We’re looking for a commercially curious and ambitious Junior Merchandiser who enjoys using data to solve problems, influences decisions through insight and is ready to take the next step in their merchandising career. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced retail environment, enjoy working collaboratively with others and be motivated to make a genuine impact on trading performance.
You'll collaborate with colleagues across Buying, Supply Chain, Retail and E-commerce teams, building a clear understanding of customer demand and product performance. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with merchandising experience who is looking to further develop their career in a fast-paced and collaborative environment.
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Support our Merchandising plans - you'll help develop and maintain category plans, ensuring they remain aligned to trading priorities and performance targets
Champion data-driven decision making - you will analyse performance against plan, highlighting key trends, variances, risks and opportunities to support decision making
Help drive trading performance - you'll monitor sales across products, categories and channels, contributing to decisions around promotions and markdown activity
Manage stock availability - you will support intake, allocation and replenishment activities to help ensure products are available when and where they are needed
Monitor key performance measures - you'll analyse metrics such as sell-through and stock cover, providing insight that helps optimise performance
Collaborate across our teams - you will partner with Buying, Supply Chain, Retail and E-commerce teams to support planning and resolve challenges
Contribute to key trading events - you'll support the delivery of important trading periods through analysis, planning and performance tracking
Maintain accurate systems and reporting - you will support post-season analysis and ensure merchandising data is accurate, reliable and up to date
Experience within Merchandising - you’ve built a solid understanding of planning, forecasting, trading and stock management through experience as a Junior Merchandiser or an experienced Assistant Merchandiser ready to step up
Commercial and analytical thinking - you’re confident analysing trading performance, identifying trends and turning insight into clear, commercially focused recommendations
Advanced Excel skills - you’re comfortable using Excel to manipulate and analyse data, with experience using tools such as Pivot Tables and Lookups to support decision making
Commercial curiosity - you naturally ask questions, enjoy understanding what drives performance and look beyond the numbers to identify opportunities and risks
Problem-solving ability - you’re comfortable working with complex or incomplete information, using sound judgement to help deliver the best commercial outcomes
Excellent communication and collaboration skills - you’re able to present insights clearly and build effective working relationships with Buyers and colleagues across the wider business
Ownership and accountability - you take pride in your work, proactively look for opportunities to improve processes and take responsibility for delivering high standards
Exceptional attention to detail - you maintain accuracy across reporting, forecasting and planning activities, recognising the importance of reliable data in driving business decisions
Growth mindset - you’re ambitious, eager to develop your merchandising expertise and excited by the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility as your career progresses
At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:
An exciting reward and recognition scheme
Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
Great internal learning and development programmes
A flexible hybrid working model
Priority access to apply for match tickets
A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
A leading Employee Assistance Programme
Great discounts with some of our Partners
An opportunity to play a vital role in delivering our ED&I strategy by joining one of our Employee Networks
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