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Merchandiser
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The company:
An in-house streetwear brand is looking for a Junior Merchandiser with relevant industry experience. They will take full ownership of a category or department, driving trading performance, stock control, and profitability through data-led decision making and strategic planning.
The role:
- Analyse weekly trade performance and implement trading decisions
- Identify risks and opportunities and take ownership of action plans
- Lead or contribute significantly to weekly trade meetings
- Take accountability for category performance outcomes
- Own and manage WSSI end-to-end for assigned categories
- Forecast sales, intake, stock, and margin
- Reforecast in line with current trading performance
- Ensure alignment between stock position and financial plans
- Maintain category-level OTB and feed accurate numbers into the wider merchandise financial plan
- Own the stock file across all relevant channels (DTC, retail, wholesale where applicable)
- Manage stock availability, intake flow, and phasing
- Take accountability for stock efficiency and markdown risk
- Make decisions on rebuys, cancellations, and stock redistribution between channels based on where stock is most likely to sell
- Support the staggering of drops and intake so stock lands in line with demand and within warehouse capacity
- Monitor stock cover against targets, acting where cover is short or long
- Collaborate with Buying teams on range planning
- Analyse product and category performance to inform strategy
- Influence range and stock decisions using data-led insight
- Identify best-backed lines and expected rates of sale to inform range and stock decisions
- Use the merchandising operational systems - WSSI, Sales Analysis and Product Group Sales Analysis (PGSA) - to drive category decisions
- Build and use Power BI reporting to monitor performance and support trade
- Help ensure data flows accurately from NetSuite Planning & Budgeting (NSPB) through to Shopify for assigned areas
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with Buying, Ecommerce, Marketing, and Supply Chain
- Influence decisions through clear and confident communication
- Present trade performance and strategy to stakeholders
- Support and develop Assistant Merchandisers
- Delegate tasks effectively and review output
- Provide coaching to build capability and performance
- Help bring Assistant and admin-level team members through towards the next level
- Act as key point of contact for stock-related decisions
- Step in for the Group Merchandiser or Head of Merchandising when required
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability within the business
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Skills Required:
- Strong commercial and trading awareness
- Advanced analytical and Excel capability
- Ability to make confident, data-led decisions
- Strong communication and influencing skills
- Proven experience operating at Assistant Merchandiser level
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