Merchandiser

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Merchandiser

Department: Merchandising

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: London

Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic, resourceful, hardworking Merchandiser who will grow with the company and add value to our fast growing team. This person will report into the Merchandise Manager and will be responsible for delivering category performance objectives, in line with the seasonal and global growth strategy. Accountable for category online and retail inventory and performance KPIs, delivering stock to fulfil category budgets, and trading the online platforms and retail stores in the most profitable way.

Key Responsibilities

Drives the seasonal category strategy ensuring KPI's are inline with the overall brand strategy, including sales, buy and options, using analysis to quantify risks and opportunity and communicating to leadership team
Plans and buys a balanced range for the category in line with budget, agreed intake phasing and architecture. Ensures range shape/construction is fit for purpose with inputs from Buying, and Trading teams, identifying options, colours, sizes needed
Plans buys in line with promotional events, maximising opportunities and ensuring timely intake to meet launch dates.
Identifies category range opportunities, providing feedback to HoM and buying
Follows through the planning critical path, ensuring that all key actions are executed on time
Ensures all planning line lists are fully up-to-date, and that new season prices are set correctly, reflecting range architecture
Responsible for category WSSI, identifying and communicating risks and opportunities, maintaining accurate forecasts, and ensuring that stocks are sufficient to achieve availability and performance KPIs within OTB/OTC
Optimises availability online and in stores, notably on best sellers, maximising sales and profit, ensuring sufficient stocks are held at all times, managing CON and volume line cards appropriately, and reviewing line reports weekly, ensuring intake is optimal
Identifies and communicate sales/stock risk and opportunities across regions and channels, ensuring initial pricing is correct and markdowns/mark ups maximise sell through/profit and are inline with category KPI's
Ensure category intake phasing is in line with requirements, reflecting this in weekly PTS requests, ensuring sufficient (and not excess stock) is shipped to MW warehouses
Understand the width of SKUs held at each DC for the category, understand the differences and ensure there is optimal assortment width
Leads by example, as a role model within merchandising and the MW team
Develops, coaches and supports team members to fulfil their potential, through regular one to ones, setting clear SMART objectives and delivering best practice always, creating succession plans
Identifies process opportunities for improving efficiencies and supports system developments and improvements
Close communication with Buying and Retail Trading

We would like to meet someone who is

Previous experience at Merchandiser level
Systems/planning tools - expert level
Knowledge of all B&M systems and processes
Knowledge of retail operations/supply chain process
Commerciality, energy and passion

Benefits

Competitive salary and benefits package
Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
Holiday allowance
50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
Pension scheme

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Location:: London, England, United Kingdom
Salary:: £60,000 - £80,000
Job Type:: PartTime
Category:: Other

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