Job Description

Description
My client is a leading key and strategic supplier of multi products to most major UK and European retailers, they are who seeking a motivated and experienced Merchandiser/Sale Support to join a growing team on a fixed term contract / Maternity cover based in their London office, hybrid working possible.
Sales support /Merchandiser - The Role
The Sales support/ Merchandiser serves as a key bridge between the Sales and Production teams, ensuring smooth coordination and alignment to meet customer demands, quality standards, and delivery timelines.
This role requires strategic oversight and day-to-day involvement to ensure that products move efficiently through each stage of the production process, meeting all customer expectations. Additionally, the merchandiser plays a crucial role with customers, building a relationship founded on trust and collaboration, and actively participating in client meetings.
Key Responsibilities

• Must have experience with volume retail or supermarket
• Raising orders
• Experience of negotiating prices with factories and customers
• Checking details on customer contracts
• Liaising with factories / in country merchandisers daily, on email & phone with regards to Critical Path order follow up
• Updating and analysing internal and customer critical paths
• Conducting weekly calls with In-country merchandisers and factories
• Work closely with production to monitor the workflow, addressing any bottlenecks or delays to keep production on track with sales goals
• Regularly communicate with sales teams to provide production updates, manage delivery timelines, and adjust schedules to accommodate shifting priorities or urgent orders
• Managing sample approval - sending lab dips/strike offs/samples to customer
• Coordinating between licensing department and QA/Tech on sample approvals
• Liaising with logistics department to ensure goods are delivered on time
• Liaising with design department, send artworks to factories.
• Checking label artworks and giving approvals to factory.

This role has the potential to be hybrid : 3 days in the Office , 2 days from home
You must have a permanent full right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.
This is a great opportunity to join a thriving business. Please send your CV and Portfolio to n.adcock-staniforth@peoplemarketing.co.uk.

Skills Required