“This is fantastic opportunity for me to continue to grow the DVD and Blu-ray categories across our portfolio, but lead all the entertainment product categories to deliver better processes and closer relationships with our supplier base, which will benefit business and most importantly our millions of customers” commented, Markus Bhatia.

The Hut Group, now reporting to OCC has seen its market share in DVD & Blu-ray increase by over 150% in the last 6 months,

Matt Moulding, The Hut Group’s CEO said, “Markus is incredibly well respected in the entertainment industry and has delivered considerable incremental growth with DVD & Blu-ray since joining us, he’s an asset and I’m pleased to have him in our senior team, delivering the same expansion in Games, Music & Books”

About The Hut Group

Based in Northwich, Cheshire, The Hut Group was established in 2004 by entrepreneurs, Matthew Moulding and John Gallemore. The Hut Group delivers a white label ecommerce service for a number of major retailers including ASDA, Woolworths, Argos and WHSmith.

The Hut Group also has two successful etail brands within its portfolio. TheHut.com is a multi-channel retailer offering a variety of home entertainment and lifestyle products, such as DVDs, Blu-ray and CDs, as well as lingerie, cosmetics and sports and leisure equipment.

High street brand Zavvi was acquired by The Hut Group in March 2009 and is now a thriving online-only retailer. The refreshed Zavvi website offers customers a wider choice of entertainment products, with free delivery.

A Sunday Times Tech Track company, The Hut Group is the fastest growing technology company in the North West and is ranked 8th in the UK.

For further information, please visit www.thehut.com, www.zavvi.co.uk or www.thehutgroup.com or follow us on Twitter: @thehut_com and @zavvionline

• Experience with Spring, Struts
• Experience in Agile
• Design Patterns
• Web Services
• Message driven SOA
• Must be able to take initiative to be productive and efficient.
• Experience in developing e-commerce websites.
• Hands-on knowledge of HTML, Web Delivery
• Excellent oral communication skills
• Good problem solver
• Experience using developing against and maintaining relational databases especially MS SQL Server
• Ambition!

Desirable

• LAMP
• Java
• Low level technical designing experience
• Experience choosing tools and technologies
• Data parsing and generation (eg CSV, XML)

Personal Skills required:

 Good verbal and written communication skills.. Logical approach to problem solving. Team player with a can do attitude.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted. NO agencies please.

Note: Please note that the Candidates with unrestricted work rights in the UK are ONLY eligible to apply. Please send your cv to anuraag.jain@thehutgroup.com by Friday 12th February 2010

The Hut Group retails consumer products such as games, films, electronics & a range of gifts through its own websites (www.thehut.com & www.zavvi.com) as well as operating a large number of online shops for other major retailers. The Group is now looking to continue its rapid expansion through further expanding our Games team. 

 Games Buyer Role Involves:

 Sourcing and purchasing stock

• Sourcing campaign stock from all suppliers both one off purchases and identifying opportunities for campaigns
• Building and managing campaigns based on the above.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels and pricing.
• Managing the supply chain
• Handling return of stock.
• Reviewing and updating ranges on a regular basis.
• Responsible for contributing to promotional activity, marketing and discounts whilst remaining within Budget.

 The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, must have experience in the product area, strategy and sales experience and a “can do” attitude.

 Operating a strong reward based culture; in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

 Please send all applications to  ben.hardcastle@thehutgroup.com prior to the closing date of Friday 15th january 2010. No agencies please.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

The role involves:

• Playing all recent video game titles – across PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii.
• Publishing written reviews of latest game releases.
• Liaising with Video Game buyers to ensure that previews of forthcoming titles are made available for review a the earliest date possible.
• Informing buying decisions based on game playability and enjoyment.
• Directing and recording video reviews on latest games.
• Attending gaming industry events and representing Zavvi.com – e.g: The Golden Joystick Awards
• Planning and undertaking customer research and focus groups to inform editorial.

The ideal candidate will have experience of and a real enthusiasm for playing video games across all major platforms (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), must have strong attention to detail and ideally previous experience in copywriting.

Operating a strong reward based culture, in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

Please send all applications to careers@zavvi.com prior to the closing date of Friday 29th January 2010. No agencies please. Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.

Stats revealed in a poll by the online retailer showed that more than 81 per cent of Brits are planning to do their Christmas shopping online this year and 71 per cent of people still think online shopping is the best way to buy Christmas presents.

The online retailer expects to ship over 5 million parcels in December representing over 6000 tonnes of goods that will include everything from DVDs to video games, CDs to Books & Electronics to Underwear.

Sales figures from Monday 23rd November show that online shopping for the festive season has already started with The Hut Group recording their busiest day ever, with 1600 orders a minute coming through at the peak time of 8-9pm.

The Hut Group, who ranked number 1 in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100 of the UK’s fastest growing companies, has two thriving retail brands, The Hut.com and Zavvi.com and an ecommerce solution for major retailers including ASDA, Woolworths, Argos, Tesco and WHSmith.

The Group has seen a sales increase of over 400% year on year from £25m in 2008 with innovative trading techniques and an aggressive customer acquisition strategy through new routes to consumers like its ‘Ebay Outlet’ which has seen over 20,000 orders in its first 3 weeks of trading and is well on track meet its turnover targets

“Monday’s are always the busiest day for online shopping, and this will be a record breaking period for The Hut Group” comments Richard Chapple, Commercial Director. “In the recession, when every penny counts, The Hut Group’s sites will be offering customers more value and better prices on the must have products than ever before.”

For further information please contact John Doe on 020 7749 5830 or
Jo.bartlett@johndoehub.com / Crissie.bushell@johndoehub.com

About The Hut Group

Based in Northwich Cheshire, The Hut Group is a successful white label ecommerce provider founded in 2004 by Matthew Moulding and John Gallemore.

With two thriving retail brands, The Hut.com and Zavvi.com and a white label ecommerce service for major retailers including ASDA, Woolworths, Argos, Tesco and WHSmith, The Hut Group has emerged as an online retail success story having averaged 189 per cent growth over the last 4 years.

In October 2009, The Hut Group was ranked number one in The Sunday Times ‘Tech Track 100’, making it the fastest-growling private technology firm in the UK.

For further information, please visit www.thehut.com, or www.thehutgroup.com

The primary objective of the Customer Service Advisor is to respond to our customer enquiries, managing any issues and exceeding their expectations wherever possible.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven with a positive and determined outlook. They will be able to get on with others and be a team player. Their preferred background would be within a similar Customer Service role and the candidate must be competent at responding to customers in writing and working within company guidelines.

Experience using MS Outlook and the internet would be an advantage.

The Hut Group retails consumer products such as games, films, electronics & a range of gifts through its own websites (www.thehut.com & www.zavvi.com) as well as operating a large number of online shops for retailers including Asda, Woolworths, Tesco & LOVEFiLM. The Group is now looking to continue its rapid expansion through further product expansion into Outdoor & Leisure.

The role involves:

• Managing and Leading Category Buyers
• Introducing, managing and expanding product range
• Sourcing and purchasing stock
• Sourcing campaign stock from all suppliers both one off purchases and identifying opportunities for campaigns
• Building and managing campaigns based on the above.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels and pricing.
• Meeting suppliers.
• Handling return of stock.
• Reviewing and updating ranges on a regular basis.
• Responsible for contributing to promotional activity, marketing and discounts whilst remaining within Budget.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, experience in the product area, strategy and sales experience and a “can do” attitude.

Operating a strong reward based culture, in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

Please send all applications to recruitment@thehutgroup.com prior to the closing date of Friday 6th November 2009. No agencies please.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

The Hut Group retails consumer products such as games, films, electronics & a range of gifts through its own websites (www.thehut.com & www.zavvi.com)  as well as operating a large number of online shops for other major retailers. The Group is now looking to continue its rapid expansion through further product expansion into Fashion Footwear and requires a Buyer with a strong background in footwear products of all ranges.

The Footwear Buyer Role involves:

• Sourcing and purchasing stock.
• Sourcing campaign stock from all suppliers both one off purchases and identifying opportunities for campaigns
• Building and managing campaigns based on the above.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels and pricing.
• Meeting suppliers.
• Handling return of stock.
• Reviewing and updating ranges on a regular basis.
• Responsible for contributing to promotional activity, marketing and discounts whilst remaining within Budget.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, must have experience in the product area, strategy and sales experience and a “can do” attitude.

Operating a strong reward based culture, in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

Please send all applications to recruitment@thehutgroup.com prior to the closing date of Friday 4th December 2009. No agencies please.
Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

The Hut Group retails consumer products such as games, films, electronics & a range of gifts through its own websites (www.thehut.com & www.zavvi.com)  as well as operating a large number of online shops for other major retailers. The Group is now looking to continue its rapid expansion through further product expansion into Fashion Footwear and requires a full time Head of Category.

The Head of Category for Fashion Footwear role involves:

• Managing and Leading Category Buyers
• Introducing, managing and expanding product range
• Sourcing and purchasing stock.
• Sourcing campaign stock from all suppliers both one off purchases and identifying opportunities for campaigns
• Building and managing campaigns based on the above.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels and pricing.
• Meeting suppliers.
• Handling return of stock.
• Reviewing and updating ranges on a regular basis.
• Responsible for contributing to promotional activity, marketing and discounts whilst remaining within Budget.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, experience in the product area, strategy and sales experience and a “can do” attitude.

Operating a strong reward based culture, in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

Please send all applications to recruitment@thehutgroup.com prior to the closing date of Friday 4th December 2009. No agencies please.
Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.

The Hut Group retails consumer products such as games, films, electronics & a range of gifts through its own websites (www.thehut.com & www.zavvi.com)  as well as operating a large number of online shops for other major retailers. The Group is now looking to continue its rapid expansion through further product expansion into Outdoor & Leisure and requires a Buyer with a strong background in Outdoor & Leisure.

The Outdoor & Leisure Buyer role involves:

• Sourcing and purchasing stock.
• Sourcing campaign stock from all suppliers both one off purchases and identifying opportunities for campaigns
• Building and managing campaigns based on the above.
• Maintaining appropriate stock levels and pricing.
• Meeting suppliers.
• Handling return of stock.
• Reviewing and updating ranges on a regular basis.
• Responsible for contributing to promotional activity, marketing and discounts whilst remaining within Budget.

The ideal candidate will have strong attention to detail, must have experience in the product area, strategy and sales experience and a “can do” attitude.

Operating a strong reward based culture, in return you can expect a market leading salary and substantial bonus potential.

Please send all applications to recruitment@thehutgroup.com prior to the closing date of Friday 4th December 2009. No agencies please.
Please note only successful applicants will be contacted.