Assistant Merchandiser

2 weeks ago

Poole, United Kingdom Thrudark Ltd Full time

ThruDark Co-Founders are seeking to recruit a dynamic Merchandise Assistant to enhance to support our Merchandise and Supply Chain Department. You will be responsible for planning and managing stock and promotions to maximise sales and margin across all channels, whilst achieving stock targets. This position will partner closely with the product team and commercial team, ensuring supply chain performance, delivering stock on-time. Working closely with factories to plan orders, manage factory capacities and provide flexibility in the supply chain and ultimately delivery world-class product.

As a small, hard-hitting business we require a determined team player, with a multifaceted skillset and strong interpersonal skills. Our brand is built upon our Special Forces heritage and ethos, we are unrelenting in our passion to design, develop and deliver high performance outerwear. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated, action-orientated individual, who is willing to get their hands dirty. Somebody who would be keen to welcome the challenge of working in a rapidly growing, entrepreneurial company.

This is a permanent, full-time role and will be based at the company’s headquarters in Poole, Dorset UK.

**Key Duties**:

- Work cross-functionally within the product team to ensure company product strategy is maintained, all aspects of production and Planning are delivered on time, in full.
- Maintain weekly phased plans by channel and category for sales, margin, and stock, taking traded history and planned future events into consideration.
- Work with the wider team to maintain the range plan at style, colour level which satisfies strategic channel and financial requirements.
- Plan seasonal pricing and promotional activity together with the commercial dept and in line with overall strategy, supported by financial evaluation.
- Complete thorough weekly re-forecasting and trading proposals, ensure that in season activity maximises profitability whilst maintaining efficient controls of stock.
- Work with world-class supply base ensure orders are placed on-time
- Work with critical path to make certain stock is delivered on-time.
- Manage and move purchase order in-line with financial requirements, communicating movements with the wider team.
- Manage fabric and trims orders in line with PO requirements.
- Review and cost markdown events and promotional activity, calculating the effect on margin and profit.
- Manage the availability of stock to ensure maximum profitability, launch dates are met.
- Work closely Ecommerce Team to ensure all information is handed over in a timely fashion and product is set up correctly.

**Knowledge and Skills**:

- Minimum 1 year experience in Merchandising at Junior or Assistant level.
- Previous experience in fashion or outdoor an advantage.
- Highly numerate and able to interpret data to determine decision making, work to budgets and financial plans.
- Strong communication skills at all levels.
- Strong organisation skills - able to change plans in line with business needs.

**Role competencies**:

- Good understanding of merchandising principles and systems
- Understanding of critical path and product life cycle
- Understanding of customer profile, and product range.
- Use of Excel & ERP systems.
- Brand and commercial awareness.

**Character**:

- Unrelenting pursuit of excellence, inspiring confidence:

- Someone who thrives on autonomy.
- Confidence balanced with humility:

- Has the steel to take strong positions and bring others with them but listens and collaborates.
- Energetic, inspirational, and ambitious with high emotional maturity.
- Can hold their own in a vibrant, challenging environment.
- Strong integrity:

- Authenticity, self-assurance. Straightforward and open in communication.
- Driven for results, enjoys a fast-paced environment and instilling a sense of urgency.
- Ability to track performance against measurable targets, set new and stretching goals for self and team.
- Strategically minded, analytical, adaptable, organized:

- Strong strategic planning and execution. Need to be a pragmatic doer with a solution not problems attitude.
- Ability to roll sleeves up and deliver without always having large agency support.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Full-time

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Salary**: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Employee discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Poole: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Merchandising: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person

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