Olivia Hughes Recruitment

Job Description:

This is an amazing opportunity to join a successful retail business as a Merchandiser. If you would like the opportunity to bring your numerical and analytical skills to a place where you can make your mark and develop your career, then this could be the right opportunity for you.

This is a perfect role for an experienced Junior Merchandiser who is looking for their next step-up in their merchandising career. Likewise, it would also suit an existing Merchandiser who is seeking a new challenge with a successful merchandising team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Track sales performance, inventory levels, and markdowns throughout the season.
• Identify trends and patterns to make informed decisions and adjustments, and implement strategies to maximise profitability and minimise risk.
• Evaluate previous season performance, metrics, and supplier performance. Identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats and propose strategies to address performance gaps and capitalise on opportunities.
• Develop pricing strategies, markdown plans, and promotional campaigns to maximise sales and margin while maintaining competitive positioning.
• Providing ad-hoc information to the wider product team to support trading and planning decisions.
• Collaborate with buying teams to develop and implement seasonal range plans, ensuring alignment with market trends, customer preferences, and financial targets.
• Communication and collaboration with suppliers, establishing trust and transparency in negotiations and business dealings.
• Forecast demand accurately with line cards to plan capacity. Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely production and regularly review progress highlighting any potential threats.
• Extensive knowledge of forecasting WSSI independently and ability to clearly demonstrate actions taken where risk/opportunity has been identified.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, operations, and finance, to align merchandising efforts with broader business objectives and initiatives
• Work collaboratively with the warehouse team to manage intake capacity & priorities
• Support and develop the junior members of the team.

Who we're looking for:

• Experience either as a Junior Merchandiser, Merchandiser or similar
• Analytical skills - confident in working with and extracting insight from data.
• Detail orientated with a keen eye for detail and accuracy.
• You'll enjoy working both as part of a team as well as being self-motivated.
• Flexible and open to change as the business grows.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong computer literacy skills- especially in Excel

If this opportunity sounds like it's the right one for you, then be quick to apply as it won't be around for long!