Job Title: Merchandiser
Location: Warwick – Hybrid (Min. 2 days per week in the office)
Reports to: Senior Merchandiser
Contract Type: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: Competitive
About Bravissimo
Part of Wacoal Europe Group, Bravissimo is an award-winning, multi-channel lingerie retailer on a mission to uplift women. Since 1995, our purpose has stayed the same: to inspire our customers to feel supported, celebrated, and confident every day.
We have 26 shops in the UK alongside a thriving ecommerce community, which offers a wide range of beautiful lingerie, swimwear and nightwear for women who wear a D to L cup, giving them so much choice.
We are on an exciting journey of growth and are loving every minute of it!
Bravissimo Benefits
- Up to 25 days holiday
- The opportunity to buy up to 5 additional days holiday each year
- Access to free and confidential 24/7 employee support from Retail Trust
- 50% discount on full priced items for you, your family & friends, up to a limit
- Healthcare Cash Plan for you and up to 4 children through Medicash
- Employer pension contributions up to 6%
- Life Assurance
- Great training and learning resources
- Long service awards after 5 years’ service
- Access to new and upcoming products, with the opportunity to provide feedback
- Access to discounts at many retailers, day out destinations and gyms through Retail Trust and Medicash
- Free parking at Bra HQ
Purpose of the role:
To influence the planning of our product ranges using deep levels of analysis to ensure that stock and choice is optimised in line with business and customer requirements, and that our customers have great choice in whatever channel they choose to shop in from sub category down to individual size level
To work alongside the Senior Merchandising in forecasting and trading your own category. In addition, you will be solely responsible for managing the WSSI in line with stock and spend KPIs
You will build strong relationships across departments and continuously seeking to understand our sales performance and our customers better.
Key accountabilities:
Accountable alongside the Buying team to collaboratively plan and build ranges, ensuring that our ranges are strategic, balanced and in line with business stock initiatives/buy budgets/top line strategy at both total and individual size level.
You are responsible in providing detailed and insightful analysis on stock and sales, sharing this widely and communicating learnings clearly and effectively
You will be responsible for training and coaching junior members of the team
Person specification:
Academic qualification in a mathematical, scientific or analytical subject.
Experience of working in a retail or multi-channel environment
Minimum of 4 year’s experience within Merchandising in a retail head office environment
Outstanding level of numeracy and speed of understanding.
Enjoys working with people and able to build relationships across the business.
Excellent communication/interpersonal skills with all levels of the company and the ability to engage others.
Logical thinker with a questioning approach
Experience using merchandising systems and Microsoft Excel
Experience in managing junior team members
Interested?
If this role sounds like a perfect fit for you, we’d absolutely love to hear from you! Just click the ‘Apply Now’ button below and you’ll be taken to a new page where you can send us your application.
Please include your CV and a cover letter telling us why you’d love to join Bravissimo and what you’d bring to the role. We really do read every single one - honestly! and we can’t move forward without it, so take this as your moment to tell us your story (as we love getting to know you) and your why!
If this opportunity makes you feel excited (we hope it does!), don’t wait too long to apply as we may close the advert early if we receive lots of applications.
