Morrisons
Assistant Merchandiser - Nutmeg Boyswear, Menswear & Back to School
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As an Assistant Merchandiser, you will assist the merchandiser in the planning, purchasing, intake and distribution of merchandise to maximise sales and margin for the department. Developing effective working relationships with both suppliers and internal colleagues.
Ultimately this will lead you to taking full responsibility and ownership for merchandising a designated area within the department you are working in.
You will work closely with the wider merchandising team, suppliers and a variety of other teams across different business areas.
Some of your other responsibilities will include:
- Accurately and promptly raise any orders requested, utilising internal systems, ensure any orders for the department that are raised by junior team members are done so in a timely and accurate manner
- Having an awareness of the departments weekly and seasonal sales figures, stock figures and targets
- Assist in the department strategy, demonstrating an understanding of the merchandising figures to actively contribute and make suggestions
- Establish key working relationships with Buying and Branch Merchandising and store operations, communicating effectively across all levels and channels
- Effectively communicates across the team and suppliers on any issues, proposes solutions and updates accordingly
- Undertake any relevant administrative duties for the department
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More About You
For this role, we’re looking for someone who has:
- Clear understanding of how to serve Customer needs and requirements
- Ability to champion the customer and retail a customer focus through daily routines
- Sound commercial awareness
- The ability to create environments where sharing ideas, issues and concerns is the norm
- Ability to champion pace, change and simplicity
- Ability to gain feedback from colleague and customers
- Analytical thinking – manage multiple data sources and make the appropriate recommendations for sales, markdown and stock intake
- Systems expertise ensuring speed and use of accuracy.
- Attention to detail
- Commercial business qualification or relevant retail/merchandise experience
More About Our Perks
We value your hard work and commitment, and in return, we provide:
- Generous holiday entitlement
- 15% discount in our supermarkets and convenience stores from the day you join us
- Additional 10% discount card for a friend or family member
- Genuine career progression and development opportunities - read more about our Leadership School here
- Subsidised staff canteen
- Free parking
- Competitive pension and life assurance
- Healthcare / Wellbeing benefits including Aviva Digital GP
- 'MyPerks' with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
- Optional payroll charity donations
- A range of family-friendly policies including 26 weeks maternity and adoption leave along with neonatal and fertility leave
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Alive with activity, our modern Head Office is home to our corporate teams that make sure everything runs smoothly. Here, you’ll find comfy breakout areas, a coffee shop, Morrisons Daily and a subsidised restaurant. We are within commuting distance of Leeds, Manchester and the Yorkshire Dales - and we even have free parking!
At our Head Office you will expect to find supplier showcases, charity fundraising and celebrations all year round for the events that mean the most to our colleagues.
There’s more to our business as it’s fast paced and ever changing, as such we’ve got lots of fresh opportunities for you to play your part in our success. We’d love to meet you!
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