Assistant Merchandiser

**About us**:
Harding is leading the way in innovative onboard cruise retailing, adopting a Trinity Partnership approach with our cruise line partners and brand partners to excite and entice customers with unique shopping experiences. We stay at the cutting edge of retailing; consistently providing outstanding customer service and winning global retail awards.

**About the opportunity**:
Ships are sailing, we are tradingthe Merchandising team is recruiting

Are you looking for that next challenge? Have strong **planning**, **analytical** and **Excel** skills? A sound communicator? If so, this **Assistant Merchandiser **role could be perfect for you.

Harding operate a **flexible / hybrid working **policy for this head office role.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Senior Merchandiser this is a superb role for someone with strong planning skills and a desire to join a unique and growing organisation. Supporting the Buying & Merchandising teams the role will maximise commercial opportunities through the effective management of inventory, whilst driving sales through improved availability, forecasting and maximising profit.

As merchandising point of contact for the designated category across multiple internal and external stakeholders, you will support buyers on vendor meetings and assist in the development of the Merchandising Assistants.

Day to day you are the key contact for all category analysis, providing a weekly summary of performance within your category relating to sales, stock, profit, and markdown versus budget and last year. The role will manage stock intake flow to hit monthly forecasts, drive sales and minimise risks, working closely with the MA to control inventory levels, allocations and ship replenishments.

Partnering with the buying team you’ll help build and optimise ranges, creating seasonal strategies and forecasts, providing historical analysis to develop forward forecasts. Working closely with the Senior Merchandiser, you will update and manage the Open To Buy (OTB) for your category.

**About you**:

- Advanced planning and analytical skills, including Excel / ERP skills
- Sound understanding of WSSI
- Good judgement and decision-making skills
- Confidence in suggesting calculated risks
- Strong customer demographic awareness and understanding
- Professional and well spoken, with excellent communication skills
- Must be organised, methodical and efficient with excellent time keeping skills & the ability to meet stringent deadlines
- A desire to learn and develop skills further within the merchandising function

If you don’t shirk a challenge and want to join a company that has some very significant and realistic growth plansthen we’d like to hear from you.

Harding is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Harding.