team in developing and executing a content-first strategy that showcases the Wiggle brand, delivers on the team’s priorities, and provides unique, interesting, informative, and relevant content for a range of audiences. Although the role is focused on social media channels and the Wiggle Blogs/Guides site, the postholder will be able to provide content, written or otherwise, for other channels and touchpoints. With a passion for writing and seeking new and innovative forms of social media marketing, you will be responsible for creating/updating content, and engaging with Wiggle’s range of communities in line with the content strategy and Wiggle brand model, encouraging organic growth of the Wiggle audience.
Key Responsibilities
• Be a source of expertise in terms of social media best practice and provide insights and advice to the organic content team on content strategy and audience development.
• Contribute to the development and lead the execution of social media campaigns that align with Wiggle’s marketing strategy.
• Contribute fresh ideas, monitor new developments, and learn the latest techniques in the social media sphere.
• Monitor and update social media planning documents ensuring they reflect both internal and external opportunities
• Day-to-Day creation and scheduling of engaging copy, imagery, and video content on Wiggle’s social media channels in collaboration with the organic content team
• Development of new and optimisation of current content on the Wiggle Blogs/Guides site, including re-writing copy and assisting in the creation of better media for the platform
• Drive growth of Wiggle’s online communities, ie Facebook group and Strava clubs
• Coordinate with the wider marketing team to ensure brand tone-of-voice consistency
• Drive and participate in events to build community and boost brand awareness • Build relationships with customers, potential customers, industry professionals and journalists
• Stay up to date with digital technology trends
Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications and Experience:
Essential
• At least one year’s experience making a significant contribution to the success of a social media channel or channels for a major retailer, brand, media publication, or organisation.
• Have significant knowledge and understanding of what makes great organic social media, how to improve performance, and an understanding of reporting key metrics.
• Creative flair, strong copywriting skills, and the ability to create engaging content; demonstrated by a good portfolio of previously created content
• Experience of identifying and analysing reporting data and taking responsive decisions to improve performance.
• Experience of interacting with a social media audience. Understanding how to develop relationships with that audience and create positive experiences in short spaces of time.
• Experience writing in a tone of voice specific to a brand, business, media publication, or organisation.
Desirable
• The willingness to develop a strong understanding of tri-sports and of Wiggle’s customer base
• Experience with social media scheduling platforms, such as Hootsuite and Tweetdeck
• An understanding of media law, data protection, and GDPR. • Superb organisational and deadline management skills and the ability to multitask
• Experience creating great content for video, including presenting, writing scripts, and contributing viable ideas.
• A passion or interest in running Competencies:
• Ability to communicate effectively through a variety of methods
• Demonstrate an excellent work and customer care ethos.
• Ability to think clearly and calmly under pressure and cope well with the demands of a rapidly growing company and dynamic marketing environment.
• Maintain a degree of flexibility to working arrangements, and a ‘can do’ attitude.
• Creative thinker
Why work for us?
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate about what they do. We offer some of the most rewarding career opportunities in sports retail, eCommerce, and IT development. Our people are highly valued and thrive in a relaxed culture which encourages innovation and personal development.
What’s in it for you?
If working alongside some for the most creative people isn’t enough, we offer you: Excellent career progression opportunities, 25 days annual leave, Staff discount, 5% pension contribution, company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.
WiggleCRC is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
