Merchandising Assistant
| Job Type | Permanent |
| Location | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Area | North West, UK |
| Sector | Retail Head Office - Merchandising |
| Salary | GBP23000 - GBP25000 per annum + Benefits |
| Currency | GBP |
| Start Date | ASAP |
| Advertiser | Zachary Daniels |
| Job Ref | BBBH30035_1709032761 |
- Description
MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT | LIVERPOOL | APPAREL | PERFORMANCE | INTERNATIONAL | £23,000 - £25,000
This is a brilliant role and brand to join when looking to kickstart your merchandising career. As the Merchandising Assistant you will learn the basics of how to support your wider team with; trade note, PO's, critical path management & many other tasks.
The opportunity to grow individually and professionally is endless, with a brilliant culture and some amazing, established managers with broad retail backgrounds to learn from, you'll be in a great place to develop.
AS THE MERCHANDISING ASSISTANT YOU WILL:- Be the support function to your product development & wider merchandising team
- Manage the critical path of booked styles with your product development team
- Manage & accurately update the full delivery schedule
- Communicate daily with suppliers, warehouse and your full product teams around the status of booked lines
- Raise and manage all Purchase Orders
- Ensure all detail within Purchase Orders are accurate at all times
- Support with Monday Trade meetings by pulling reports for your merchandiser
- Ability to analyse reports and data to build information & actions for your team
- Ability to feedback opinion and fact around sales and stock from reports to your merchandiser
- Make sure all product "goes live" when stock is in the warehouse, ensuring that product goes onto the website ASAP
- Manage and images vs stock discrepancies yourself
- Monitor competitors, if not daily, weekly around new product they are selling along with their prices and any mark down
- Work collaboratively with partners and their merchandising, buying and marketing teams
- Support with key trading periods i.e Black Friday & Christmas promo's
- Understand freight times, challenges and ability to book in stock with forwarder's and warehouses
YOU WILL BE:
- Calm, cool & collected
- Collaborative
- A strong, confident communicator
- Accountable
- Pro-active
- Problem solver
MUST HAVE:
- Strong interest in the sports/lifestyle & performance market
- Strong, advanced Excel skills
- Desired, but not essential; Degree or qualifications in buying/merchandising/business management
BBBH30035