Merchandiser

15 hours ago

London, United Kingdom Orlebar Brown Full time

**JOB TITLE **Merchandiser

**DEPARTMENT** Merchandising

**REPORTING TO** Head of Merchandising & Trading

**LOCATION** London

**SALARY** Competitive

**THE POSITION**

You will plan, trade and analyse the collection across our e-commerce, retail and wholesale locations. You will be responsible for managing the stock levels to ensure any sales opportunities are met and, reduce any markdown risk. You will be reporting into the Head of Merchandising & Trading and will be responsible for managing and developing more junior members of the team. You will work closely with Design, Production, Retail & E-commerce teams and build strong relationships with the Finance, Marketing and Wholesale teams.

**KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Stock Management and Allocation:_
- Seasonal Planning & Range Build: Own and influence the seasonal planning process for your area, translating lessons learnt into department-specific sales and option plans that are well-balanced in terms of pricing, end-use, and phasing.
- OTB Management: Optimise Open-to-Buy across each department, including pre-season planning, line flow forecasting, and informed in-season trading decision making.
- Sale Planning: Collaborate with the Merchandisers to identify product, set pricing and manage sale strategies, and ensure timely sign-off with Commercial Finance.
- Stock Distribution: Oversee stock distribution to ensure allocations are considered and sales opportunities are maximised across all channels, including online and bricks-and-mortar stores.
- Analysis: Collate monthly detailed lessons learnt and strategy commentary, including promotional analysis, product performance and strategic insights.
- Challenge current ways of working and bring new ideas.

**KEY SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES**

This opportunity would suit a Merchandising professional with a proven track record of managing and nurturing teams and working cross-functionally. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are essential in this role, as is the ability to foster a collaborative and results-orientated approach to working within the Merchandising team and wider business.
- Experience of strategy creation and execution.
- Experience of clothing merchandising is essential.
- Experienced in range planning.
- Experienced in forecasting & managing OTB.
- Excellent PC skills.
- Good organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines.
- Good interpersonal skills.

**WHAT WE OFFER**
- Being part of a diverse working environment of people who we learn from every day.
- The chance to train and develop your skills in a fast-working environment.
- Competitive benefits package
- Physical wellbeing: Private medical insurance covering pre-existing medical conditions and ability to add family members, online GP app with 24/7 appointments, available within 24 hours and cycle scheme participation for a tax-exempt bike and/or accessories.
- Financial wellbeing: Pension, and retail discounts across multiple retailers including supermarkets, gyms, days out and 100’s more.
- Mental Wellbeing: Employee assistance programme.
- Lifestyle: Orlebar Brown and CHANEL product discounts and employee-only sales.
- Employee Recognition: Service award incentives, 1 week office closure in August to practice what we preach (paid leave and separate from the 25 days annual leave plus UK public holidays).

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