Junior Merchandiser

JUNIOR MERCHANDISER | HYBRID WOKRING | LADIESWEAR | £32,000 - £38,000

An established lifestyle brand that is known for its reliable clothing ranges is continuing to implement growth strategies for their UK & International Markets. To achieve ambitious plans, there is now the opportunity for a Merchandiser to join the team.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with Junior Merchandiser or Merchandising experience to come in and head up their ladieswear department, alongside the wider wholesale, sub-prime & partnerships teams.

JUNIOR MERCHANDISER RESPONSIBILITIES:

• You will be overseeing & managing a large department
• You will be accountable for the trading all of your categories
• Own all Monday trade reporting, top line notes, and ability to highlight key actions and follow up accordingly with wider team
• Actively involved with WSSI management, reporting directly into the Merchandising Manager and Director
• Ability to forecast and plan at category and line level
• Protect line cards for any flow programmes
• Responsible for range building all new seasonal offers with your Buying team
• Set clear strategies ahead of each trading period on what sales will be achieved, along with how you will achieve this
• Ensure all product ranges have clear pricing architectures
• Be mindful of the competition and all promotional activity you wish to implement
• You will actively review, monitor and pull historic data to support trading actions ahead of, or in season to drive sales for the business
• Ability to spot gaps within ranges
• Plan and push for newness weekly - reacting to OTB
• De risk areas of your department with cancellations and phasing
• Proactively develop and mentor an Assistant Merchandiser and other junior members
• Delegate workload fairly and effectively