Assistant Merchandiser

7 days ago


Liverpool, United Kingdom Kids Cavern Full time

**Job description**

Kids Cavern is one of the UK’s leading children's luxury fashion companies with over 30 years’ experience. Kids Cavern have curated the world's best luxury brands from newborn to aged 16. Our extensive collection of over 100 designer brands includes Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Balenciaga, Moncler & Givenchy.

We are currently looking for an Assistant Merchandiser to join our growing team at our Liverpool City Centre office. We currently have 3 stores with Glasgow Braehead opening later this year and more stores planned for next year.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Review weekly trading performance and achieved KPI’s, identifying issues and the correct course of action in preparation for the weekly trading meetings.
- Propose and agree actions to recover risk and maximise opportunities.
- Prepare for monthly review meetings.
- Forecasting any sales variance to plan.
- Creation of OTB’s.
- Management of commitments; on time delivery, rebuys & cancellations.
- Manage the markdown proposals.
- Visit and understand the store base on a regular basis. Create action plans to optimise store performance.
- Manage the store option plans to ensure each store has the optimum amount of stock.
- Ensure company inventory is accurate with regular stock takes/adjustments.
- Establish working relationships with key internal people and departments to deliver a solid merchandised base for our business.
- Gathering and collating relevant information to support the team in the range planning process and in-season trading.
- Working closely with the Buying team to monitor deliveries, highlighting issues where required and suggesting solutions.
- Work across the business to ensure that the critical path is implemented and adhered to each season.
- Updating and re-forecasting the WSSIs on selected budget groups under the guidance of the Head of Merchandising and proposing ways to capitalise and de-risk the department.
- Understanding and supporting the direction and strategy of the departments and brand.
- Keeping up to date with competitor activity to make commercially informed decisions.
- Review Previous Seasons and produce SWOT Analysis with supporting information.
- Create category level product mix using history, SWOT and agreed budget.
- Ensure new lines are allocated to store and web.
- Build and maintain the range plan for each season.
- Manage the order books both in season and preseason to ensure that the most accurate information is always in the system.

**Skills, Experience and Knowledge**
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, ideally in Business, Merchandising or Fashion Retail.
- Ideally 2-3 years’ experience in a wholesale merchandising role within a multi-channel business.
- Strong numerical capability, accurate with good attention to detail.
- Strong Excel and MS Office skills.
- Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to proactively manage workload, prioritising and being organised.
- Excellent written and verbal communication essential.
- A flair for fashion is desirable.

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

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Covid secure with additional cleaning and hand sanitising stations.

Work Location: One location



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