Junior Merchandiser - FTC 6 months
- London
- Temporary
- Full-time
- To review historical performance and determine future product strategy, working closely with the Buyer to deliver a balanced range with a robust sales, markdown, margin and stock plans.
- Takes a global approach to strategy planning, considering the brand and the
- Manages fully the complexities of the WSSI and categories for planning the season and forecasting risk and opportunity ensuring all channels are fully
- Create space and range plan that incorporates key KPI’s and to deliver a balanced range through the grades.
- To plan new season buy in line with both range, category and department planning across all Business channels.
- To review competitor activity with the Buyer to challenge future product
- To plan intake across the season to create a balanced range. Ensure appropriate stock levels and newness within stock
- To plan pricing strategy, working closely with the Buyer to secure overall margin
- To provide regular performance reviews across all Business
- Responsible for the planning of the department and delivering a range that is balanced across the grades and channels with phasing that potentializes every week and channel to deliver the department profit plan.
- Report on weekly trade each Monday, identifying trading opportunities or risks against plans.
- Responsible for proposing and managing markdown plans to drive department sales and achieve terminal targets.
- Ensures the allocation strategy fulfils the department and business needs. Flexibly adapts trading decisions to the required business
- To be responsible for the product strategy relating to retail, notably retail ranging, grading and density planning.
- To be responsible for specific stores as notified. To ensure the retail ranging and trading strategy is regularly reviewed and corrective action
- To ensure that regular branch visits are undertaken across the whole team and appropriate reports issued subsequently. To produce appropriate business reports after each visit and follow up action
- To hold regular supplier reviews, to maintain thorough supplier
- To ensure regular communication, to maintain an effective Business partnership with all Suppliers and to improve KPI’s with suppliers.
- To undertake regular Supplier visits and attend buying trips as
- To ensure processes and checks in place to ensure all product records, purchase orders and system maintenance are kept in
- Multi channel merchandiser responsible for retail, direct, wholesale and B2B and ensure all are potentialized.
- To undertake competitor visits on a regular basis, feedback any relevant points and put into place any required action
- To understand, prioritise and work to the critical dates and deadlines in both the planning and trading process.
- To consistently deliver excellent standards of customer
- To develop an excellent working knowledge of all Merchandising
- To identify and propose improved working practices and updates to
- To action detailed integrity checks as necessary to ensure the efficient running of the department
- To take responsibility for own personal development and to foster good working relationships across the Business.
- To continually review processes and controls, initiating improvements in best practice as
- To assist in the development and training of the merchandising
- To manage the team on a day to day
- Systems knowledge
- Excellent numerical and analytical ability
- Experience in a Head Office Merchandising environment as a Junior Merchandiser or Senior Assistant Merchandiser.
- Discount -Up to 50% discount and access to regular Sample Sales
- Holiday - 25 days rising to 28 with length of service
- Holiday Buy – opportunity to buy up to 5 days holiday
- Pension Scheme - enrolled in our Group Personal Pension schemes upon joining the business.
- Bonus - In addition to our competitive salaries, all our employees are entitled to join a discretionary bonus scheme (based on policy eligibility)
- Perkplace Benefits Platform – offering a variety of discounts across well-being and lifestyle
- Wagestream Money Management app - access to Wagestream gives you power over your pay and supports financial wellbeing
- Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for Electric vehicles (dependent on grade and meeting policy eligibility)
- Continued Development - Inclusion on our Leadership Development Programme (eligibility for contracts of 6 months plus Grade D & E roles only)
- Continued Development – We offer structured support from our own in-house Learning and Development Hub
- Private Healthcare with additional Babylon Digital Healthcare (based on contract duration)
- Life Assurance
- Fruit basket daily
- Tea and coffee provided
- Working from Home - option to work from home on Mondays and Fridays
- Social - Christmas party/social events throughout the year
- Seasonal Sample Sales
- Volunteer Day - with a charity of your choice
- Great Location - Close to transport links - over ground Shepherds Bush station /underground White City & Wood Lane stations. Westfield shopping centre with shops restaurants/bars/cinema and gyms