We are looking for an experienced and driven Junior Merchandiser to join our Merchandising team at Dusk.
Your role:
TRADING:
- Ownership of categories beginning to end.
- Review trading reports to identify risks and opportunities in weekly trade and present findings to Merchandiser & Senior Merchandiser.
- Ownership of line cards, providing accurate forward forecasting and planning OTB in line with stock holding and cover targets, highlighting any risks with over/understocks.
- Support the merchandiser on maintaining department WSSIs, stock and sales plans, ensuring stock is managed to targets.
- Partake in the analysis & reporting of current sales data, customers reactions and channel trends in order to anticipate product needs and plan future ranges & stock.
- Help build & maintain a comprehensive library of historical data.
- Work to Key Performance Indicators helping to optimise the sales volume and profitability of designated product areas according to the business plans.
- Actively involved in MD proposals for categories as necessary including the roll-up of mid and end-of-season sale plans.
- Collaboratively work with the wider Merchandising, Operations & Logistics teams to ensure timely onboarding & arrival of stock with our various partners.
- Proactively monitor sales and stock in order to take action to optimise sales and margin performance - ensuring team react to sales trend.
- Take full ownership of critical paths and communicate key issues to the wider team.
- Work collaboratively with the team helping to monitor stock movement and help propose intake re-phasing as necessary based on the forward seasonal plan.
- Maintain strong relationships with suppliers to enable flexibility and trading.
- Manage order placement and intake to ensure on time product launches and awareness of product lead times, to maximise trading opportunities.
PLANNING:
- Help to plan and develop Merchandising strategies that balance customer expectation & profitability alongside our rapid expansion plan.
- Support with implementing new procedures and processes alongside the Senior Merchandising Team.
- Pro-active involvement with planning future ranges in conjunction with wider product team.
- Set the department strategy and option framework to ensure a balanced and commercial range.
- Proactively analyse sales data and trends and use data to influence decisions in buying meetings.
WHO YOU ARE:
- Established Assistant Merchandiser, or currently in a Junior Merchandiser role
- Strong computer literacy skills - especially in Excel
- Analytical skills - confident in working with and extract insight from data
- Strong decision making, time management skills and able to prioritise workload
- Good commercial knowledge - specifically on wider marketplace and broader business
- Team player attitude
- Experience working in a fast-paced environment
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
- Hybrid working
- Bonus Scheme
- Company Discount Scheme
- Company Pension
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Application question(s):
- Do you have previous experience as a Junior Merchandiser/Assistant Merchandiser?
Work Location: In person
