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Merchandising Assistant
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Merchandising Assistant
Merchandising Assistant - Decor
Job Type: Permanent
Salary & Benefits
- Up to £32,000 + pension + PMI + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (3 days per week in the office)
Location: Southampton, Store Support Office
About the Role
We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO), we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help millions of customers create a home they’ll love.
As a Merchandising Assistant, you’ll be instrumental in supporting the Merchandising Manager and Assistant Merchandiser to deliver category strategy through coordination of analytics, reporting, trading updates, and query resolution. This will drive a profitable sales performance across all channels.
Responsibilities
You’ll deliver impact by:
- Collaborating with the Category Merchandiser and Assistant Merchandiser to craft a customer-centric strategy, gathering trading updates, reports, and insights to identify opportunities and growth areas.
- Serving as the backbone of our management information suite, managing sales performance, forecasting, and margin reporting. Analysing risks and proposing solutions to optimise sales across all channels.
- Partnering with the buying team on projects like range reviews and promotions, planning meetings and tracking progress to key milestones.
- Working with Supply Chain to maintain optimal stock levels while staying within budget parameters.
- Executing the trading plan by ensuring campaigns are delivered on time and intact, identifying and flagging risks to stakeholders.
- Planning and implementing stock exit strategies across all channels to reduce write-offs.
- Acting as the primary point of contact for resolving store and stakeholder queries, as well as monitoring Viva Engage for actionable insights.
- Conducting regular store and competitor visits to stay ahead of market trends.
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Requirements
To excel in this role, you’ll need experience in:
- Strong admin and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise rapidly evolving tasks.
- High-level communication skills – excelling in interpersonal interactions with both internal and external customers.
- Relationship building – capable of engaging with people at all levels.
- Flexibility and proactivity – taking the initiative to adapt to changing demands.
- Strong analytical and numerical skills, with a comfort working with large datasets.
- Attentiveness to detail – ensuring meticulous and thorough execution of tasks.
- Project management skills – ability to manage basic project timelines and deliverables.
- Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, with specific expertise in Excel and PowerPoint.
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Benefits
Professional Growth & Diversity
As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for your unique contributions. We’re committed to fostering a more diverse and inclusive culture in our community. You can join our range of networks supporting colleagues and allies, amplifying our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Wellbeing & Support
Wellbeing means different things to everyone, and we’re here to help you thrive.
- Award-winning pension scheme
- Productive salary & bonus
- ShareSave options
- 6.6 weeks of holiday
- Payroll giving
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discounts
- Enhanced wellbeing benefits
For additional support during the application or interview process, contact recruitment@b-and-q.co.uk regarding any recruitment adjustments.
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