Merchandiser - Own Brand Kids & School

3 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom Head Office Full time

**What’s the role about?**

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Merchandising team in Own Brand Kids & School. This role would suit an experienced Assistant Merchandiser looking for their next step up. This role will be a fixed term contract for 12 months.

In this role, you will be working closely with your buyer under guidance of your category lead to plan and optimise the best range for customers within your area: Through analysing commercial inputs and ensuring effective range planning and price architecture to deliver market leading assortments.

Ensuring that we plan the most efficient stock flow throughout the category, maximising opportunities as they arise to potentialise the outcome for both customers and your category and ensure the delivery of agreed KPIs (including; sales, profit, stock, SKUs, availability, margin and risk management). Liaising with CPG Trading Operations to capitalise on commercial opportunities, controlling stock levels and managing delivery schedules within agreed targets whilst delivering KPIs.

You will be accountable for: Inputting Weekly Sales Stock Intake (WSSI), Accurately planning and forecasting sales, stock, profit and SKUs for the Category Lead and Trade Planning team. With support from your Category Lead, you will also be accountable for forecasting assortment sales, margin KPIs, deciding Open to Buy parameters that meet commercial and customer targets. Ensuring the commercial success of the product range through effective range planning and agile in-season trading, using analysis and reporting from Product Operations.

You will form strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to manage the flow of stock and control availability; ensuring strong availability whilst minimising inventory and supply chain costs. In a fast-paced and agile working environment, you will work collaboratively with stakeholders such as Buyers, Category Leads, Heads of Merchandising, Supply Chain, Trade Planning, Sourcing, Trading Operations team and Design and Product Technology teams.

**If you’re an Internal Partner and would like to see the job outline for this role, please click here.**

**What will you be doing?**:

- Utilising your analytical and commercial skills you will plan and optimise the best range for customers.
- Ensuring accurate forecasting of the assortment including sales, stock and profit on a seasonal basis.
- Inputting into weekly sales, intake and availability to identify and manage gaps between forecasts and trading actuals.
- You will take responsibility for the ‘open to buy’ of the category and the trading of the assortment in collaboration with your buyer.
- You will effectively work alongside stakeholders such as our central merchandising operations team and form great supplier relationships to ensure we are planning the most efficient stock flow throughout the category.

**What you'll have**:

- Experience in planning and ranging
- Proven experience of in season trading
- Strong ability using excel
- Proven analytical and data analysis skills

**What else could you bring?**:

- Good knowledge of supplier/retailer relationships
- Experience of dealing with a diverse and extensive assortment of product
- Be motivated and be able to work collaboratively with the team

**Please note**:

- The Partnership supports agile and flexible working practices, such as when, where and how we work. We have several different ways to work flexibly, including part-time, flexible or compressed hours, and job sharing. Head office areas also support a blended working approach. You'll have the opportunity to discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview and, where it is operationally practicable, they'll do all they can to accommodate your needs.
- We operate under hybrid working - the expectation would be to be in the Victoria office 1x a week.

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