Assistant Merchandiser

6 months ago


Eastleigh, United Kingdom B&Q Full time

**About the role**

**Assistant Merchandiser - Tiling**

**Permanent**

**Up to £40,000 + Bonus + Pension + BUPA + ShareSave + 6.6 weeks holiday + Hybrid Working (3 days per week in the office)**

**Southampton, Store Support Office**

We believe anyone can improve their home to make life better. From our Southampton Store Support office (SSO) we equip our stores, our people, and our whole business with everything it takes to help our millions of customers create a home they’ll love. Join us as an Assistant Merchandiser and you’ll be a big part of this.

**Key responsibilities**

This Assistant Merchandiser - Tiling role supports the Flooring & Tiling Category Merchandiser to curate and deliver an inspirational range that meets the needs of our customers.

Within the Tiling sub category, you’ll use insights and analysis to maximise sales and margin opportunities and market share across all channels, improving sales and profit density and stock efficiency.

There is a new strategy and vision which you will be a part of delivering in this role, with developing and delivering range changes into stores and other exciting projects to help redefine the category.

Are you passionate about retail and customer experience? Join our team as an **Assistant Merchandiser - Tiling** and play a pivotal role in shaping our category proposition. Here’s what you’ll be doing:

- ** Strategic Collaboration**: Work closely with the Category Merchandiser to develop a compelling category proposition that aligns with customer needs. Identify growth opportunities, manage risks, and protect sales, margin, and market share.
- ** Range Hierarchy**: Create an enchanting range hierarchy that balances assortment, space, inventory, and fulfilment principles. Your goal? Make sure our DIY and Trade products delight customers across all channels.
- ** Data-Driven Agility**: Monitor subcategory performance using data and analytics. Adapt swiftly to changing sales trends, ensuring our offerings remain fresh and relevant.
- ** Forecasting**: Collaborate on sales and budget forecasts, including business cases. Spot shortfalls and risks early, and address them with finesse.
- ** Stock Management**: Optimize stock availability and sales while managing exit plans for range changes. Keep our shelves magically stocked
- ** Clean Stock**: Take charge of the Clean Stock process for clearance items within the category.
- ** Profit**: Identify areas to boost sales and profit density, working closely with the Range and Space team.
- ** Market Knowledge**: Explore stores (both digital and physical), competitors, and vendors. Understand the market to inform our strategic decisions.
- ** Stakeholders**: Influence stakeholders across levels, both internally and externally, to achieve our KPIs.

**Required skills & experience**

Here’s what you’ll bring to our team:

- ** Channel Expertise**: You’ve traded product ranges across various sales channels. Your analytical skills are top-notch.
- ** Financial Acumen**: Translate financial insights into actionable business strategies. Commercial focus? Absolutely
- ** Market Awareness**: Understand market trends and product seasonality.
- ** Customer Insights**: Use data to enhance our offerings and drive business performance.
- ** Range Management**: Handle complex range structures effectively.
- ** Effective Communication**: Build strong relationships across all levels.
- ** Business Savvy**: Stay commercially aware and financially astute.
- ** Office Proficiency**: Excel and PowerPoint are your tools of choice.

**What's in it for me?**

As part of a great team, you’ll be valued for who you are.We’re committed to making B&Q more diverse and representative of the communities we serve, where everyone can feel they belong and have equal opportunities**. **You will have access to a range of networks that represent our colleagues and allies and help us to continue to put diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business.

We also recognise that wellness means different things to different people, and we want to help colleagues be at their best and feel well by offering a range of benefits to help you. As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more



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