Junior Merchandiser

**Vacancy No**
- VN106

**Location**
- Portsmouth

**Employment Type**
- Fixed Term

**Duration**
- 14 Months

**Type of Role**
- Full-time

**If Rotating Shifts, please detail**

**Job Advert**
- Job Title: Junior Merchandiser
- Location: Portsmouth
- Position type: FTC - 14 months
- WiggleCRC are looking to recruit a Junior Merchandiser to join the team in our Portsmouth
- ** **office
- We are passionate about everything we do and driven by our winning teams who value the unique strengths we each bring.
- This is your opportunity to join a team who are not afraid to pursue ambitious goals and will support you to achieve your personal best. Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, a sports enthusiast, or an excel expert, a people manager or an analyst, we have a place for you There’s a place for everyone in our team
- You won’t just be joining the WiggleCRC family, we’re part of something bigger. We are now proud members of the Signa Sports United family**What’s in it for you - The benefits**

If working alongside some for the most creative and innovative people isn’t enough, we also offer you:

- Excellent career progression opportunities
- 25 days annual leave
- 5% pension contribution
- Staff discount
- Company sporting events, smart casual dress code and a brilliant company culture.

**What will you be doing?**

Reporting to the Merchandiser, the Junior Merchandiser role is to analyse past and current sales, trends and the overall category market to define a customer balanced range framework for the Department/Class for the Buyer to select products against. They must manage this within the overall budgeted parameters, react in season to re-balancing the range if required, clear the products efficiently at the end of their lifecycle and take ownership of the Department/Class P&L / trading numbers.**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop and sign off the pre-season Department/Class Budget
- Design and sign off the Department/Class Assortment Plan
- Use historical analysis and market trends effectively to justify forward plans
- Identify the required sourcing strategy for the Department/Class
- Manage the in-season reforecasting process
- Manage the range within the agreed parameters (width of range, clearance at end of lifecycle etc)
- Accurate costing of Department/Class Price Changes
- Communicate key information to the wider business (e.g. Marketing, Operations, Finance etc)
- Deputise for the Merchandiser

**Experience**:

- Past experience of Merchandising within a similar retailer, or highly performing individual from within the business looking to progress.
- Experience in Excel (Intermediate) and Powerpoint, with Oracle Retail an advantage
- A good commercial understanding of the product set, with wider market knowledge.
- Understanding of the principles of balanced attribute range building, and able to construct and operate within a budgeted framework.
- Ability to create buying framework and manage the Buyer to operate within this
- Being diverse and inclusive are key to our company values. You can find out more about the actions we’re taking to support diversity on the Wiggle and Chain Reactions careers page on our websites._

**Please be aware that Wiggle CRC is not a sponsoring organisation.**

**Therefore, the successful applicant must already possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently