Junior Merchandiser

We are looking for a talented merchandiser to plan, control and manage stock. In this role, you will be working as part of the merchandising team to maximise commercial opportunities through accurate stock forecasting and management.

This will involve planning and forecasting to control SKUs and maximise sell-through and achieve stock targets to contribute to maintaining high levels of customer experience. You will need a strong analytic background ideally working in a supply chain merchandising and already be working on excel at an advanced level.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Stock management, working to multiple supplier lead time demands to ensure stock KPI targets are met to achieve 100% availability to demand
- Accurate Forecasting of sales and stock weekly / Monthly / year vs Year to assist effective planning.
- Work effectively with internal stakeholders, ensuring cohesion between buying, merchandising and supply chain.
- Analyse trading through the season against budget, identifying areas of opportunity or de-risk where necessary.
- Extensive use of Excel spreadsheets to provide accurate data
- Continuously monitor sales run rate performance in line with stock availability to maintain targeted weeks cover
- Manage stocks and to ensure targeted stock availability is achieved whilst keep stock levels at optimum levels for the business to optimise the storage facility.
- Forward planning of demand across seasonality ranges to effectively plan factory capacity demands and
- Effective range planning alongside the buying team, maintaining accurate stock records on excel.
- Maximising turnover on all ranges as well as promotional periods through keeping close to the customer demands and forecasting requirements.
- Planning manufacturing and purchasing demand at SKU level with the team to ensure all orders are processed in line with the supplier lead times and in line with the critical path.
- Professional, clear and respectable communication with internal stakeholders to build strong working partnerships.

**Knowledge and Experience**:

- Strong analytic background in merchandising
- Working at advanced level on Excel - so able to do VLOOKUP and Pivot tables
- Ability to analyse the data and use the data to drive action
- Pro-active & organised.
- Flexible team player who doesn’t mind 'mucking in’ when needed.
- 'Can-do’ approach, who is used to working under their own initiative.
- Excellent communication skills with ability to work to strict deadlines.
- Numerate with attention to detail & excellent analytical skills.