Job Description

MATERNITY COVER

Job Summary

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Merchandiser to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in promoting and selling our products while ensuring that displays are visually appealing and strategically placed to maximise sales. This position requires strong organisational skills, time management abilities, and the capacity to work independently as well as part of a team.

Key Objective:

The objective of this role work with the HOBM to build relationships with other internal and external departments, understand fully and create business end to end process and to guide the Merchandising team to efficiently maximise commercial opportunities throughout the various brands, through the effective management of inventory, driving sales through improved availability, forecasting and reducing mark down to maximise profit.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Planning and Forecasting

Partner with the HOM to create a top line Quarterly / Seasonal strategy relating to all KPI's and communicate to the teams relating to all KPI's Provide historical analysis to develop Quarterly / Seasonal Planning Forecasts for departments of responsibility Create and Collate Total Company Quarterly / Seasonal Range Plans in conjunction with the buyers : review with HOM Create seasonal markdown planning documents and collate total departments proposals for review with HOM versus Financial targets Create Quarterly / Seasonal planning packs together with the Buyers Communicate Quarterly / Seasonal plans to the relevant internal depts. within the wider Business Build / Maintain relationships with Supplier base. Ensure all deadlines are met in accordance with the Buying Calendar Uplift all plans into a WSSI / Stock monitor and manage the OTB / Phasing of stock to optimise profitability.

Trading:

Provide weekly summary of key performance indicators within departments of responsibility and the wider business, relating to sales, stock, profit, versus budget and last year.
Provide weekly trading actions to optimise department sales and margin.

Key contact for all analysis relating to departments of responsibility Maintain Weekly Stock Sales and Intake forecasts via the stock mon Manage intake flow into business to hit monthly forecasts, drive sales and minimise risks and communicate to DC for short term work flow planning and longer term budgeting Work with the team to control warehouse inventory levels and action call offs as appropriate Provide analysis and summary of Markdown and Promotional activity for departments of responsibility and wider business Responsible for ensuring that mark downs are on the system in line with the mark down calendar Interact with other internal teams to improve performance and drive best practices Key contact for merchandise reporting and all aspects of merchandising processes and system use

Team

Ensure the team are all focused and working towards a shared goal. Use the Grading system and the PDP's to encourage and support all members of the team to maximise their potential Conduct annual appraisals and set clear objectives that feed into the business Strategy Arrange and facilitate regular one to one review meetings with the team to support them with their PDP and Objectives Recruit Junior members of the team Congratulate Success

Essential Skills and Experience

Advanced planning and analytical skills, including computer skills. Effective coaching and mentoring skills Specific experience in fashion retail merchandising preferably within multi-brand environment Proactive and a Compelling role model Good judgement and decision making skills Confidence in suggesting calculated risks Strong customer awareness and understanding Passionate about product, strong market and brand awareness Discreet, professional and well spoken, with excellent communication skills Exceptionally organised, methodical and efficient.
If you possess these qualities and are eager to contribute to our team's success, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity as a Merchandiser!

Job Type: Temporary
Contract length: 12-14 months

Pay: 40,000.00-42,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Employee discount Flexitime Transport links
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:

Manchester M1 1EX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:

Merchandising: 5 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Merchandiser
Expected start date: 01/10/2025