Assistant Merchandise Planner

Job Introduction
We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Merchandise Planner to join the Commercial team at cardfactory.

As Assistant Merchandiser, you'll be responsible for supporting the team in the delivery of customer focussed product ranges to successfully achieve sales, profit, margin and stock targets through the Merchandising of a range or product category.

You'll be looking at trend analysis to make sure that we always have what our customers want and need. This is one more step into a career in merchandising, and we're hoping that we can help you to go far.

Main Responsibilities
- Review weekly trading performance to identify any issues and opportunities, and prepare relevant analysis as required
- Own and manage category/range & SKU level forecasts to ensure sales, stock holding, margin and availability is optimised.
- Understanding and use of merchandising systems in the management of intake and the stock position
- Work with the A&R replenishment assistant to plan initial allocations & launch builds & ensure that stock & availability targets are met.
- Identifying where system parameters can be adapted to maximise availability and stock efficiencies.
- Complete attribute analysis to support the Merchandiser in trading and planning activities.
- Assist Merchandiser/ Senior Merchandiser to ensure on-time delivery through supporting the achievement of merchandising milestones within the critical path, ensuring any issues are resolved or raised where appropriate.
- Oversee timely delivery of stock into the warehouse, to maximise availability in line with agreed KPI's and timelines for all channels
- Responsible for order management in line with agreed parameters.
- Demonstrate high levels of process compliance and data integrity
- Ensure team activity is legal and compliant
- Support the sustainability agenda
- Previous experience in an Assistant Merchandiser or Merchandise Admin position
- Understanding of allocation & stock management
- Demonstrable experience of forecasting and updating a WSSI
- Strong analytical & numerical skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent admin and organisational ability
- A self-starter with a desire to develop
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Take accountability to ensure that own and team targets are met.
- Positive and proactive approach to building relationships with stakeholder
- Confidence to learn new systems

About The Company
Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland. In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer. This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

**Benefits**
- Pension
- 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
- Save As You Earn scheme
- Financial Wellbeing Support
- Financial Education Tools
- Salary Advance
- Seasonal incentive schemes
- Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
- Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
- Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
- Employee Assistance Programme - access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

No agencies, please.