Pentland Brands
Market Merchandiser - Speedo (Mat Cover)
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Market Merchandiser - Speedo (Mat Cover)
Marketplace Merchandiser – Speedo (EMEA)
About Pentland Brands & Speedo
We’re Pentland Brands, a global family business that powers some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. Speedo is at the forefront of sport-inspired apparel designed for style, movement, and confidence. Our swimwear isn’t just functional—it enhances performance, comfort, and freedom of movement, whether you’re training, competing, or enjoying a leisurely dip.
Positioned as the voice of the consumer, the strategic connector between brand, product, and market, the Marketplace Merchandiser for Speedo ensures our products embody Speedo’s global strategy while thriving in our EMEA markets.
The Role: Leading Speedo’s EMEA Growth & Brand Strategy
You’ll shape consumer-centric assortments, optimise pricing, and drive data-driven decisions—ensuring Speedo maintains its leadership in the swim category. This role is pivotal: delivering growth, profitability, and brand equity by blending local market insights with a global mindset.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Consumer-Right Assortments
- Build and refine Speedo’s EMEA product portfolio by collaborating with commercial & product teams
- Balance local relevance with global brand strategy while ensuring tailored assortments for key markets and partners
- Leverage sell-in, sell-out, ROI, and margin data to refine selections
- Implement less-is-more seasonal editing focused on hero products, storytelling, segmentation, and cohesive outfit-building
2. Pricing & Competitive Strategy
- Lead market pricing benchmarks and GBB (Good/Better/Best) architecture
- Influence consumer price perception and competitive intelligence
- Work cross-functionally (Sales, Product, Finance) to recommend pricing strategies supporting margin, volume, and brand goals
- Optimize pricing complexity and advocate for scalable pricing frameworks
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3. Analytics & Performance Management
- Define KPIs (e.g., ASP, margin %, adoption, sell-through) and analyze trade data
- Deliver seasonal lessons-learned reports to inform future plans
- Track market shifts and capitalize on competitive gaps
- Balance short-term execution with long-term category growth
4. Forecasting & Supply Chain Execution
- Own forecasting inputs for Speedo EMEA, partnering with Sales & Planning
- Align commercial ambition with data, reducing overstock and aligning with market demand
- Support cost-efficient sourcing by ensuring forecasting accuracy
5. Go-To-Market (GTM) & Sales Enablement
- Champion the regional GTM process, delivering segmentation insights, storytelling, and line direction
- Supply Sales with tailored tools, talking points, and content to improve conversion rates
- Attend and support sales launches across key EMEA markets
- Serve as single-point liaison between Sales & Product, ensuring commercial pragmatism is unified with brand vision
Requirements
Skills & Experience
✔ Proven merchandising expertise—proven track record in assortment planning, pricing, segmentation, and line architecture ✔ Advanced analytical acumen—ability to interpret data, identify patterns, and translate numbers into actionable strategy ✔ Experience influencing forecasting, demand planning, and pricing across brands/channels ✔ Strategic thinker with a keen consumer insight, competitive intellect, and retail brand sensibility ✔ Business-savvy exterior & brand empathy—balancing commercial results with brand equity
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Mindset & Leadership
🔹 Consumer-centric & data-backed—excels at merging emotion + analytics 🔹 Commercially astute—balances volume targets with margin responsibility 🔹 Influencer & communicator—inspiring teams, presenting insights confidently, and advocating for the consumer 🔹 Proactive, adaptable, and creative—moves swiftly across functions, from detailed analysis to strategic vision 🔹 Willing to embrace digital innovation—preference for AI, automation, and agile tools
Why Speedo?
Join a legacy of innovation and performance, where every swimmer—whether elite or beginner—thrives with Swim Speedo.
Our products redefine how you feel in the water: fit, fluid, potent, and original. Speedo’s culture is built on trust, passion for swimming, and a partnership with consumers. By joining us, you contribute to:
💪 Expanding global swimmer reach 🔥 Outperform-based creativity 🔗 Real-time data-driven decision-making
Benefits: ✅ Competitive salary + discretionary bonus ✅ Hybrid working model + flexible hours ✅ Generous holiday leave + product discounts ✅ Full UHC coverage + healthcare support ✅ Sample sales + retail buy-in opportunities
Interview Process Straightforward and collaborative, designed to showcase your alignment with Speedo’s bold approach to swimming.
1️⃣ Quick Talent Call – 30 min video with our Talent Team to discuss vision, roles, questions 2️⃣ Experience Interview – Deep dive with the hiring manager for a hands-on assessment of skills, cultural fit, and strategic perspectives 3️⃣ Final In-Person Interview – Take centre stage at our HQ (on show!) to discuss real challenges with your potential team
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