We're looking for an Junior Merchandiser to join our Product Team

Our Junior Merchandiser will be there to support in the day to day running of the department, working alongside the Merchandisers, buyers and designers to create balanced & exciting ranges for the Adanola Brand. You will help the team in making sure we have the right stock, in the right place, at the right time!

About your responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Buyer & Designer to develop and implement a profit focused strategy
• Working with Buyer & Designer, deliver a commercial and profitable range which is relevant to the Adanola customer globally, considering OTB/options/pricing.
• Under guidance of Heads of Product & Senior Merch, sets and delivers key KPI’s at category, line and attribute level. Ensure stocks are managed efficiently to optimise sales whilst minimizing obsolete stock.
• Responsible for maintaining dept forecasting tools and planning documents, highlighting any risk or opportunity vs plan and agreeing next steps with Heads of Product
• OTB management, manipulate intake at category level. Make proposals for airing/phasing as required to ensure dept targets are met.
• Trade department in season, quickly identifies risk and opportunities to sales with proposed solutions
• Drive team trade meetings, update on performance and clearly communicate proposed actions to management.
• Refines and improves processes to benefit department
• Understands product critical path ensuring merchandising deadlines are met to avoid any delays
• Build strong strategic supplier partnerships. Ensure regular forecasts are shared.
• Lead, motivate and develop the team to be a high performing, happy and successful team.
• Work collaboratively when required with cross functional teams, developing strong working relationships with direct points of contact to positively impact your department and the merchandising function.

About you as a leader:

• Set clear expectations and create a shared purpose within your team
• Have awareness of your own leadership style and an ability to adapt your approach to engage and motivate your team.
• Provide regular balanced feedback to recognise great work, and deal with any issues before they escalate.

About you:

• You have experience working in successful Merchandising teams in the fashion industry either as a Junior Merchandiser or Senior Assistant Merchandiser
• You can highlight problems and inefficiencies, seeking out support from Heads of Product to resolve
• You’re commercially astute but balanced with creativity and brand values.
• You can lead and motivate a team.
• Strong negotiation skills
• You have a growth mindset, you naturally see opportunity, positivity and room to develop.
• The ability to hold effective, genuine and strong relationships with both your internal stakeholders and external partners/suppliers.
• Team player
• Adaptable to change
• Excellent communication skills

Why Adanola?

We're on a mission to becoming everybody's everyday uniform and we need great people with great attitudes to help work towards that. Adanola genuinely cares about the people we employ and as we grow will continue to always put People, Product and Profit, in that order. We're just getting started so you need to be ready to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in but in the most exciting and challenging way.

Some of the benefits we offer our employees:

• Business-wide bonus structure
• Private Medical Insurance
• Flexible workplace (3 days a week in our Manchester office)
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Day off on your Birthday
• 50% staff discount