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Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary :
Amazing new opportunity for an experienced Merchandiser to join this lifestyle apparel brand. This role has potential of remote working with agreement of Line Manager.
As a Retail Merchandiser, you’ll work closely with Buying and Design to develop, plan, and deliver a commercially focused range whilst driving profit and enhancing the brand position. You will create each season’s range, ensuring the product reflects strategy, is without gaps or duplication and is logically thought through to exceed our customers’ expectations.
You’ll manage the product sign off process to ensure appropriate product lead time in line with the Buying calendar and adhere strictly to the Critical Path. You’ll also work with Buyers to develop a sound supply policy, striving for consistent best practice partnerships, foresee potential weaknesses and possible solutions.
* Working collaboratively with product team and wider Merchandising teams, contributing to department and category business strategy and development
* Maximising sales and gross profit through delivering a balanced, commercial, and profitable range in line with the brand vision,
* Managing product trading requirements to maintain the appropriate levels of stock in the department and categories whilst maximising product margin
* Developing and upskilling the Assistant Merchandisers, Allocators and Merchandise Administration Assistants through processes, structure, environment, and resources, whilst demonstrating best practice both technically and behaviourally
* Working with the Head of Merchandising to ensure seasonal and departmental budgets/forecasts are thought through by selling channel and analysed in context of historical sales and seasons still to be fully traded
* Maintaining a departmental/category level Range Plan that accurately reflects the planned buy levels and is in line with agreed budgets/forecasts
* Conducting weekly departmental and category trade reviews with the Merchandising and Buying teams to ensure bestsellers are quickly potentialized appropriately in current or future seasons
* Working with Buying and Design to appropriately plan historical bestselling product blocks and bestselling styles along with maintaining an appropriate level of newness in range builds and analysing product attributes during the range build process
* Maintaining an in-depth, customer-focused knowledge of market trends and channel performance
Merchandiser – The Person Specification
* Be able demonstrate a passion for product with previous experience of working in Merchandising.
* Proven experience of running your own department and managed a team, ideally within a retail brand.
* You will be highly analytical and commercially aware with a strong understanding of competitors.
* A track record in building strong partnerships with other departments and merchandising colleagues
* Excellent communication skills to confidently influence senior management and motivate others to achieve results.
* Highly numerate and confident in working with data. With advanced Excel skills.
* Strong planning skills. Attentive to detail.
* Ability to perform under pressure and operate in a fast paced environment is key.
Merchandiser – Benefits
* 34 days holiday (including bank holidays), Generous 50% staff discount on all full priced items, Life assurance programme, Learning and Development opportunities, Remote medical support partnership, Paid volunteering opportunities
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